Sensory Memories of Oman
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Hearing
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Sight
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Taste
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Touch
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Smell
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Judith
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Call to prayer & Indian Ocean @ 5am, Salalah
beach
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Hotel chandelier
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Papayas & yoghurt
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Rose flower
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Fresh frankincense & the souk
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John
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Ditto!
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Mountains
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Fresh fish & chips
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Little river fishes nibbling my toes
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Fresh fruit
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Clio
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Birds at Natal
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Dolphins & mountains
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Cardamom coffee
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Frankincense shop
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Frangipani
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Peter
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“Room ready”!
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Roses
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First whisky & water
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Stickiness of frankincense
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Rose oil
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Lyn
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Shoal of fish while snorkelling
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Grilled fish
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Hot sand on feet
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Stan
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Trucks in desert
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Tiled panels in Great Mosque
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Spicy food
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Chewy frankincense
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Roses
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Mary
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Indian Ocean
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Bats
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Homely food
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Feel of warm sand
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Frankincense & people
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Sima
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Waves at edge of beach
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Sea, mountains & scenery
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Fried fish at Morbat
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Rose petals all together
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Oud and all the different types of frankincense
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Julie
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Mountain silence and gentle peace
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Underwater fish, rocks & strata
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Baklava
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Warm water splashing & swimming in waves
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Frankincense from Peter’s extraction
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Rhona
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Indian Ocean rollers & the silence of the mountains
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Cuttle fish
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Mango juice
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Sandy waves
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The green, warm smell of aniseed at ? (Sum Haram
Port)
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June
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The peace of the hills
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Flowering frankincense trees
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Fish and rice
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Leaves (?)
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General cleanliness – pleasant and fresh |
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John’s declamation on Amouage
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Herd of camels
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Mint cooler
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Cool marble floors in the Great Mosque
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Mint, basil and lemon leaves growing at the museum
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The best of all? – Group dynamics and companionship
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The most memorable sensation? – The smell (and taste!)
of the distilled rosewater in the mountain village
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