1.23.2015

Travelling Dolly 8: Odette in Oman part 1 - Cities

After such a long stay in China the travelling dolly was looking for a change of scenery. So, what about Oman as the next destination for Odette and Carlo?
They immediately agreed, fascinated with the idea of visiting the white city of Muscat, the unbeliavable charm of the oasis and the Wahiba Sands, in the northern part of the "Empty Quarter"! To say nothing of the fortresses and canyons. They can't possibly miss all this!
First of all I had to pick the right wardrobe for Odette.
I came up with this simple trapeze dress  and a safari jacket, The colours look great! Carlo is wearing a khaki suit and green t-shirt which are part of a Male urban safari colletion inspired by D&G, I'm working on it, and  someday I'll be able to post the whole thing! In the meantime Carlo is going to introduce the single outfits....


I also brushed a bit Odette's hair, I love her natural look now....

This time I decided not to show a route but to make four instalments showing: cities, forts, wadis and last but not least the desert. This will, I hope, help to show how diverse is the experience of visiting this wonderful country!

Muscat, the Capital: a white gem nestled between mountains


This is the Great Mosque. Omanites are very kind and tourists are allowed to visit it, but Odette didn't want to ruin her new hairdo so she posed ouside of it (I went inside!)


One of the forts presiding the bay of Muscat


The sea promenade


Muscat has a huge and colourful Souk, Odette and Carlo bought some Halva and Incense


No Odette, it doesn't look like original local harticraft.....



Sur: In Sur Odette and Carlo visited one of the dockyards where they build the tipical Dhow boats, described by Marco Polo in his book




A beach with fishermen's boats


A nice overview of Sur with her many watchtowers


Nizwa: Before visiting the fortress Odette and Carlo take a brief straw in the local souk, they saw many beautiful and expensive articrafts, pottery and the tipical daggers with filagree sheats




See you soon!


In the next instalment: Fortresses and doors

Previous Instalment: Odette in China part 3

Kisses
Billa

16 comments:

  1. Hello from Spain: fabulous photos. I love your collection of dolls. A great couple with style. Great trip. Keep in touch

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    1. Thank you Marta! Oman is a great country to visit!
      Kisses Billa

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  2. Hi Billa, great post!!! Odette looks great, I like her hair a lot, and her outfit is beautiful, love the jacket and the dress! Carlo is also very handsome in his suit! Again amazing photographs, I was really looking forward to this post :-D. What a fantastic area to visit, for you and for our lovely doll couple :-). Great job, I can't wait to see more in part II! Hugs xx

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    1. Thank you so much Night Owl! Odette's jacket is one of my best (one of my rare perfect-perfect fittings....LOL). I already prepared all the dresses for the next instalments for Carlo, but I still have to come up with some ideas for Odette(for part III and IV), but part II is nearly in the can!
      Oman is very beautiful and hospitable, hope you will like also the next parts!
      Kisses Billa

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  3. Que viaje mas interesanteeeee me gusta estos modelos son una pareja muy guapa, besossss

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  4. Hi Billa
    thanks for share all the details,fabulous picts congrats.
    Amazing the safary outfit i like this style ;-)
    xx

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    1. Thank you MC, I love safari style too, is one of my obsessions actually.....
      Kisses Billa

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  5. Well, I always enjoy traveling via your dolls, but I am particularly impressed, this time by Carlos' suit. My dear, you've become quite the tailor!!! I also love Odette's outfit! Another great post, Billa. Big hugs.

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    1. Hi April, as for Odette's jacket Carlo's is my best suit so far. Much credit goes to the fact that I used the right fabric LOL
      Kisses Billa

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  6. Ooh, what gorgeous outfits!

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    1. Thank you Muff, I' happy you liked them!
      Kisses Billa

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  7. Hola, qué hermosas fotos. Tus muñecas lucen muy bien. Me encanta tu blog.

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    1. Thank youso much Linda! my dolls are so fastidious, they always want to be well dressed, even in the desert!
      Kisses Billa

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