Kerala, a state in Southern India is known as a tropical paradise of waving palms and wide sandy beaches. It is a narrow strip of coastal territory that slopes down. Oman 2. 01. 7 Top 2. Oman Vacation Rentals, Vacation Homes Condo Rentals. You will be staying in authentic old Oman, in its picturesque port town, Muttrah Mattrah, with its charming medina and distinct scenic crescent bay. This area has low, white washed homes and is rich with charm, history, shopping and authentic local flavor. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Title Help. Visitors to this site often contact us when they cant remember the title of a period drama that they have seen. Below are the descriptions and. The building consist of 3 separate apartments, all with separate entrance so you will enjoy full privacy. When you enter the apartment you will find the living room. Oct 20, 2017 Rent from people in the Philippines from 20night. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Belong anywhere with Airbnb. The bright and airy apartment is set on our rooftop terrace, giving you truly stunning views. It is only minutes walk from the elegant Corniche waterfront, an area with a wide range of attractions, restaurants, cafes, and the famed soukh. Central location for walks around Muttrah and cornish. Plenty of restaurants. Other facilities like health center, fishmarket, mosques nearby. Penthouse 4. 0 sqm inside plus 8. AC. Small kitchen pantry, rooftop terrace, a standard Omani house build around 2. It is well maintained. Heart of Muttrah, Cornish is 1 minute walk, the souk is 5 minutes walk away, fish souk 2 minutes. Plenty of small and bigger restaurants nearby. Taxis and bus stop 2 minutes away. From airport 3. 0 minutes drive, approx. R. O. from airport. Friendly Omani, used to deal with tourists from many countries, married with 4 children, lives in the same house. Can offer guiding services, including pickup from airport, city tours and longer trips. Is an active scuba diver and amateur radio operator ham radio, has travelled in Europe and other continents as well as extensively in Oman itself. Languages spoken English, Arabic, Hindi, Belushi. Minimum 2 nights per stay. Extra mattress on floor for children under 1. All without breakfast. Check in after arrangement from 1. Naruto Shippuden Episode 219 Anime Planet. R. O. will be charged. Watch The Snorkel Hindi Full Movie' title='Watch The Snorkel Hindi Full Movie' />Check out before 1. Neighborhood consists of Omani houses and the harbor area with many shops and restaurants. Mohammeds place is very convenient, clean, and ideally located to discover Muscat. Our trip in Oman could not start better, Mohammed is a very interesting person and we spent quality time speaking together at night, on the rooftop of its beautiful house. Thank you very much again Mohammed, its been our very great pleasure to meet you Antoine. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZApartment is basic but the huge roof terrace and the very charming host with his kind hospitality makes it a great place to stay. Andrea. 20. 17 0. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZMohammed was an amazing host and made me feel extremely welcome in his home and Oman. He went above and beyond to make sure I had a great trip and enjoyed my time in Oman. I would definitely recommend asking Mohammed to arrange for a tour. He made everything very easy and comfortable and affordable compared to internet prices and was a great source of knowledge and general conversation during our trip to Wahiba Sands, Wadi Bin Khalid and the surrounding area. He also showed me some cool beaches and hot springs around Muscat that I would not have found without him. I also rented a car and he gave great tips as to the best time of day to visit certain sites and suggested other sites nearby that I should also check out. Lastly, the house is amazing the room has views of the lookout towers in the surrounding hills and you can see the sea from the large rooftop area great for bbqs at night. Great host, amazing house and I really enjoyed my time in Oman and hope to return. Brad. 20. 16 0. 7 1. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZMohammed is a very inviting host, and our stay at his place was made more precious because of his warmth and care. Hes very knowledgeable, particularly about things that are more subtle, so if you want a place to eat that is delicious but draw attention to itself, he can provide that info. We highly recommend staying with him, as Muscat is fascinating in its own ways, and experiencing it from its own heart is sneakily delightful. Cris. 20. 17 0. 9 1. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZWe had a very pleasant stay. The terrace is wonderful and Mohammed is an excellent host. Thanks for everything Nicole. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0Z Muttrah is a beautiful and picturesque port city, with a charming medina and a scenic bay. The apartment was very well located and clean. Mohammed was an excellent host, very helpful with every thing I needed. If I ever come back to Muttrah i would stay there again. Glenn. 20. 13 0. T0. ZMohamed was excellent. Very kind and accommodating during my two nights. He even cooked an Omani breakfast for my friend and I. The location is beautiful with a great rooftop view. I would definitely recommend him and stay with him again if I came back to Oman. Matthew. 20. 16 1. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZMohammed is a very supportive, open minded and friendly host, we spent a great time together both in Muscat and at his place. The Airbnb is clean and comfortable, good location near to the Corniche in Matrah. Id come back in a heartbeat Isabel. T0. 0 0. 0 0. 0ZRoom type. Entire homeapt. Property Type. Apartment. Accommodates. Bedrooms. Matrah, Muscat, Oman. Cruise Ship Lawyer Attorney James M. Walker Walker ONeill Law Firm Missing Passengers Shore Excursions Maritime Death Cruise Law News. Since the Costa Concordia disaster, the cruise lines PR departments have been working overtime trying to convince the public that cruising is safe. I have mentioned the cruise industrys talking points in a prior article Six Lies the Cruise Lines Will Tell You after the Costa Concordia Crash. One of the bigger cruise whoppers is the notion that the cruise industry has the best safety record compared with other forms of passenger transportation. Just last week, the cruise lines trade organization, the Cruise Line International Association CLIA, issued a press release stating that cruise ships deaths are extremely rare. The press release quotes CLIA President Christine Duffy, who credibility was recently called into question at a U. S. Senate hearing on cruise ship safety. Ms. Duffy cites a report by a consulting firm, GP Wild International, Inc., which represents that in the 1. Concordia disaster, there were 2. GP Wild states that average fatalities between 2. GP Wild does not cite a reference for these statistics, but lets assume that they are true. So is the cruise industry saying that you are twice as likely to die on an airplane than a cruise ship Lets take a look at this claim. Ms. Duffy characterizes GP Wild as an independent source of analysis and data on the cruise industry. Thats hardly true. GP Wild is not independent. Its clients are Carnival and Royal Caribbean the cruise industrys largest cruise lines comprising 7. Radisson, Silversea and Star Cruises. GP Wilds methodology intentionally excludes most cruise ship deaths. It counted dead cruisers only if they were killed in an operational casualty, such as collisions, fires, groundings or sinkings. But this limited definition does not include common situations like over boards 1. Legionnaires Disease like this case, or due to shipboard medical malpractice like this case or this case, or fatalities due to rough weather and poor seamanship like this case, or cruise ship murders like this case, or this case, or this case, or deaths due to dangerous shipboard conditions like this case, or or deaths due to excursion mishaps like this case or this case, or fatalities due excessive alcohol like this case or this case. It seems strange to to prepare a list of cruise deaths and exclude most of the dead people. The problem with cruise death statistics is that there is no central cruise database which the public can access. The International Maritime Organizational IMO flag state reporting systems are inconsistent and spotty. There is no consequence when the cruise line andor flag state dont report a death. Even if the cruise line reports the fatality, the flag state does not have to report the incident to the IMO. Like most UN agencies, the IMO is toothless. It  cannot compel a flag state to release casualties reports, assuming they decide to prepare one. And flag states like Panama and the Bahamas conduct amateurish reports which are designed to protect their cruise line customers. Take, for example, an earlier deadly Costa cruise incident. In 2. 01. 0, the Costa Europa recklessly smashed into a pier in Alexandria, Egypt, killing three crew members and seriously injuring four more. The incident was published in newspapers in the Egyptian and British press. I blogged about it here, but otherwise there was no media coverage in the U. S. After the Concordia capsized, many reporters here in the U. S. and in Europe, who were researching Costas safety record, contacted me and asked for a copy of the maritime accident report regarding the Europa. Of course I did not have a copy. The point is no one had a copy of the casualty report. The flag state, Italy, investigated the deaths but did not bother to send a copy of the report to the IMO. Italy responded to inquiries from reporters  by stating that the report was strictly confidential. Even if the IMO obtained a report, it is unlikely it would share a copy with the family of the dead crew members or reporters. The IMO does not release casualty reports to the public. The flag states dont either. And neither do the cruise lines which consider their reports regarding dead passengers to be the confidential and privileged property of the cruise line. The GP Wild report references the Europa incident, but there are no reports publicly available to discuss the factual findings and the probable cause of the incident. Contrast this with the strict and vigorous procedures of the Federal Aviation Administration FAA which overseas the U. S. aviation industry. The. FAA data is accurate and public in nature where the cruise data is inaccurate and secret in nature. U. S. commercial airlines have enjoyed a remarkably safer record over the past decade than the cruise industry. By all verifiable statistical data, travel by U. S. commercial airplane is much safer than traveling by cruise ship. The U. S. air carriers transport around 7. Thats several times more than all cruise passengers and crew members over the last decade. There were no deaths on U. S. commercial carriers in 2. Unlike the secretive cruise industry, U. Best Intervention Episodes Season 1. S. airplane manufacturers like Boeing and U. S. airline companies keep meticulous records regarding accidents and fatalities. They release this information to the public. They are transparent. No other form of public transportation is as carefully scrutinized, thoroughly investigated and closely monitored by outside U. S. agencies as commercial aviation. Foreign flagged cruise lines, on the other hand, incorporated in Africa and Central America, have no equivalent as the FAA. They can bamboozle the United Nations IMO without consequence. Cruise lines claim that they dont keep records of fatalities and if they do, they are uniformly unwilling to share them even with the families of the dead. Statistics dont always tell the full story of course. Cruising is also the only place where you can be killed and your loved ones will have no legal recourse against the cruise line pursuant to the Death On The High Seas Act. So lets get back to the cruise lines claim that cruising is the safest means of public transportation today. Its not true.       If you add the 3. Costa Concordia disaster to the cruise industrys reported number of dead passengers and crew compared to flying on an U. S. air carrier cruise ships may well be the deadliest form of public transportation. Think cruising is safeYou may be more likely to die during a vacation cruise or working with Carnival or Royal Caribbean than flying on Delta or American Airlines. Photos, top to bottom NCLs Norway Explodes at Port of Miami. 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