Riyam to Muscat: 4. The Mountainside Traditional Cache
Riyam to Muscat: 4. The Mountainside
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A small container hidden in a crack in the mountainside next to the old road from Riyam to Muscat.
Only 50 years ago, the Sultanate of Oman had only one asphalted road, from Muttrah to Muscat. Parts of that first road ever built in Oman still exist today and provide a scenic route into the Capital.
A series of 8 caches have been hidden starting at Riyam Park and ending at the Bait Al Zubair museum in Muscat along a distance of 1.8 km. You can drive the entire road and access each cache by car, but why not leave your car behind at the Riyam Park parking area, or get there by taxi, and walk the trail of caches until you reach the Bait Al Zubair museum in Muscat? Reward yourself with a refreshment at the museum and let one of many taxis passing by return you to your starting point.
The cache consists of a small screw-top container camouflaged with a grey sock. It contains a logbook and pencil and can hold small TBs and GCs. Please replace the cache exactly as you have found it out of sight of casual passers-by
This cache is only a short walk away from the previous cache in the series: Riyam to Muscat: 3. The Cave, GC44J4A and leads on to the next cache just over the mountain pass ahead of you: Riyam to Muscat: 5. The Old Road, GC44J4E
Good luck with your search
Additional Hints
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