Notes on the Geography of Oman: Seiq and Wadi Beni HabibContinuing to Seiq and a nearby ghost town. Make default image size smaller ![]() The Seiq mosque, interesting for its dome, its unfinished exterior and, even more, its interior. ![]() Note the carved door and tile work. ![]() The dome is the work of builders who had seen much grander mosques that they were determined to emulate. ![]() We've come a short distance to a tributary wadi, Beni Habib. The town in the distance is entirely new, occupied by people who moved to it from a site behind the camera. ![]() Here's that site, the ghost town of Old Beni Habib. ![]() We can walk through. ![]() Beams in the round. ![]() Interlocked buildings. ![]() Window in wall. ![]() A sitting room. ![]() Interior. ![]() Mosque with mihrab and picture of the ka'bah in Mecca. ![]() Triple-arched arcade in mosque. ![]() Village street. ![]() Comparatively recent improvements. ![]() Modern window. ![]() Window-view, with yet another down-wadi settlement. ![]() Graffiti: child's play or something more serious? ![]() Progressive collapse. There has been talk about converting the village into a hotel, but with the passage of time the task becomes more daunting. ![]() Overview. ![]() Kitchen, presumably. ![]() A low-capacity irrigation ditch crossing the wadi. |
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