Majlis al Jinn

Majlis al Jinn, or Meeting Place of the Spirits, is an enormous cave located on the Selma Plateau in Oman. It's a hard trek up a rocky road with a 4WD - Toby, Steffen and I had a Hummer H3 and it was still a beast of a trip. We also had an Omani named Juma with us, he lived in a village nearby and was an acquaintance of Toby. Fortunately for all, Toby is a great off-road driver, meaning that I only felt nauseous on the bumpy trip instead of actually throwing up!

Steffen and our Arab friend Juma taking in the sights

From the outside the cave doesn't look like much, just a few holes in the rocky ground. But inside is one of the largest cave chambers in the world (large enough to hold the Pyramid of Giza). The only known ways in are by rappelling through one of the three holes in the roof of the chamber. Or you could jump in with a parachute, like this guy did:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huzi60Q-vsc . 

Toby said that he was there when they filmed this, and that he's one of the figures sitting around the cave entrance at the beginning. 

This place is huge, just enormous. 

Please note that none of the cave pictures are my own, Oman has banned any more people entering the cave. That, and I'm a complete wuss. Steffen, Toby and I all stood at a few of the holes and threw rocks in, waiting to hear them crash at the bottom. It was amazing to throw something straight down and have to wait more than 5 or 6 seconds for it to hit the bottom. It was even more amazing to see pictures of what I was throwing rocks into...