Tiwi is a little town on the Omani coast. It is at the mouth of a wadi (Arabic word for 'valley'), one of the larger wadi's that I visited in my time in Oman. This wadi was known for its freshwater pools, which are a hike from the wadi's entrance. We left the car at the Wadi's entrance, down by the town. There were numerous Omanis out as well enjoying the water.Heading to the pools:
The wadi was huge. It had sheer sides surrounding a winding path leading down from the mountains. It was super wide at the entrance, and gradually got more and more narrow as we walked up it.
After awhile we reached a point where you either had to walk/swim through the water, or take the high ground. I didn't feel like swimming at this point (we had already swam in the ocean earlier) so I took the high ground while Elizabeth and Steffen chose to swim.
The water was crystal clear from my vantage point, you could see the boulders deep below the surface. Steffen and Elizabeth swam for awhile and I scouted ahead. There was a rock ledge over the pool, which Steffen decided would be a good place to jump from (and I encouraged him so that I could take a picture!)
Eventually I got too high above the wadi to see Steffen and Elizabeth below. But I took a picture anyway.
And that's about all I remember.
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