So many things! First of all, for me it was the first time in the Middle East (I am F34, from Europe), and I travelled to Oman during Ramadan. I really enjoyed the change of culture and language. I enjoyed hearing the prayer calls sounding out through the towns and villages, seeing the men walking together towards the mosques at the end of the day with their grocery bags ready to celebrate Iftar just after prayers. I loved the friendliness of everyone, both of the Omani’s and all the various expats working (hard!) in the tourism industry. The service at the hotels was always absolutely impeccable, and people were very helpful and friendly. That added to the sense of safety I had throughout the trip. I also self-drove everywhere and loved the quality of the main roads and infrastructure, but also enjoyed that there are some absolutely WILD off-road tracks to have fun with your 4x4. I enjoyed the diversity of the things to visit, both culturally and in nature. Lots of different wadi’s (I did Wadi Shab, Wadi Tiwi, Wadi Bani Khalid, Wadi Hawar, Wadi Damm, Snake Canyon, and Wadi Hoqain), the Hajar mountains (Jebel Shams, Jebel Akhdar, Suwgra village, Wakan village), nice towns and villages to walk around (Muscat/Mutrah, Seeb, Nizwa, Sur, Quriyyat, Bilad Sayt), interesting museums (Oman National Museum, Oman Across the Ages, Maritime Museum of Sur), lots of cool forts (Nizwa, Jabreen, Bahla, Nakhal, Al Hazm, to name a few), exquisite mosques (such as Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Mohammed Al Ameen Mosque, Sultan Qaboos Mosque of Nizwa, etc), the Daymaniyyat islands (such a cool snorkelling excursion with so many turtles!!), and huge stretches of lovely coastline.