Bahla Fort, Jabrin palace

Built in the same fashion with mud bricks mixed with straw is Bahla Fort, a huge multi story building dating back to before Islam (600AD) and a unesco heritage site. Absolutely fascinating climbing around the fortress.
Craziest of all, a huge cellar where dates are stored in palm leaf bags. The date syrup flows out and is used in the kitchen in good times, in times of War it is heated to the boil and poured through special "murder" slits onto the enemy.
Later we visited Jabrin Palace, the home of the Sultan at the time, also made with mud, but very comfortable whit exception of the jail, holding ten prisoners while space is only for one!Read more