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    That's what it looks like down below, tiny terraces glued to the rocks
    Walking along a falajDoors from old village houses in AynView from an old village house in AynThis falaj got steeper and steeper....And then it suddenly turns into a water fall with 50m staircaseTiny terraces below for vegetablesBetter on all fours

    Jebel Akhdar - walking the Falaj's

    February 9, 2023 in Oman ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Jebel Akdhar still has villages operating their Falaj's water irrigation systems to water the most incredible terraces that are literally " glued" to the mountain.

    Today we did the "balcony walk", and oh my god, what a balcony it was!
    Walking along the falaj with drops of 100meters.
    Some of the time we were crawling on all fours!
    Don't ask me how these channels were built and dont ask me how they manage to stick to those rock faces!
    Oman has been using the falaj irrigation system for thousands of years!    Read more