Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there?

[u/Necessary_Wing799]

Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

[u/gattomeow]

The distances in the Arabian peninsula are really quite vast. From Muscat in Oman to Sa'naa in Yemen is about 2400 km.

To put that into context for Benelux people (many of whom lurk on Reddit), that's about the same distance as Rotterdam to Gibraltar.

[u/BayouByrnes → u/gattomeow]

For those in the US, think Grand Rapids, Michigan (middle of the state) to Miami, Florida. 1,453 miles. Muscat to Sa'naa is 1,465 miles.

EDIT: To clarify, I just used google maps and driving routes to get these distances. These are not straight line numbers.

[u/Mysticalnarbwhal2 → u/BayouByrnes]

Holy shit that's massive. Also hell yeah, Grand Rapids rocks!

[u/Xxuwumaster69xX → u/Mysticalnarbwhal2]

It's massive because it's off by over 300 miles. https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-sanaa-to-muscat

The actual distance between the two cities is under 1100 mi.

[u/gattomeow → u/Xxuwumaster69xX]

I was referring to the driving distance rather than as the crow flies

[u/Xxuwumaster69xX → u/gattomeow]

And that's misleading, especially since the distance from Rotterdam to Gibraltar is roughly 100mi over the distance from Musqat to Sanaa. You're more illustrating how much less straight the roads are than the actual distance.