Fishermen near Kalboo Park

Surely Surreal Sea Scenes Surrounding Sur

  A zoomed in shot of hard working Omani fishermen off the coast of Sur.  Fishing boats, birds in the air and children on the beach-That’s Sur!  I don’t think you can ever have enough pictures of fishing boats, fishermen and the ocean in general.  I think my fascination with fishing and fishermen comes from the Holy Bible.  Some of Jesus’ first discples were fishermen.  These were not high-class, intelligent theologians but “people of the earth” who worked hard with their hands and no doubt had “mouths like sailors” before Christ did a work in their lives.  Here is one of my favorite “fishing passages from the Bible”; where Jesus calls 4 of his first disciples to follow Him:  “Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.  And Jesus said unto them, “Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.” And straightwaythey forsook their nets, and followed him.  And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.  And straightway He called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after Him.” (Mark 1:16-20)

Can you guess…

…what this ancient Omani artifact might be, what it was used for or what it’s made of?!

One of my Favorite Photos so far

When I asked these fishermen from Qantab for a photo, they indicated yes with a nod of the head. I was SO happy that they didn’t pose with a cheezy smile but continued talking together naturally which resulted in this authentic fishing village scene photo.

Qantab