* Saudi royal family members and ministers stay for months together in Salalah, obviously to beat the heat back home. Majority of visitors are from Saudi, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
* Salalah is full of Pakistanis and Nepalis; Indians are a distant third.
* Salalah is like India, goes the normal saying. I think, except for tender coconuts, bananas and light showers, two are poles apart, no comparisons.
* Food in Salalah is much cheaper than in Muscat.
* After a very long time, I had to depend on taxis. They are no different from their Muscat counterparts – irrational and very expensive.
* Dhofar Municipality isn’t maintaining Salalah very too well. Main roads are being re-done during Khareef festival.
* Municipality grounds for ‘Salalah Tourism Festival’ has nothing but food stalls. Crowds are very thin even on weekends.