

Every wondered why the Eagle fountain in front of Sheraton Oman Hotel in Ruwi is serviced/cleaned so often? I don’t have a clue either. Firstly, the fountain doesn’t catch the attention of people zipping off in the highway. With Sheraton under renovation for some years now, not many vehicles pass through the cross road and the visibility for the fountain is very, very low. Come what, the service/maintenance guys land up regularly (once in 3-4 weeks) and painstakingly clean the whole fountain. Once in a while they add a dash of fresh paint to the not-so-dull surface. Can’t understand why so much money is being wasted on a boring fountain. If it was a landmark piece, I would understand, but this one…