Al Suwadi Beach is a long, attractive stretch of sand about an hour out of Muscat, with an elegant watchtower keeping its eye on the coastline here. The tower is on an island that you can walk across to in low tide, but beware the rapidity of the return tide.
Before stopping off here on return to Muscat, I had read about the pink beach and its mass of pink shells, and was disappointed not to detect much pinkness as I wandered along.
Al Suwadi Beach, Oman, December 2018
If you look really closely at the shells, there is a hint of pink, but it’s not that obvious.
However, my colour disappointment was overcome by this charming fisherman who was happy to be photographed as he threw his net. He even sang us a song.
And then, just as I was leaving I found the pink I had hoped for!
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 February 2019
Posted as part of Photo a Week
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The photos are stunning. With everyone editing their photos today it is a lot easier to be dissapointed when things don’t look that way in real life, but as long as we find something that catches our eye all is good and forgiven.
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So glad you found the shocking pink Debbie 😀
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It gave me a laugh. I wondered if someone else had been similarly disappointed and left this behind to help future visitors
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Some people can be so thoughtful. Made me laugh too
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Lovely fisherman photo, and thank goodness you did finally see some pink! 😉
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Been to a few places and beaches in Oman. The beaches I saw were white to grey to very like pink. Never an obvious pink. Some pictures on the internet are edited and exaggerated.
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If the sun was inn a different direction,, might it have been pinker? Anyway, the fisherman image worked well
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You might be right, Sue.
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I looked up other images of this beach – the shells are really quite pink. I wonder if it is the vegetation in the water that contributes to this?
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I’m not sure of the exact cause. I think you really need to find a huge clump of shells to really see the colour, and that depends in part of weather, strength of tides, etc. I also read about a couple of places in Oman with pink lakes, but they aren’t very pink either at the moment.
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Beautiful. Pink is one of my favorite colors. One day I hope to Travel to this Lovely beach.
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