Snapshots are mini town/city guides for smaller places or cities I have only experienced briefly. Here’s a little snapshot of Dubai.

What are one’s first impressions of Dubai?

What a melting pot! I’ve never seen a city so full of non-nationals. Where are the locals? First impressions: all the guys are Indian and all the girls are Filipina. (Turns out approximately 85% of the population are expats). The skyline is incredible, with the Burj Kalifa, the world’s tallest building, piercing the sky in the distance. Everything is new and shiny. Taxis and food are dirt cheap, too. Overall, the vibe is great. Until you get to the bar at least.

What are the women like?

I was a little disappointed… but only because I was told that Dubai hosts some of the most beautiful women in all the world. While there are supermodels, celebs, billionaire’s girlfriends and other high-flyer’s about, they are few and far between. Dubai is mostly filled with average looking working ants. The Filipinas here are actually worse than what you’ll find in Manila.

You can also meet many Europeans, Africans and FSU (former Soviet Union) girls in the more “normal” bars, but the quality isn’t great. IMO, the African contingent ranked highest in terms of average standard.

That said, the best of Dubai is the beautiful Khaliji girls around. (Khaliji means ‘of the gulf’ by the way, a collective term for those from  Saudi, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar). A lot of these girls come to let loose from their more conservative countries. You will find these in malls and high end nightclubs. And when I say high end, I mean book a table, suit up, and drop a stack of cash kind of places. If you want quality Arab girls, big baller game is required in Dubai. Don’t be fooled by the hijab, these girls more materialistic than most Western women! Even then, they are f**king hard to get with.  You need solid skills and a bit of luck, too. I recommend romantic-rockstar-currently-converting-to-Islam game. Khaliji chicks are a paradox, they love a fairytale… but they take it up the ass, too. Remember that. They may be the hardest girls in the world to game, but they still have vaginas. Find the 10% that are non-virgins and you’re set.

Many guys online complain about the painful sex ratio in the city (2.73 men to every one female!), but in reality, most of the guys are South Asian economic migrants who are there to make money, so you don’t see them at night. Dubai is fair game if you got game.

Where should I go at night-time?

The ATM—because partying in Dubai will cost you a small fortune. The cheapest beer will still set you back $8-$10. Stock up at the duty free and pre-drink if you’re on a budget.

Anyway, where to go? That is the question. You basically have three types of places. The first is “normal” bars/clubs, like the Irish Village and Rock Bottom – both of which I’d recommend. They have live music and moderately priced drink. The Irish Village is  consistently busy, while Rock Bottom’s is a weekend hit. (After 11pm it supposedly gets a few air hostesses in as well… but we left too early).

The next is the freelancer bars, which are usually filled with hookers, each bar specializing in a nationality. They are fun for about 20 mintues, but they get annoying. It’s difficult to shore here as the girls are hardcore. Public displays of affection are often not permitted  Plus, these clubs usually have entrance fees and beers are $12 up. Not cool. Ratskys in the biggest Filipina club and worth a glance for the experience.

The final type of place is the high-end nightclubs, which attracts all the high-rollers, hotties, air hostesses, and moneyed Khaliji girls. Expect to pay a hefty entrance fee if you’re a man, and then go to bar and pay up to $20 for a bottle of Heineken. Armani typifies this kinda of place, but I’ve heard it’s very pretentious.

Try somewhere else. Some local Khaliji girls recommended Mahiki and Crystal. (Especially the former).

Any other recommendations?

The only thing more amazing than the architecture is the shopping malls, which are unrivaled in size. You could spend days in these commercial wonderlands. And with little if no historical sites, and the sweltering heat outside, the likes of Dubai Mall is actually your best bet for a fun day out—with aquiriams, ink rinks, cinemas and food courts that would make you want to move in.

Bottom Line

Pity about the price of booze. Otherwise, this would be one of the world’s slickest cities.

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Muscat in a word: Evolving.

Chance of Hooking up: 1 / 5 (3 for an expat)
Quality of Girls: 3 / 5
Nightlife: 2.5 / 5
Smoking tolerance: 3 / 5

City guide ratings explained

Costs €$£

Bachelor’s budget: $150 per day.

Beer: $8.50 for a beer (usually only a bottle!).
Bed: Private rooms from $50.
Bud: 500 OMR ($130) for one middle finger of hash.
Food: $5 – 10  for a cheap meal.
Other Costs: You’ll need to taxi everything as nightlife is spread out.

Currency Conversion

Overview 

Muscat is a typical gulf story. For centuries it for a small desert port town of little significance, and then suddenly, they struck oil and a rich modern city shot up for the sand in only a few decades. Their ruling king of 40 years and brought his country from nothing to a modern state with a bright future. Everything is new and gleaming. Luckily for you, his highness has also loosened the shackles of Wahabbism and liberalised the country somewhat. Yes, Oman is still an extremely conservative country by world standards, but it’s not Saudi or Kuwait. Alcohol is legal and some rebels even date before marriage!

The Best Bit?

You’re right beside the beach.

The Worst Bit?

Everything is very spread out and the price of booze.

The Girls

Appearance: Omanis are good looking people, but by GCC standards they are considered average. While the country has a racially mixed population (a legacy of its imperial past) there are basically two main groups of local girls in Muscat: the Arabs and the Swahilis, with the former accounting for roughly 70%, and 30% the latter. The Arabs are lighter with larger noses. When they’re hot, they’re very hot.  Then you have the Swahilis, which consist of repatriated diaspora from former 19th century Omani colonies, like Zanzibar, Tanzania, and elsewhere on the East African coast. when the economy kicked off. Oddly, many of these speak Swahili and English, with Arabic as a third language. Swahilis generally have dark smooth skin with cuter noses. You also has the Balochistani descendants  which look more Asiatic.

Demographics: Because of the combination of a relatively small Omani population and a fast-growing oil-driven economy, Oman has attracted many migrants—which now make up nearly 30% of the population. Foreign females are mainly from Eygpt (29,877) Indonesia (25,300), the Philippines (15,651), (Sri Lanka (10,178) and other Arab countries. If you’re looking for some white meat, there are also were 8,541 migrants from Europe, as well as a  few Russians and FSU girls round.

Attitudes: In general, Omani girls are very conservative. You’re in the Arabian gulf, after all. One can safety estimate that 99% are virgins until marriage.  Most girls are hopeless romantics. As a non-Muslim, or even non-GCC citizen, you have to knock down walls. The good news is Omani girls are quite approachable. The Swahilis are more liberal and open minded, however, due to cultural influences from Africa through the generations. Their dark sallow skin also makes them less attractive in the eyes of caste conscience Arabs, so it’s a little bit easier to pick up “higher quality” objectively. So if you’re gaming, remember, if she’s white, she’s tight.

Gaming Strategy: Assuming that 1% of Omani girls have pre-martial sex, if we pool the percentage of the female population who are not married and aged between 15-64,  they’re are barely 1,000 Omani women (if even) who would be willing to have your cock inside them. Around 10% of these young Muscat city girls drink alcohol, so if you’re planning on night game (the best viable option to find liberal women), that brings that number down to 100. Your job is to find one of that 100, spit perfect game, do the deed, and raise the flag. This is what us international players call a Mission Impossible flagging mission. BUT, it can be done. I was exceptionally lucky and pulled it off in less than 36 hours, so anything is possible.

If you really want to run day game, on Fridays go to Ashatti Beach or Oman Dive centre. That’s you’re best bet. Otherwise, pay heed to my nightlife advice.

So, you somehow managed to trawl the land find an Omani girl. Here’s your next problem…

Logistics. 99.99% of Omani girls live with their parent before marriage and nearly all of them have a strict curfew. And even during the day, most have families that need to know where they are at ALL times. Constructing a good excuse and banging during the day is your ONLY option. You need a place and a plan. Luckily… I’m here to help.

The Dirt

Accommodation: Get an Apartment. Hotels can be strict about guests. Check out bookings.com or AirBnb.

Getting High: Where to buy marijuana in Muscat? Ask any young Omani guys who’s out drinking, or talk to expats about a score.

Muscat marijuana prices: It’s not cheap. 500 OMR ($130) for a finger sized bar of hash is consider a good deal.

Other Advice: You need a license to purchase alcohol in an off-license. Stock up at the duty free or ask an expat to buy for you.

The Nightlife

The nightlife scene in Muscat is surprising decent. It a lot more laid back than Dubai and a really great night out can be had. The bad news is it’s all spread out. I had a very limited experience of Muscat, so the following recommendations were complied with my friend Dan who has been living in the city for three years.

Trader Vics

The best warm-up bar and restaurant in town. Attracts a lot of Swahilis. This is your best place to pick up Omani girl. Start your night here.  The other alternative is a place called Left Bank.

Rock Bottoms

This is a cool decent-sized club with a dancefloor, pool tables, and plenty of young single people who are down to earth. You won’t find any Omani girls but there are plenty of Asians and Europeans on the menu. There are also freelancers around.Definitely a good place to end up. Facebook page here.

Zouk

Another Recommendation for after hours is club, which a is classy version of Rock Bottom.  It’s the same franchise as the one in Kuala Lumpur. They also a have ladies nights. I personally didn’t get to check this place out but apparently the quality here is the best in the city. Many Oman Air girls hang out here. Facebook page here.

My Muscat Experience

Read my story here.

Experience/Advice of Others

One of best mates has actually LIVED in Oman for the last three year. Dan, aged 26, speaks of his experience of dating in Muscat.

OK, so if you were looking to meet a nice Omani, you can always check out the shopping centres, but the problem is that there are too many families there, so it can be tricky to pass your number. (Or it would be too risky for her to take it!)

At night, Trader Vics and Left Bank are pretty good to pick up Omani’s, but prepare to work your ass off! (They also have lethal cocktails!)

There are two types of Omani Women: Arabs (lighter skin colour and bigger nose, if you see a nice one she is very nice), or Tanzanian (Zanzibarian disapora). They have darker, lovely, and smooth looking skin, (but not African dark). They also seem to be more approachable.

Take out Omanis and the general dating scene is all right in Muscat! Day game is a must. The groups here can be very clicky! I have made good headway with the Air hostesses you can find the British airways staff at Radison Blue, lying by the pool (one of my favourites for midweek lunch), or Oman Air staff at Zouk during the Thursdays – Mondays. At the weekend,  during the day Dolphin Village is good too! And also Ashatti Beach ( for both Omanis and westerners )

A good night out? Warm up at  Trader Vics / Leftbank, then head too Zouk or Rock bottoms. There is a freelancers bar at the Holiday Inn Hotel.  [Full of Russians and other FSU girls].

Aisha, 24, an single Omani girl, gives her perspective.

Well, because this country is strongly influenced by culture, Omani women usually end up with men of their similar background—so it’s usually tough for a foreigner to find Omani women. That said, there is a percentage that is the exception to the rule and they could be of any background (Swahili, Bulushi, Persian). It all depends on their personal choices later on in life.

The Dating scene in Oman: not very visible because of cultural and religious reasons (even  public display of affection within married couples is uncommon). They’re very protective and shy. They don’t like expressing affection in public as it’s taboo.

If you want to find a nice Omani girl it’s usually tough because Omani girls aren’t always out. Even sheesha places have separate sections for women and families and they’re not that social and might not appreciate being approached. I think the only way you meet Omani women is through other people who live here. But even then, the percentage of virgins before marriage is 99%  because of religious reasons and being a non-virgins you’re life is over. They’re usually hidden by either a forced or love marriage story.

Your typical Omani girl (in Muscat) is in her abaya, wearing a scarf fully or not fully covering her hair (maybe 50:50). She works from 8-5 and goes straight home. You won’t find her out normally. On weekends she’s either spending time with her family or going out for a meal with her girlfriends and then it’s back home.

Other testimonials from pretty much every guy I talked to who has been there:

You best bet to to hook up with an Omani girl? Go to Dubai, you’re in the wrong place.

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Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here.

“Shit!” said Gaz. “Guys, I got the time of the flight wrong. It’s an hour earlier!”

We were already at Muscat airport, but it turned out we had missed our flight by a matter of minutes. Frustrated, we had no other option but to book another flight to Dubai for three hours later. (Gaz was cool enough to offer to pay.)

We checked-in for our flight, sat down, and took out our laptops to browse the time away. I checked my Facebook.

“New friend request.”

Much to my surprise, the Omani girl I had met the night before had added me. During the interaction, I must have given her my Facebook. I shot her a quick message.

“Hey. Sorry, I took your number down wrong last night.”

A few minutes later, a reply came through, saying,

“Hey!! Lol ,, how come ?! It’s okay ,,  some other time.

+96895xxxxxx

What time are u leaving today?”

I texted her directly, telling her my flight was in two and half hours, so I might have time for coffee if she wanted to pick me up at the airport.

She replied, “15 minutes.”

I told the lads.

“If you pull this off, you will be a legend,” Gary said.

“No way,” I replied. “I only have an hour. It’s not happening.”

I believed that when I said it.

Fast forward 20 minutes or so. She picks me up in her jeep and we’re on the way to grab a cuppa’.

“That was quick. You must live near here,” I said.

“Yeah, pretty close.”

“Pity we can’t just hang out there,” I hinted.

“Well, as I said before, my parents are on a business trip.”

But she hesitated and added, “…but right now my brother is there and so is our housekeeper.”

“Maybe you could sneak me in,” I said, chancing my luck.

“Hmm… I guess I could get you into the guest room, it’s in the front of the house.”

“Cool,” I said.

We soon arrived at her house. I kept my head down. She slowly crept out of the car and opened the front door. Confirming the coast was clear, she gestured at me to hurry. Now inside, she quickly led me to a room a little down the hallway.

She locked the door and I went caveman.

I ripped off her panties and unbuckled my belt.

“You’re crazy!” she said. “I can’t, you’re not even a Muslim!”

“What? I’m going to Hajj next year,” I said. “I’m learning the suras and everything.”

(I’m paraphrasing here, but what I said was enough to convince her vagina I was on the righteous path to paradise. I don’t think she cared, anyway.)

I pushed on and stripped her naked. I couldn’t help myself. The illegality of the situation just made me harder. I’d be whipped and locked up for this. Her life would be over.

“Just be quiet!” she said.

I obliged. Soon, the only noise to be heard was the smacking of her phat ass against my thighs, with the sound of evening prayers bellowing from a nearby mosque.

“Allah-o-Akbar…. smack, smack, smack.”

Her hip-to-waist ratio was just crazy. I’m sure many of you wouldn’t be into a booty that big…but I LOVED it. It had me so horny, I even broke a personal record… cumming four times in one hour! I was a infidel Trojan.

“Best fuck ever,” she told me. “Every girl in Oman should try you!”

Giggity giggity.

Afterwards, she dropped me back to the airport where I rejoined my friends, pumping my fists in the air. My head was spinning.

“Well played,” said Gary. “Well played.”

A few hours later we were in Dubai.

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It turns out, I made quite the impression on the girl. The next day, the she sent me a screenshot of her computer. She booked a flight to Ireland to see me! She coming this weekend, in fact. Her parents and her boyfriend think she’s here for “work”. (I’ll make her work all right). It also just so happened to be St.Patrick’s day on Sunday!

It’s gonna be a messy weekend