Salalah Gardens Mall: Store listing

The big mall development down in Salalah, the Salalah Gardens Mall, is due to open soon. It looks really nice from the images that I've seen, and as is now becoming customary, here's the store listing for the mall so far - note that as always, there will be changes in the list and what's actually in the mall.

The mall is a lot like Muscat's MGM, it includes 168 apartments as well as a large mall too - it's built up area is over 80,000 m2. Originally planned to open at the end of 2012, the current target for opening is "mid 2013".

I have to say - its looking really good, and I think the owners (Kuwaitis - United Real Estate Company) will do very well! A very special thanks to "Anonymous" for helping with the information!

Here's the list:

Anchors
Carrefour
Red Tag
Home Centre
City Cinema
Fun Station

Others
Tibat Labnan
Crispy
Italiano Food
Casa Mia Uno
Subway
KFC
ChicKing
Ice Cream
McDonalds
Ad'Dirham
Zahra Phones
Jumbo Electronics
E-World
Al-Wafi Mobiles
Asgharali
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Fancy World
Al Shoala
Adams & Sons Jewellery
Al Obaidani
Ahli Bank
Oman Arab Bank
Sizillion
Dalas Gelato
Zohoor Al Reef
Acessorize
Opty Sport
Al Qurashi
Fashion World
Pizza Inn
AXA Insurance
Goal Sport
Nestle Toll house
Khimji Ramdas
Tips & Toes
Steve Madden
Party 21
H. Flo
Patchi Chocolates
Junaid Perfumes
Optic Vision
Costa Coffee
Pappa Roti
Swiss Arabian
Coccodrillo
Muscat Watch Centre
Makka
Finland Eye Centre
Al Shoala
Chain
Lynes Shoes
The Body Shop
Al Arabia Oud
Al Faisal
Al Khuwair Pharmacy
Bank Dhofar
Omantel
Salman Store
Shoe Express
Oman Phone
Rivoli
Eskafi Shoes
DNP
Ajmal
Lahoo's Money exchange
Colombiano Coffee House
Nayoumi
Carpisa
Al Motahajiba
Arif Jewellery
First Choice
Smart Diet
Iris Optics
Mikyaji
Capital Store


More soon!

le fin.

The long weekend is nearly here!

And here is my round up of things to do this weekend!

1. The Safari bar at the Hyatt, every day, is running a 40% discount on selected beverages (read - most, if not all, draft and bottled drinks) between 6-10pm, as well as a RO 2.000 special on the selected draught drink of the day. Well worth a drop in if you fancy an early start to the night (read Wednesday after work!).

2. Obviously, tomorrow night is Hed Kandi being held in the InterCon ball room - tickets are RO 5 if you are a girl, RO 10 if your a couple, or RO 15 if you are a single guy, some are still available, and you can call 9236 9801 to get more details on them. Or if you were lucky like Erika and Shahid, you could of entered in to my contest to win some free tickets, which you can still do for the Yolanda Be Cool gig being held in the same place (InterCon ballroom) NEXT Wednesday night.

3. Camping at the Jebel Shams resort - as it's a long weekend they are fairly busy, but they do have a few rooms and camping spots left. Their website is here, but it's having a spot of bother, so best to call them on 9938 2639.

4. Oman Air has some good deals for people to go to Salalah. RO 99 for flights and 2 nights in the Marriott - not too shabby. The offer is on till September.

Or you could do what I'm sure many of you normally do - go to Dubai!

Have a great weekend, and dont forget to enter the draw for the free tickets!

le fin.

Blogger has been down, big things happened in Salalah last night and today.

Just a quick little blog today.

Blogger had some problems and they have deleted all posts and comments made since some point on Wednesday night. Consequently, my blog about Merge 104.8's launch date on June 7th has been scrubbed by Blogger. I'm not sure if they will restore it, they are apparently restoring peoples posts and comments. If you are reading this and was the commenter that posted about the Dhofari Power company, please get in touch - please email me at my usual email address - mrsythe *at* gmail *dot* com

Last night, at 8pm, the internet and mobile phones were switched off in the Dhofar region and helicopters and army trucks moved in on central Salalah. Many people were arrested and the army have occupied the area, preventing people from massing there today after Friday prayers. The mobile phone networks were switched back on around 10pm last night, but with very weak signals. Reportedly, the same actions took place here in Muscat on those who were still protesting in the Wizarat area of Al Khuwair.

I figure this will all be in the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers. It was a fairly annoying time for Blogger to stop working.

More tomorrow.

le fin.