Khor Fakkan (UAE)

March 2020

The next port, after a day at sea, was Khor Fakkan (population: 39,500), a city in the Emirate of Sharjah which is one of the seven emirates in U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates). Sharjah is mostly on the Persian Gulf, but it owns 3 towns on the Gulf of Oman including Khor Fakkan. The capital of the emirate is also named Sharjah to make things a bit complicated or simple depending on how you look at it. 

Khor Fakkan is an important port and a popular beach town among locals. The area around the port was very quiet, not much activity at all except for a fish and vegetable market.

Sharjah is supposed to be more conservative than Dubal or Abu Dhabi, and western style bathing suits are not allowed on the beach. It was too hot to be directly under the sun on the beach when we were there.

We wandered around looking for a cafe or restaurant with internet.  We hoped to cancel the return flights we could no longer use and, perhaps, get at least a partial refund.  All the places we came across were small and none had internet.  We did come across a small museum, which we entered, but I can not remember anything about it.  Overall, not much there.

Most historic stuff and markets are in the big city 90 minutes away on the other coast. We did not have much desire to make that trip, though. It would’ve been easier to get there from Dubai than from Khor Kakkan.

On the way back to the ship, we did find a restaurant with internet.  We spent an hour or two online, but were not able to make any headway on airline websites and eventually went back to the ship.

Trip route: LAX -> Vilnius -> Dubai -> Abu Dhabi -> Khor Fakkan, U.A.E. -> Muscat, Oman-> “Almost India” -> Khasab, Oman -> Dubai -> LAX