Sophie Lam Travel

I recently visited the Middle East for the first time (if you discount stopping in Abu Dhabi and Doha’s impressive airports en route to the east), to stay at the newly opened Alila Jabal Akhdar in the Hajar mountains.

I wrote an article on the experience for The Independent on Sunday, but I hope my somewhat amateur photos will go some way to illustrating visually the drama of the topography and landscape. The startling silence (there is barely any wildlife, let alone cars, planes or towns), you’ll just have to imagine.