Khutwah March 2004

Photos below were taken during the group's March 2004 to Wadi Khutwah.

Laurence Garey, ENHG vice chairman, standing atop the aquaduct that once carried water to the terraces	Members looking at the fallaj that runs along the edge of the southern gorge at Khutwah	Tom Weeks, one of the group's more enthusiastic members, soaks in the atmosphere of Khutwah	Tom and his wife were very supportive members of the group during their stay in Al Ain
The straight line cutting across the photo is one of the aflaj systems at the Khutwah oasis	The view from the reservoir looking across the gorges to the Khutwah oasis	From the 'island' looking at Hayl al Nawafil	Hayl al Nawafil is a single farm but there are road signs suggesting it is a village
The view down the southern gorge towards Khabbayn	The mountains provide a stunning backdrop for the farm at Hayl al Nawafil	Hayl al Nawafil is only a few hundred meters from Khabbayn and Khutwah	Mountains surround the three communities amid the gorges
The view towards the mosque at Khutwah	One of the residents posing for a photo	Brien and one of the Friday visitors to Khutwah	Members inspecting some of the archaeology that abounds at Khutwah
The Khutwah timekeeper	Obaid sharing the news with Brien	Obaid and his sister Fatima have lived all their lives in Khutwah	Obaid always has fresh coffee and dates for visitors
Laurence and Josette resting under the mango behind the mosque	Obaid discussing some issue with Brien	Obaid loves to tell the story of the time he went to Muscat to meet the Sultan	Obaid, nearly blind, prepares all the food and cares for his sister
The door of one of the few original homes in the old village	This house and courtyard were the basis of a study by the group's Phil Iddison	The view across the northern gorge from the Khutwah oasis; note the board footbridge	The trucks parked near the copper smelting rings near Hayl al Nawafil
Some of the curious mud bricks located near the copper smelters	Another view of the object that appears to be a lid of some sort	One of the trenches cut into the rock, part of the fallaj system for Hayl al Nawafil	The meter stick indicating the depth of the cut
Farmers preparing fields where date palms once stood	These farmers sell their produce daily in Dubai