THE BAROMETER
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Going up
PADDLE BOARDING Forget about whizzing about on speed boats. This Muscat based water sport is healthy, hip and offers a natural high. Don’t forget to plait your hair and make like Pocahontas.
MICROADVENTURES The roads may be hot enough to fry eggs here in the Sultanate but that doesn’t mean you have to hibernate during the summer months. Make a pilgrimage to the mountains, go wild swimming or take a moonlit walk on the beach.
Going DOWN
LOOKING LIKE A MOOMIN Being caught on camera looking pale and squidgy by Al-Ain’s Bat Tombs near Ibri is not a good look, complains the ultra white Penny Fray. POOR SERVICE Dear shop assistant - step away from your phone, smile and ring those items through the till with a little more efficiency because we’re bored of bad service here in Muscat. You know who you are.
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Fast forward E
veryone’s got an opinion on whether money can make you happy. But whatever your take on the classic dilemma, there’s no doubt that a healthy bank balance allows people to indulge in a luxury lifestyle. And it seems that extravagance knows no bounds. Plates of food that cost more than a family holiday and art work that’s sold to private collectors for the GDP of a small country all show that the sky’s the limit in a world where modesty has no place. This week, we bring you a taster of this amazing existence that, for better or worse, remains elusive for a great number of us. We explore every aspect of the jet set, from the world’s most expensive cars to haute couture fashion that’s better kept in a bank vault than a wardrobe. And to tie in with the approaching World Cup, you can also find out more about the stratospheric salaries pocketed by the world’s top footballers. Look out also for our “Deluxe Dozen” in which we show that you don’t have to spend millions to live like royalty. So turn the glossy pages of this week’s Y Magazine and enter the world of luxe living. TEAM Y
THIS WEEK… Team Y has been suffering from sun stroke, scrambling up World Heritage Sites, blinded by popping flashbulbs at a film premiere, cat sitting and scoffing bright pink candyfloss. Delicious.
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EDITOR IN CHIEF Sayyida Iman bint Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Eihab Abutaha MANAGING EDITOR Penny Fray SECTIONS EDITOR Kate Ginn
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