We still had a long drive ahead of us to Muscat and planned on visiting the fort loop via Al Hazm, Rustaq and Nakhal. We sped on ahead doing 160km/hr or more while black Mercedes zoomed by us like we were standing still. We finally reached the turnoff for the fort loop, another 150km detour, but it turned out to be very worthwhile. The first fort was Al Hazm, a newly restored fort of a slightly different style than Sohar and Fujeirah. It was already late afternoon so we only had a quick look around before setting off for the next fort at Al Rustaq. Al Rustaq was a large town surrounding the date palm oasis. The fort was still open and the light from the setting sunsetting sun was perfect, so we spent a good while wandering around this amazing building. We still hoped to get to Nakhal before dark, and arrived there just as the light was fading. Unfortunately we couldn't find the entrance road and had to be satisfied with a picture from afar.