Pearl Monument

This is a monument to this nation's historic pearl industry. Apparently, this is the only place in the world that produces natural pearls. The pearls you normally see everywhere else are created by injecting a plastic ball into each oyster then growing them in farms. The pearls grow naturally here and as much as 2,500 dhows would go out at a time. A diver was supplied with a nose clip, knife and weights around his feet, and he would be lowered down on a rope and not be pulled up until he found a pearl. I don't think they had OSHA around in those days though. People say you need to go see this thing, but I just did a drive-by shooting on my way to the bar.