{"id":4716,"date":"2023-01-02T08:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=4716"},"modified":"2023-01-02T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:41:37","slug":"sultanate-of-oman-1996-and-1997","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=4716","title":{"rendered":"Sultanate of Oman &#8211; 1996 and 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4716\" class=\"elementor elementor-4716\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b2f0fd6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4b2f0fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-element-307801d6\" data-id=\"307801d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281e9218 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"281e9218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=33\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-xs\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Other Trips<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section 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.elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">First Trip to Muscat, Oman in March, 1996<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3594d916 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3594d916\" 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solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In March 1996, I made my first trip to the Sultanate of Oman. \u00a0Joe Begue and I flew on a nice Gulf Air jet from Manama to Muscat, Oman. \u00a0We spent the night in Manama and ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant. \u00a0Stayed in the Gulf Hotel in Manama. \u00a0That was my first trip through Bahrain.<br \/><br \/>In Muscat, we visited the gold souk and I practiced my negotiation skills on jewelry and T-shirts. \u00a0I learned in Oman that if you put enough water in the desert, you can grow anything. \u00a0Very nice looking green grass and trees for 10 feet on the side of the road and then dust for as far as you could see.<br \/><br \/>When we were not working we saw the Souq, the harbor in Muscat and climbed on some old Portuguese towers used to guard the coast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d2dbfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d2dbfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-516db4a\" data-id=\"516db4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Me with Joe Begue looking for some big shrimp &#8211; he still owes me a big shrimp dinner.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In the background you can see an old Portuguese watch tower and a modern tower of some sort.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Joe Begue and our rep for Oman told me over and over that there was something strange about the men that wore the pastel colored robes. \u00a0I was never sure if they were telling me the truth or not. \u00a0There sure seemed to be a lot of guys wearing yellow, pink and light blues and greens!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-552efb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"552efb6\" 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wp-caption-text\">The port in Muscat, Oman<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60f2c7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60f2c7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ac2614\" data-id=\"4ac2614\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752d38b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"752d38b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDcyNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3N0b25ldHJpcHMuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMVwvTWFyXzE5OTZfU3VsdGFuYXRlX29mX09tYW5fMTIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12-768x395.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4725\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_12.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:51.41%;max-width:1099px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">I collect money and brought home some Rials. \u00a0The Rial looks very nice and of course it has a picture of Sultan Qaboos, the Sultan of Oman,<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7434785 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7434785\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a381dbb\" data-id=\"a381dbb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0839dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0839dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_22.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" 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style=\"width:100%;height:51.63%;max-width:1106px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">On the Rial is a picture of the curved Khanjar dagger<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb5f273 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb5f273\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c81d4a\" data-id=\"1c81d4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e38639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e38639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the Rial is a picture of the curved Khanjar dagger that is also seen on the flag. \u00a0This is a national symbol of Oman. \u00a0I wanted to buy one in the souk but I was afraid that airport security would freak out and I would not be coming home on time. \u00a0The Khanjar dagger is unusual in that it has a very big curve, almost 90 degrees. \u00a0Plenty of Omanis wear these around on the streets.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-460e746 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"460e746\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a56c10\" data-id=\"2a56c10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac34d98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac34d98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">\nSecond Trip to Oman in June, 1997<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eae60fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eae60fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3748e8\" data-id=\"c3748e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8127d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8127d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In July 1997, I made went to Oman for the second time with Joe Begue. \u00a0We were in Athens and we met up with a fat guy named Jim Kramer to travel on towards Oman. We flew on a Gulf Air jet again and stopped in Dubai. \u00a0Jim asked Joe to carry his Andrew Kintec videotape and Joe was searched at gunpoint and we had to wait in the airport while they watched the entire tape.<br \/><br \/>In Muscat, we stayed at the Hotel Intercontinental, visited the gold Souq again drove a long way down the coast south of Muscat. \u00a0Again, I was impressed by the many Portuguese towers on the coast and how far the Portuguese had come, sailing all of the way around Africa to the Middle East.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4166f47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4166f47\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_6-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4724\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Another of the many old Portuguese castles or towers along the coast, still being used it looks like.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e8333e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e8333e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df0e49a\" data-id=\"df0e49a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d8a5c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d8a5c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_5.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDcyMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3N0b25ldHJpcHMuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMVwvTWFyXzE5OTZfU3VsdGFuYXRlX29mX09tYW5fNS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_5-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Wooden dhows are still built by hand as they have been for hundreds of years.  This is the port of Muscat<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32a145e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32a145e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e05764d\" data-id=\"e05764d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea2f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ea2f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_4.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDcyMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3N0b25ldHJpcHMuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMVwvTWFyXzE5OTZfU3VsdGFuYXRlX29mX09tYW5fNC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_4-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4722\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mar_1996_Sultanate_of_Oman_4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Another picture of the Sultan of Oman on the wall.  His picture is everywhere and the people seem to like him very much<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vacations Other Trips First Trip to Muscat, Oman in March, 1996 In March 1996, I made my first trip to the Sultanate of Oman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4716","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4716"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4736,"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716\/revisions\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}