{"id":245,"date":"2015-06-09T23:16:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T19:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/?p=245"},"modified":"2015-06-23T17:42:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T13:42:39","slug":"a-weekend-in-muscat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend in Muscat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is going to be a long post. For some reason I no longer have internet in my room, so it took a while for me to get all of these photos uploaded, but here I am now.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever spoken with someone who didn&#8217;t understand English well, had them not understand something, and you just repeated the same thing more loudly? I&#8217;d like to say I haven&#8217;t done that, but I think I&#8217;m guilty. It&#8217;s a pretty weird thing to go through, and it&#8217;s happened to me a couple times. Some of the words can wind up being pretty hard to figure out as very few sound anything like their corresponding English words.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, I had an exhausting but fun trip to Muscat, the capital of Oman. It&#8217;s where we arrived on the first day, but we didn&#8217;t really spend any time there. We started Friday (I&#8217;m not sure if I mentioned this previously, but Friday and Saturday make up the weekend here: Sunday is the first weekday). We got up and were on the bus by 7:30 in the morning, and our first stop was the Royal Opera House. Sultan Qaboos is a huge fan of classical European music &#8211; and that was very clear to me after our visit there. Everything was polished, ornate, and decorated. The lighting was weird in the actual theater area so unfortunately I don&#8217;t have any good pictures from there.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03383.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03383-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03388.jpg' title=\"Too bad they&#039;re stuck behind the glass....\" data-rl_title=\"Too bad they&#039;re stuck behind the glass....\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03388-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-204\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-204'>\n\t\t\t\tToo bad they&#8217;re stuck behind the glass&#8230;.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03390.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03390-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03396.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03396-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03412.jpg' title=\"The waiting area outside the theater.\" data-rl_title=\"The waiting area outside the theater.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03412-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-207\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-207'>\n\t\t\t\tThe waiting area outside the theater.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03414.jpg' title=\"I just thought that this was worth documenting - all elements of traditional Omani dress.\" data-rl_title=\"I just thought that this was worth documenting - all elements of traditional Omani dress.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03414-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-208\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-208'>\n\t\t\t\tI just thought that this was worth documenting &#8211; all elements of traditional Omani dress.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03417.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03417-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We went to the Muscat Grand Mall after that, which wasn&#8217;t very interesting because it had mostly Americanized stores. The only stores I would have wanted to visit were closed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_111215.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-HBLjnZ7E\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_111215-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"20150605_111215\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_111215-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_111215-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_111215-620x1102.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stylish!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had some free time to hang out in the hotel in the afternoon, then we went to the Matrah Souq in the evening. It was a sprawling market with several shops where one could buy just about anything. Honestly I didn&#8217;t even get to see that much of it, as two hours really wasn&#8217;t enough. I went with one of our supervisors from the college, Malik, to try to buy a dishdasha, but I just decided that I would wait until later. I don&#8217;t have any pictures from the Souq, but Khalil has a funny video of me trying to barter with someone that I&#8217;ll most likely be able to post in the next few days. Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to go back and actually buy a few things before I head back home.<\/p>\n<p>Some of us went to a Shisha Cafe later at night, which was fun because I spoke with an Egyptian guy there who was very impressed with my Arabic. Before I left I just said &#8220;I&#8217;m a crazy foreigner, I don&#8217;t speak Arabic well&#8221;, which he thought was pretty entertaining (transliterated Arabic: &#8220;Ana ajnabi majnoon, la atakallam al-&#8216;Arabiyya jayyidan!&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>That concluded day 1 in Muscat. Day 2 was the intense one.<\/p>\n<p>We began Saturday at 8:30 with a visit to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. Honestly, I was as impressed visiting it as I was visiting the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. It&#8217;s very pretty on the outside, and it&#8217;s really hard to fathom how big the main hall is inside. I&#8217;m certain that my family&#8217;s house at home could fit in the center comfortably as my pictures don&#8217;t really capture the size. The women&#8217;s prayer hall is far smaller and less ornate than the men&#8217;s &#8211; our guide gave us an interesting reason for that which I can explain if you ask me but that I&#8217;m not going to write here.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03422.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03422-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03437.jpg' title=\"Where the imam stands to lead prayer.\" data-rl_title=\"Where the imam stands to lead prayer.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03437-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-215\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-215'>\n\t\t\t\tWhere the imam stands to lead prayer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03425.jpg' title=\"Another shot of the dome.\" data-rl_title=\"Another shot of the dome.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03425-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-211\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-211'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother shot of the dome.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03429.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03429-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03430.jpg' title=\"The dome at the top of the mosque.\" data-rl_title=\"The dome at the top of the mosque.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03430-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-213\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-213'>\n\t\t\t\tThe dome at the top of the mosque.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03434.jpg' title=\"The mihrab of the mosque - indicating the direction of the Ka&#039;aba in Mecca.\" data-rl_title=\"The mihrab of the mosque - indicating the direction of the Ka&#039;aba in Mecca.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03434-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-214\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-214'>\n\t\t\t\tThe mihrab of the mosque &#8211; indicating the direction of the Ka&#8217;aba in Mecca.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03456.jpg' title=\"Unfathomably huge...\" data-rl_title=\"Unfathomably huge...\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03456-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-220\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-220'>\n\t\t\t\tUnfathomably huge&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03450.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03450-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03447.jpg' title=\"The designs were this intricate on every wall.\" data-rl_title=\"The designs were this intricate on every wall.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03447-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-218\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-218'>\n\t\t\t\tThe designs were this intricate on every wall.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03441.jpg' title=\"Some nice calligraphy.\" data-rl_title=\"Some nice calligraphy.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03441-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-217\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-217'>\n\t\t\t\tSome nice calligraphy.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03440.jpg' title=\"In front of the mihrab.\" data-rl_title=\"In front of the mihrab.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03440-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-216\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-216'>\n\t\t\t\tIn front of the mihrab.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03466.jpg' title=\"View of a minaret.\" data-rl_title=\"View of a minaret.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03466-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-221\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-221'>\n\t\t\t\tView of a minaret.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03475.jpg' title=\"The women&#039;s prayer room...\" data-rl_title=\"The women&#039;s prayer room...\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03475-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-222\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-222'>\n\t\t\t\tThe women&#8217;s prayer room&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03478.jpg' title=\"In the courtyard - a good view of the dome that I photographed on the right.\" data-rl_title=\"In the courtyard - a good view of the dome that I photographed on the right.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03478-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-223\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-223'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the courtyard &#8211; a good view of the dome that I photographed on the right.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03489.jpg' title=\"Khalil bombing the photo.\" data-rl_title=\"Khalil bombing the photo.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03489-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-224\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-224'>\n\t\t\t\tKhalil bombing the photo.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After that, we went to a museum in Muscat. I wasn&#8217;t able to take pictures but I learned some interesting things about Omani clothing and traditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03494.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-HBLjnZ7E\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03494-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC03494\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03494-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03494-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03494-620x465.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, we had my favorite part of the trip &#8211; a boat ride and snorkeling trip in the Oman Sea of the coast of Muscat! I saw a lot of cool creatures that I&#8217;d never seen before, like some cool rainbow fish, a pufferfish and live coral. My favorite creature I saw though, was a cuttlefish. That was totally surreal. I&#8217;d seen cuttlefish before on T.V., but I never realized how weird they really are. It wasn&#8217;t flashing like they usually are in videos, but it was camouflaged with the coral, which was just as cool.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03504.jpg' title=\"Getting onto the boat.\" data-rl_title=\"Getting onto the boat.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03504-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-226\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-226'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting onto the boat.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03505.jpg' title=\"At the center of the boat - the real Omani treatment.\" data-rl_title=\"At the center of the boat - the real Omani treatment.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03505-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-227\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-227'>\n\t\t\t\tAt the center of the boat &#8211; the real Omani treatment.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03512.jpg' title=\"The bay where we snorkeled.\" data-rl_title=\"The bay where we snorkeled.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03512-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-228\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-228'>\n\t\t\t\tThe bay where we snorkeled.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03513.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03513-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03514.jpg' title=\"Our boat - two stories tall. I jumped from that top part.\" data-rl_title=\"Our boat - two stories tall. I jumped from that top part.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03514-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-230\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-230'>\n\t\t\t\tOur boat &#8211; two stories tall. I jumped from that top part.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03518.jpg' title=\"Another shot of the bay.\" data-rl_title=\"Another shot of the bay.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03518-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-231\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-231'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother shot of the bay.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03527.jpg' title=\"Another cool, solitary boat out in the sea.\" data-rl_title=\"Another cool, solitary boat out in the sea.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03527-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-233\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-233'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother cool, solitary boat out in the sea.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03533.jpg' title=\"The back of our boat.\" data-rl_title=\"The back of our boat.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03533-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-235\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-235'>\n\t\t\t\tThe back of our boat.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03532.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03532-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03523.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03523-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>One weird thing was that I got very seasick one the way out and back from the cove where we swam. I&#8217;ve never gotten seasick before, even in a smaller boat blasting across the Great Slave Lake or on a larger cruise ship in the Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite thing that afternoon though was probably overcoming my fear of heights to some degree. The video doesn&#8217;t do it justice, but I jumped off the top of the boat into the water, which was probably about a two story jump. Of course plenty of others did it without hesitation, but I was proud of myself either way. I did it twice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/129981285\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Jumping into the Oman Sea\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We were all very tired by the time we got back to shore, but we still had one more stop planned: Sultan Qaboos&#8217;s Grand Palace in Muscat! We were only able to look at it from behind a fence, of course.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03545.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03545-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03544.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03544-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03541.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03541-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03540.jpg' title=\"One of the palace guards.\" data-rl_title=\"One of the palace guards.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03540-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-239\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-239'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the palace guards.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03542.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03542-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03538.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03538-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03537.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03537-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03536.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC03536-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Even after that, we still had a two-hour bus ride back to our Guest House in Manah. Needless to say, I&#8217;m still tired from the weekend!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-245 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_223530.jpg' title=\"Anyone care for a Fatburger?\" data-rl_title=\"Anyone care for a Fatburger?\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150605_223530-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-197\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-197'>\n\t\t\t\tAnyone care for a Fatburger?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150606_180346.jpg' title=\"Can you tell how tired I was?\" data-rl_title=\"Can you tell how tired I was?\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150606_180346-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-198\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-198'>\n\t\t\t\tCan you tell how tired I was?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is going to be a long post. For some reason I no longer have internet in my room, so it took a while for me to get all of these photos uploaded, but here I am now. Have you ever spoken with someone who didn&#8217;t understand English well, had them not understand something, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oman.victorreynolds.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}