{"id":1232,"date":"2011-04-02T20:15:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T16:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2011-04-02T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T17:20:00","slug":"salalah-oman-and-the-dhofar-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"Salalah, Oman and the Dhofar Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.132.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been wanting to go on this adventure for a long time and we finally had the time that it deserved. It&#8217;s a twelve hour drive to Salalah from Dubai. Apologies about how long this post is, but we took a lot of pictures since we may not be making this journey too often. But having done it once, it is very tempting&#8230;on the way back we were trying to determine if it would be worth making the drive on a three day weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.009.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThe drive down to Salalah takes you along the edge of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rub'_al_Khali\">Rub&#8217; al Khali<\/a>, the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.010.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.011.jpg\" ><br \/>\nInteresting satellite receiver equipment in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.012.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.013.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.014.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.015.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.016.jpg\" ><br \/>\nFruit vendors in the fields around Salalah<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.017.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.018.jpg\" ><br \/>\nKuot Hmran. East of Salalah. Not sure what the significance of this house is. But it is a splendid elevation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.019.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThe Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali is just outside of Mirbat and is surrounded by an ancient graveyard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.020.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.021.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.022.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.023.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.024.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.025.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.026.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.027.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThe town of Mirbat is most well known for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mirbat\">battle that was fought here<\/a> in 1972 during the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhofar_Rebellion\">Dhofar rebellion<\/a>. Much of the town is in ruins to this day which seem to stand as sort of an unofficial monument while the rest of the town has grown up around them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.028.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.029.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.030.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.031.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.032.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.033.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.034.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.035.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.036.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.037.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.038.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.039.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.040.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.041.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.042.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.043.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.044.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.045.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.046.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.047.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.048.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.049.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.050.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.051.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.052.jpg\" ><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khor_Rori\">Khor Rori<\/a>, or Sumharam. East of Salalah. Trading hub for Frankincense from 3rd century BCE to 7th Century CE.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.053.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.054.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.055.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.056.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.057.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.058.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.059.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.060.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.061.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.062.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.063.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.064.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.065.jpg\" ><br \/>\nAncient Southern Arabic language inscribed on the gates of Sumharam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.066.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.067.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.068.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThat night we had Lobster Biryani at a local restaurant near the Mirbat fish market. mmmm<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.069.jpg\" ><br \/>\nSome more modern cave dwellings near Mirbat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.070.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.071.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.072.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.073.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.074.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.075.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.076.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.078.jpg\" ><br \/>\nWadi Darbat. East of Salalah. This place was a magical garden of Eden. We were there during the dry season. In the summer during the rains it fills up with water and turns lush with green everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.079.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.080.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.081.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThe young donkeys were having a blast chasing each other.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.082.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.083.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.084.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.085.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.086.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.087.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.088.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.089.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.090.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.091.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.092.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.093.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.094.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.095.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.096.jpg\" ><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adansonia_digitata\">Baobab<\/a> forest<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.097.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.0971.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.099.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.100.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.101.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.102.jpg\" ><br \/>\nAl Balid Archeological park and the Museum of the Frankincense Land<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.103.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.104.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.105.jpg\" ><br \/>\nstone anchor<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.106.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.107.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.108.jpg\" ><br \/>\nBeach near Mughsayl, West of Salalah.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.109.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.110.jpg\" ><br \/>\nYes, there were camels and heron chilling near the beach on the marshy rocks with creeping wild purple flowered vines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.111.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.112.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.113.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.114.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.115.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.116.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.117.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.118.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.119.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.120.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.121.jpg\" ><br \/>\nMughsayl blowholes<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.122.jpg\" ><br \/>\nOn the way to Yemen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.123.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.125.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.126.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.127.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.128.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.129.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.130.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.131.jpg\" ><br \/>\nRakhyut is where we spent the night. But not in this hotel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.132.jpg\" ><br \/>\nWe pitched our tent on an outcropping of rocks overlooking the beach where the dolphins were swimming all evening.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.133.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.134.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.135.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.136.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.137.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.138.jpg\" ><br \/>\nPhotos of Rakhyut village in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.139.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.140.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.141.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.142.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.143.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.144.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.145.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.146.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.147.jpg\" ><br \/>\nWe gave this man a lift to the top of the mountain. He was quite an amazing and regal personality. I wish we could have conversed beyond greetings and hand gestures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.148.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.149.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThis was a far as we could get before we were turned around at the Omani side of the Yemen border crossing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.150.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.151.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.152.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.153.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.154.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.155.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.156.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.157.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.158.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.159.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.160.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.161.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.162.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.163.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.164.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.165.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.166.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.167.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.168.jpg\" ><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boswellia_sacra\">Frankincense trees<\/a> near Wadi Uyun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.169.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.170.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.171.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.172.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.173.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.174.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.175.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.177.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalarabia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2011.03.31.176.jpg\" ><br \/>\nThe long drive home&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been wanting to go on this adventure for a long time and we finally had the time that it deserved. It&#8217;s a twelve hour drive to Salalah from Dubai. Apologies about how long this post is, but we took a lot of pictures since we may not be making this journey too often. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/?p=1232\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Salalah, Oman and the Dhofar Province&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journalarabia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}