{"id":3783,"date":"2012-06-18T04:09:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T02:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2012-12-23T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T09:54:10","slug":"these-were-the-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/2012\/06\/these-were-the-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"These were the Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Wave patterns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8105491122\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8044\/8105491122_f0703cf600_s.jpg\" alt=\"Wave patterns\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Arriving in Sharjah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102066164\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8045\/8102066164_e317e55d15_s.jpg\" alt=\"Arriving in Sharjah\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Dresscode\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102071306\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8325\/8102071306_7aeb47fbfb_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dresscode\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Al Qasba Mosque, Sharjah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102077790\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8332\/8102077790_c0bd236cce_s.jpg\" alt=\"Al Qasba Mosque, Sharjah\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Islamic art\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102080286\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; 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width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8186\/8102194171_888dcc7817_s.jpg\" alt=\"Wind tower\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Dubai Creek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102305239\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8188\/8102305239_9c8a101bcf_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dubai Creek\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"all\" \/><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Bastakiya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102327372\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8047\/8102327372_d54f775b53_s.jpg\" alt=\"Bastakiya\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Arabian Sunset\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102318261\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8185\/8102318261_6b597f2ed7_s.jpg\" alt=\"Arabian Sunset\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Traditional Abra boats\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102325279\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8334\/8102325279_2b158da217_s.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Abra boats\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Bastakiya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102344914\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8194\/8102344914_98ed8f922b_s.jpg\" alt=\"Bastakiya\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Arabian nights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102350060\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8184\/8102350060_939c68716f_s.jpg\" alt=\"Arabian nights\" \/><\/a><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Al Qasba mosque\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/8102347333\/in\/set-72157631814335463\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8055\/8102347333_b2e6fd105d_s.jpg\" alt=\"Al Qasba mosque\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruckh\/sets\/72157631814335463\/\">23 Emirates <\/a>, a set on Flickr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A mix of crazy superlatives, Arab hospitality and endless sand dunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-flattr-button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/?flattrss_redirect&amp;id=3783&amp;md5=2333601b2d0b351412d2a1a8e5b1634b\" title=\"Flattr\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-content\/plugins\/flattr\/img\/flattr-badge-large.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-content\/plugins\/flattr\/img\/flattr-badge-large.png\" alt=\"Flattr this!\"\/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 Emirates , a set on Flickr. A mix of crazy superlatives, Arab hospitality and endless sand dunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,94,235,7,73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3783"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4483,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ruckh.org\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}