{"chapterKey":"oman/bustan","title":"Bustan","regionSlug":"oman","status":"published","photos":[{"sha":"be3dd33b1b75bee94172ffcdd5fa0cb7ff37f9fde014460c70ba115594c6229d","caption":"Typical countryside, although that probably stretches the meaning of the word.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/edae70cb1f19b0f92453e11e3c8e4877","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f50b0f0eef2f240c652fb85557ebb9b8","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/3709eb2873a92293c5b1b0d12028d1f9","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/6a7329dc9c7fe6ac1ec3f6ba27489395","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/be3dd33b1b75bee94172ffcdd5fa0cb7","altText":"Typical countryside, although that probably stretches the meaning of the word."},{"sha":"10d927ab9ebd7b73d040bcdf69c49b11f8e867758d55329233a10aa775992678","caption":"From about the same spot but this time looking to the Gulf of Oman and coastal Al Bustan.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/0bb8160a2dd40ad2922538784a8073bc","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/37ca5a02fcafa32d6af3de9581cd46c5","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/5635d94b61e3c3f3296c637781c51d2f","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/221dcde7311c5dc1378d18e0a91c7530","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/10d927ab9ebd7b73d040bcdf69c49b11","altText":"From about the same spot but this time looking to the Gulf of Oman and coastal Al Bustan."},{"sha":"927df97f30e9ec6e038c4124f40a428d7dbbb3e46dd4ea981de8c0397b2d89ca","caption":"Closer in.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/de32736ede984fb6ced4ff9bfce6891d","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/de4cb14933cbea1c08b92973b537a576","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cbed74bfd4692772582cc5138e6c1b90","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/0dbc67c05b0b8c43e44b1f9f4bbc55f7","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/927df97f30e9ec6e038c4124f40a428d","altText":"Closer in."},{"sha":"aa3373dd75914035743fa3ecbb274c6ae8a8bb6ed810c54d5ba333243e468e80","caption":"It's not just Sultan Qaboos who likes green. The same principle motivates Quebeckers to keep their homes toasty warm in winter.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/dd972f2158dc2b435e1d2d72d3815a5e","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/450da5752fce2f71f7f357ab0447f72f","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2f1c271b7e31387874e8d107c88f399f","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/3ee05237fe4721c2dce36952c27c9699","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/aa3373dd75914035743fa3ecbb274c6a","altText":"It's not just Sultan Qaboos who likes green. The same principle motivates Quebeckers to keep their homes toasty warm in winter."},{"sha":"c1e3ca7944105389e17f6ee3adf0aa830a2ced7a8bc00b9b8584c773d932089e","caption":"A windlass to haul boats ashore. Rollers are used to get them back to the water.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/7aae1504869b5d8481ce0bb7cd6455a4","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/34712758639b6cdd16423ac86d9be391","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/de943fa72f460d70c97fc00b0e1cc4bb","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f2232d4cce1ce3f843c0a346cc42138d","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c1e3ca7944105389e17f6ee3adf0aa83","altText":"A windlass to haul boats ashore. Rollers are used to get them back to the water."},{"sha":"c1b9946173294936822a8e4a378189d86f7e64c901c442f4fa05b7eb91ab7b67","caption":"Ashore.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/53f5197898b8f5db8fa9c5e3ccd75fef","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/70e19c0b20232b3aaf5eae4d9a1c142b","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/33e7980a5f8551b259ec5d086a81b840","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/bde5f5c78074d6c0775165fc5852736d","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c1b9946173294936822a8e4a378189d8","altText":"Ashore."},{"sha":"e1898f1b9ff566833f22816b96e243594589272c0837a952ef39fead830622ae","caption":"Beach and headland.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/4e220d62c4eb1e1957cccab4f1455e80","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/3d5279a7744dd442007e8da99810b602","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2cfe8f1de0d173c0f198ad815104b6ba","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/e5fbb80251d9ba30da9e002c5061bb2a","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/e1898f1b9ff566833f22816b96e24359","altText":"Beach and headland."},{"sha":"4ae0cd9de3847180235eae8d1fc264a3aa9b54f5860182075ec37c628eb893fe","caption":"Beachside.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/67c1aca1ffb1dd882988d3a278ca8473","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ef6eb6be9cb6b8beeb0c9aa993fa7e24","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1868c3482f2f721adf66e2a516669d4f","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f62f71a9907f8e701895ba7a20616ce1","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/4ae0cd9de3847180235eae8d1fc264a3","altText":"Beachside."},{"sha":"b7acb269bb35b659c6b431776e77aef613369a3ea39434f964f057f0598514b6","caption":"More modest housing.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/068be4e0719c52281a4bdafa81432a78","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/25fbaa620ce6386e30e8ada02e3756b1","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/53605be52dd7423016cdc25402549852","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/8a5b5e2b51a134e7f614af8a7d12a72e","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b7acb269bb35b659c6b431776e77aef6","altText":"More modest housing."},{"sha":"c5e9e0ab93f917f2dae3c1516c7a522960cdf9a152dec89a86d4b1b683f5071d","caption":"However limited, a garden.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/66393acc296ecde16871dbb4a5b9b893","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/04a2067d40a10866be0d673834b2a938","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/301bcd17a126f6f73052c93ba74e0465","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b993372be791be96db20b5f0921d30ce","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c5e9e0ab93f917f2dae3c1516c7a5229","altText":"However limited, a garden."},{"sha":"48ebb8b5820772affc0327d7e4d26a47ee130c092276b9f48a32ff21b5db8449","caption":"A lane without a speck of litter. Note the air conditioners and/or swamp coolers.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/e2c5a552376258c7a618f7e3d3a8c1c8","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/0e3c138cd592da6c97f41dbb443b41be","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/679589f76582e0aff05044608ccdefc8","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f478a79056b68a452b4abde5caabc8d3","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/48ebb8b5820772affc0327d7e4d26a47","altText":"A lane without a speck of litter. Note the air conditioners and/or swamp coolers."},{"sha":"87c9133abf2463739f8b8ee73d9a2afb2c02eda6a32a5fe3eddf084cdd7e369f","caption":"Kids coming home from school.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/76c3f388984a16f806a441bb81096929","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/46854afbe02495bb59f48476a8a1a1ae","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2fc914d8184a7d7ab8cb70901fee9cbf","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1866b901727ff86b52f99f81f14d6c70","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/87c9133abf2463739f8b8ee73d9a2afb","altText":"Kids coming home from school."},{"sha":"94789adc40677e072479a9ada65ab0d0ed4d8834df97ba99f4e3ce60f7265988","caption":"The same stretch of coast viewed from a nearby hotel.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/558ef21c4842826e4812150c39497226","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/eee1404b01bd0c97828eaf5444df68dd","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/99326beb16811adaf646b447b5a03cde","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1501238a583a06083b9451a5668526ba","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/94789adc40677e072479a9ada65ab0d0","altText":"The same stretch of coast viewed from a nearby hotel."},{"sha":"bc5e8bca3781edc678bd1905256708b76f3294eb48ae71e7df10bb157d887c02","caption":"The hotel's approach road has a traffic circle that ranks high on the list of Omani follies.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f8f07d6251e69199cd8c6b557c71143f","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/cec57a8de5a54489e02b5055fd2c294a","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ea63aad1f8587473b979cb03c08a0165","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/4e85480f089b0c4f2bb3739198d72764","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/bc5e8bca3781edc678bd1905256708b7","altText":"The hotel's approach road has a traffic circle that ranks high on the list of Omani follies."},{"sha":"9cabbbb254624a4307b6fa6badf00da20796b8afd8950ed8fa66c51a1d205e08","caption":"That's real water.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/96e67407ca3e4e4f3f1bd7aa37c97580","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/3f43cae02d38307f11aafa8f8482cae7","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c8347ec338d4ef36771522d3f9b381d6","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/bc6cbd27dcf6139e08a4fe2ed14b67df","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/9cabbbb254624a4307b6fa6badf00da2","altText":"That's real water."},{"sha":"ebf90a6ea20e8f2380d75a25fa73e3d7817deec4917547939e6c836590502842","caption":"Haramel, an intermediate hamlet between Muscat and Bustan.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/7dc375601a8a5ebb7f64d764e6cd789d","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/999ccc47938118b1e6d4798e4b2fad10","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1086c2fb916b85132edc9c751a46a513","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/f8d21e016054caf34a2f84cca4cc98e8","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/ebf90a6ea20e8f2380d75a25fa73e3d7","altText":"Haramel, an intermediate hamlet between Muscat and Bustan."},{"sha":"7a8c81d3628f2e3077122c8952aab245f13028a108169e43a08b9b109fde5296","caption":"Private estate at Haramel.","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/9bbdba27510dae7ce628a8702d28970e","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/dee7988e00fa20f7c8ebf6e148b2ba2c","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/51a544e70ccebe662aafd07d39955cf5","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/00cb29a920abf7738863485b55a99804","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/7a8c81d3628f2e3077122c8952aab245","altText":"Private estate at Haramel."},{"sha":"c3a209fe023620ccd6f028dfd21b03cd93f055b98d9d43743b0bc3a05022f13f","caption":"And this is March!","width":1632,"height":1224,"aspect":1.3333,"orientation":"landscape","layoutHint":"wide","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/306d306f0910e17f0ae4d19f0a05dca8","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/27cac8f0672dc12bea79921830312673","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1e68efbc269b8f8be3e00dc5addb3637","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/a59cd3de6ceb63421f334aca884e4cd0","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c3a209fe023620ccd6f028dfd21b03cd","altText":"And this is March!"}],"createdAt":"2022-02-28T01:28:57.000Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-28T01:28:57.000Z","lead":"A road continues east from Muscat along a forbidding coast to the small town of Al Bustan.","visitedDate":"2004","publishedDate":"2004-04-10T04:00:00.000Z","originalUrl":"https://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=749&chapterid=752&picturesize=medium","heroSha":"be3dd33b1b75bee94172ffcdd5fa0cb7ff37f9fde014460c70ba115594c6229d","authorLabel":"Bryan Wallach","_meta":{"sameAs":[]}}