{"id":2506,"date":"2013-02-23T00:35:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T08:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2013-02-23T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T08:35:11","slug":"instawalk-al-bastakiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/02\/instawalk-al-bastakiya\/","title":{"rendered":"Instawalk: Al Bastakiya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Bastakiya is one of the oldest parts of Dubai, and if you visit on a friday morning (when the city, except for the mall, pretty much shuts down), you&#8217;ll have it largely to yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lock by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8497271082\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Lock\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8515\/8497271082_aeb19e8f20_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"#lookingup by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8497273420\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"#lookingup\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8511\/8497273420_2078147340_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A windcatcher (or \u0628\u0627\u0631\u062c\u064a\u0644 <em>barjeel<\/em>) &#8212; old school ventilation system pervasive in this neighborhood.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"upload by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8496182833\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"upload\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8245\/8496182833_e3998e6f1a_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Through a lattice by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8497297526\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Through a lattice\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8365\/8497297526_27e6979cd1_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Through a lattice at the mosque<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Mosque by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8497302808\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Mosque\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8232\/8497302808_8e72d77ec7_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Swings by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8496224695\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Swings\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8385\/8496224695_aac1c25e98_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lantern by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8497333430\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Lantern\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8091\/8497333430_1c09592bb2_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2507\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2507\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2507\" alt=\"(technically not Instagram -- a Twitter photo)\" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BDr80BCCAAAVmJD-525x700.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(technically not Instagram &#8212; a Twitter photo)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Bastakiya is one of the oldest parts of Dubai, and if you visit on a friday morning (when the city, except for the mall,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Instawalk: Al Bastakiya #travel #travelblog #dubai","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,264,1135],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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