{"id":76,"date":"2014-06-16T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogtest.cowebtech.ca\/?p=76"},"modified":"2019-10-03T08:55:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:55:35","slug":"gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar apparently has a lot of natural resources. &nbsp;One of the things the tourist shops try to sell are gems. &nbsp;Throughout the 3 weeks I wondered if the gems are actually good quality or are just cheap coloured stones.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Bagan, there is a gem museum, really just a front for a shop. &nbsp;There is a sign telling you how to identify a genuine gem.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-2oejRnULyLo\/U55PRraWtRI\/AAAAAAAAGt4\/Wv_Affdi1-o\/s1600\/blogger-image--694000453.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-2oejRnULyLo\/U55PRraWtRI\/AAAAAAAAGt4\/Wv_Affdi1-o\/s1600\/blogger-image--694000453.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">So, Myanmar identifies a genuine stone as being &#8220;enchanting&#8221;. &nbsp;It all sounds too scientific for me, so I passed on buying one!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">Some people say they have got really good deals on diamonds and precious metals, but I think you really need to know what you are looking for or you end up buying a worthless chunk of stone or metal!<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar apparently has a lot of natural resources. &nbsp;One of the things the tourist shops try to sell are gems. &nbsp;Throughout the 3 weeks I wondered if the gems are actually good quality or are just cheap coloured stones. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=76\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[74,73],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myanmar","tag-gems","tag-myanmar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}