{"id":1314,"date":"2004-04-03T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2004-04-03T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/its_time_to_tra"},"modified":"2004-04-03T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2004-04-03T17:03:33","slug":"its_time_to_tra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to travel again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to cast aside our winter garments of repentance and travel the world again with a free heart and and a hopeful mind. Hopeful is the operative word here, because travel has the tendency to put us into places that are more colorful than comfortable. I have been thinking of past trips lately and images of colorful spots in far places keep coming to mind.<\/p>\n<p>I will post a few pictures of my own in the next few days, but I fell upon a wonderful collection of travel pictures this morning at Etherfarm, a multi-part blog originating in Santa Cruz, California. \n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are sections with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/oculus\/\">photos<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/\">a blog <\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/mandible\/\">recipes<\/a>,  and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/oculus\/rodsandcones.shtml\">equipment<\/a> he uses. These pictures are from his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/oculus\/gestalt\/archives\/philippines.php\">Phillipines<\/a> gallery.<\/p>\n<p>This is my kind of sign, at a railroad crossing in the Phillipines. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/rrxsign_17791.html\" onclick=\"window.open(http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/oculus\/gestalt\/archives\/gallery_500.php','popup','width=400,height=312,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"rrxsign_1779\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/rrxsign_1779-thumb.jpe\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His dry humor and interesting writing make this site a great place to visit. <\/p>\n<p>Those of you who are into extreme travel might want to check out the following tour provider for unmistakably authentic local color. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/kangaroo_office_1776.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.etherfarm.com\/oculus\/gestalt\/archives\/gallery_476.php','popup','width=400,height=265,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"kangaroo_office_1776\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/kangaroo_office_1776-thumb.jpe\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bon voyage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to cast aside our winter garments of repentance and travel the world again with a free heart and and a hopeful mind. Hopeful is the operative word here, because travel has the tendency to put us into places that are more colorful than comfortable. I have been thinking of past trips lately and images of colorful spots in far places keep coming to mind.<\/p>\n<p>I will post a few pictures of my own in the next few days, but I fell upon a wonderful collection of travel pictures this morning at Etherfarm, a multi-part blog originating in Santa Cruz, California. \n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1794],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-lc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}