{"id":2763,"date":"2013-06-10T02:05:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T07:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2014-04-07T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T14:21:00","slug":"above-the-serengeti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/?p=2763","title":{"rendered":"Above the Serengeti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s this big rift valley and we decided to all go out and hike into it. Then we hike out of it. The end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3581-415x311.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3581\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2768\" title=\"That is not the horizon. It is a sheer cliff.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3581-415x311.jpg 415w, https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3581-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, there&#8217;s also giraffes and shit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3563-415x311.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3563\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2771\" title=\"The tall guy was eyeballing us the entire time.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3563-415x311.jpg 415w, https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3563-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and a water feature.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"https:\/\/video.lardbucket.org\/FlowPlayer.swf?config=%7Bembedded%3Atrue%2CmenuItems%3A%5Bfalse%2Ctrue%2Ctrue%2Cfalse%2Cfalse%2Ctrue%5D%2CshowFullScreenButton%3Afalse%2CplayList%3A%5B%7Burl%3A%27ctp%2Ejpg%27%7D%2C%7Burl%3A%27getVideo%2F1320751866%27%7D%5D%2CbaseURL%3A%27http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Elardbucket%2Eorg%2F%27%2CshowPlayListButtons%3Afalse%2CshowLoopButton%3Afalse%2CinitialScale%3A%27orig%27%2Cloop%3Afalse%2CautoPlay%3Afalse%7D\" width=\"320\" height=\"262\" scale=\"noscale\" bgcolor=\"111111\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowNetworking=\"all\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some of my peers might have had trouble with it *coughStacycough*, but I managed to stay upright for the most part. My surefooted mountaineering skills may come from my large feet. I may be wearing boy&#8217;s size (husky) jeans, but these shoes are a men&#8217;s 11. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s this red dirt that we have here. If not for the vegetation, this place would have a very Martian color palette. It&#8217;s also super clay-ey and after it sets, it can pack down into a firm, running track-like surface. (This would probably explain all the skinny dudes running around for miles at a time.)<\/p>\n<p>But when it gets wet, it turns into a very smooth mud that is great at holding onto moisture and staying muddy for a long time. Not good for hiking. Worse for walking through with dress shoes. Great for dirt castles.<\/p>\n<p>But overall, this place reminds me a lot of Vietnam. Except maybe a little bit classier. You get the overcrowded smelly diesel vehicles, motorcycles who respect no one and street vendors selling all manner of things. Except here they sell argyle socks and I&#8217;m told there&#8217;s a man with a wagon full of cardigans. In Vietnam, you were lucky to find a decent t-shirt stand by the side of the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there&#8217;s this big rift valley and we decided to all go out and hike into it. Then we hike out of it. The end. Well, there&#8217;s also giraffes and shit. Oh, and a water feature. Some of my peers might have had trouble with it *coughStacycough*, but I managed to stay upright for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3491,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommy.lardbucket.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}