{"id":44920,"date":"2014-05-08T05:19:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=44920"},"modified":"2014-05-08T05:19:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T20:19:50","slug":"travel-panama-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=44920","title":{"rendered":"Travel:  Panama Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-copy-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-2-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2 copy 2\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44922\" \/><\/a><br \/>\neven though i don&#8217;t like going to tourist traps, i had to go to the panama canal.  i&#8217;m just infatuated with technology, especially if it has to do with water or the ocean.  to see the system work right in front of my eyes was amazing!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"photo 1 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44921\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe panama canal is 77.1 kilometers or 48 miles long.  the built an artificial lake that is 26 meters or 85&#8242; above sea level in order to have the ships connect from the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean.  if it wasn&#8217;t for this canal, shipping trade would have to go all the way around in dangerous conditions.  this canal opened all sorts of trade and it is the biggest shipping lane in central america.  the system is based purely on nature and tides.  i was fascinated!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-3-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44923\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nhow could people think of a system like this?  whoever did is a genius.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-4-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-4-copy.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44924\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe went there at the perfect time.  we got to see 2 huge ships cross into the pacific ocean.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-5-copy1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-5-copy1.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5 copy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44925\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nus amigos.  Kyle, Keaka, and Demetrias enjoying the show.  such a cool group of guys.  gosh did we have fun!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/11175791_ori.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/11175791_ori-426x640.jpg\" alt=\"WS\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni watched over 15 movies on my long journey.  &#8220;Into the Wild&#8221; was my top 1.  and &#8220;Captain Phillips&#8221; was my second.  watching this brave captain stay calm and in control made me wonder what the heck went wrong in south korea?  in america, the saying is &#8220;a captain must go down with its ship!&#8221;  in south korea, i&#8217;m wondering what the captain was thinking.  that&#8217;s pretty sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>even though i don&#8217;t like going to tourist traps, i had to go to the panama canal. i&#8217;m just infatuated with technology, especially if it has to do with water or the ocean. to see the system work right in front of my eyes was amazing! the panama canal is 77.1 kilometers or 48 miles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}