{"id":65109,"date":"2016-03-04T05:04:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65109"},"modified":"2016-03-04T05:04:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:04:22","slug":"travel-advisory-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=65109","title":{"rendered":"Travel Advisory:  Zika Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6759.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6759\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65110\" \/><br \/>\nwhen Takahashi-san came to hawaii, he told me he wanted to go fishing.  so all this time, i had all my fishing gear on standby mode.  every single day, i ask him, &#8220;want to go fishing?&#8221;  after catching perfect waves all morning long, he says &#8220;i rather surf.  surfing is so fun!!!&#8221;  haha.  so i brought home the fishing poles and i&#8217;m happy too because i&#8217;d rather surf.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6761.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6761\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65111\" \/><br \/>\nyesterday i wake Takahashi-san up at 6:30am.  &#8220;hey, the waves are super good! let&#8217;s go surf!&#8221;  he replies &#8220;i&#8217;m still tired, call me back at 8:30am.&#8221;  i hang up and wonder &#8220;huh?&#8221;  10 minutes later, he calls me back and says &#8220;oh, i&#8217;m up now, let&#8217;s go surf.&#8221;  that ended up being the best decision of his surfing career because the waves were perfect and he got barreled!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6762.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6762\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65112\" \/><br \/>\nwe ended up surfing 3 hours straight.  why not when we&#8217;re the only guys out right?  it felt like a total waste when we came in and seen perfect waves go unridden through the lineup.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6776.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6776\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65113\" \/><br \/>\nTakahashi-san&#8217;s been coming to hawaii for the past 35 years and told me &#8220;this is my best hawaii trip ever!&#8221;  haha.  it&#8217;s amazing how surfing good waves can make a person so happy.  this past week, he&#8217;s been the luckiest guy because the waves couldn&#8217;t have been any more perfect.  big smile, big shaka.  awesome surfing Takahashi-san!  have a safe flight back to okinawa and keep on surfing!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_6691.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6691\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65117\" \/><br \/>\nthe ride back is always fun.  i just love seeing everybody so happy everyday.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-02-29-at-2.40.24-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-02-29 at 2.40.24 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65114\" \/><br \/>\nanother day, another turtle.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zika-virus-travel-alert.jpg\" alt=\"zika-virus-travel-alert\" width=\"620\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65115\" \/><br \/>\nthe zika virus is affecting my travel plans.  i&#8217;ve been going to central america and been wanting to explore deeper there and more in south america.  but now, my plans have to change a little.  i won&#8217;t be going to that side of the world for a while.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20060703_25051.jpg\" alt=\"20060703_25051\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-65116\" \/><br \/>\ngoing to switch my focus on south\/east asia.  going deeper and deeper is my goal.  10 years ago pulling into this little village deep in the philippines was an amazing experience.  can&#8217;t wait to go back.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>when Takahashi-san came to hawaii, he told me he wanted to go fishing. so all this time, i had all my fishing gear on standby mode. every single day, i ask him, &#8220;want to go fishing?&#8221; after catching perfect waves all morning long, he says &#8220;i rather surf. surfing is so fun!!!&#8221; haha. so i [&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-65109","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\/65109","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=65109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}