{"id":4196,"date":"2013-02-16T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2013-02-16T19:41:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T19:41:45","slug":"time-is-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=4196","title":{"rendered":"Time is short&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4197\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/East-Martinique.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4197\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4197  \" alt=\"The real reason we travel to the Caribbean\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/East-Martinique.jpg\" width=\"381\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/East-Martinique.jpg 595w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/East-Martinique-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The real reason we travel to the Caribbean?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not that I dare assume the slightest responsibility for this, but readers may be under the false impression that sailing a yacht through the Caribbean island chain, is just an elaborate way of going on an extended pub crawl, or an excuse for gate crashing parties in exotic locations&#8230; Heaven knows where they came up with such a notion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s abundantly clear (my standard line for the folks back home) that the real reason I travel here is because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m bettering myself through cultural immersion and by savoring the phenomenal natural diversity of the islands (almost wrote islanders), and that it&#8217;s an enlightening and deeply spiritual experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some reason (I can&#8217;t imagine why&#8230;), few seem to credit these claims&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4198\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/St-James.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4198\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4198\" alt=\"Free tastings at the Saint James distillery in Martinique\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/St-James.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/St-James.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/St-James-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/St-James-487x300.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free tastings at the Saint James distillery in Martinique<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why just the other day I was doing exhaustive research into the plight of spirits at the Saint James distillery.<\/p>\n<p>How much more spiritual can you get?<\/p>\n<p>You see&#8230; Being a man of quasi-constant leisure (I&#8217;ve been downgraded), isn&#8217;t just about admiring the pretty girls after all&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4199\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Brazil-Pink.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4199\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4199 \" alt=\"One can but admire such fine plumage!\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Brazil-Pink.jpg\" width=\"370\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Brazil-Pink.jpg 529w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Brazil-Pink-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One can but admire such fine plumage!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Though I&#8217;m occasionally willing to apportion a smallish fraction (say 80%) of my attention to this field in appreciation of the finer arts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But sadly, I will have to postpone further studies. Time is running short, and I must see to the noble cause of furthering the yachting infrastructure in French Guiana (I&#8217;ll take a modest bow to your polite applause here)&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4200\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/provisioning.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4200\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4200\" alt=\"Can't go anywhere without stocking up on white goods!\" src=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/provisioning.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/provisioning.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/provisioning-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/provisioning-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can&#8217;t go anywhere without stocking up on white goods!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So while my preparations, including provisioning are fortunately in no way as burdensome as some, it will not be long before I must weigh anchor once more and return Eileen of Avoca to the Amazon basin.<\/p>\n<p>Now if only the weather would improve&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that I dare assume the slightest responsibility for this, but readers may be under the false impression that sailing a yacht through the Caribbean island chain, is just an elaborate way of going on an extended pub crawl, or &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/?p=4196\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1095,136],"tags":[1183,1281],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4205,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/4205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ifno.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}