{"id":3037,"date":"2014-05-18T21:01:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T02:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2025-03-02T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:34:49","slug":"whats-not-to-like-about-a-sleepy-sunday-in-the-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/2014\/05\/18\/whats-not-to-like-about-a-sleepy-sunday-in-the-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Not to Like About a Sleepy Sunday in the Andes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">May 18, 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s not to like about a sleepy Sunday in the Andes?\u00a0\u00a0Santiago is sheltered by the Andes, and so we were able to drive about 25 miles out of town to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/files\/2014\/05\/hikinginandes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5604 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/files\/2014\/05\/hikinginandes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>resort\/farm\/ranch (fruit trees, honey bees, vineyards) about 4500 feet high, surrounded by snow-capped peaks.\u00a0\u00a0We spent the day hiking, or horseback riding, or sitting in the sun alongside a roaring mountain stream waiting for our lamb to be roasted.\u00a0\u00a0What\u2019s not to like?\u00a0\u00a0Other than if we were here in the dead of winter (it\u2019s \u201cNovember\u201d now), we\u2019d be able to teleski&#8211;they\u2019d take us up in a helicopter and let us ski down the hill. Or if we were here in the summer, when the roaring mountain creek accommodates whitewater rafting.\u00a0\u00a0What\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 18, 2014 What\u2019s not to like about a sleepy Sunday in the Andes?\u00a0\u00a0Santiago is sheltered by the Andes, and so we were able to drive about 25 miles out of town to a resort\/farm\/ranch (fruit trees, honey bees, vineyards) about 4500 feet high, surrounded by snow-capped peaks.\u00a0\u00a0We spent the day hiking, or horseback riding, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/2014\/05\/18\/whats-not-to-like-about-a-sleepy-sunday-in-the-andes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s Not to Like About a Sleepy Sunday in the Andes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fdib-latin-america-2014"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7285,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions\/7285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}