{"id":203,"date":"2009-11-06T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2009-11-06T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T10:57:00","slug":"malta-and-the-middle-sea-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"MALTA and the middle sea race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEqOzoIqI\/AAAAAAAABt4\/uAbU5kBkAtE\/s1600-h\/DSC_4514.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEqOzoIqI\/AAAAAAAABt4\/uAbU5kBkAtE\/s320\/DSC_4514.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400946976699720354\" \/><\/a>How do I reduce the image of Malta into a few photographs? .<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I was here for the Middle Sea race ( see the blog of the race :http:\/\/www.tripsailor.com\/blogs\/2667-blog-rolex-middle-sea-race-2009) and had to try to stay focused on that. Even preparing the boat as the sun moved across the sky my impressions of Malta were ever changing.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I never was able to see more of the island country than going to and from the boat, which left me yearning to see and understand more.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpk2M3GI\/AAAAAAAABtw\/kQupUGWZACc\/s1600-h\/DSC_4419.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpk2M3GI\/AAAAAAAABtw\/kQupUGWZACc\/s320\/DSC_4419.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400946965436226658\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpWf0pII\/AAAAAAAABto\/O6YWyHY89Is\/s1600-h\/DSC_4361.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpWf0pII\/AAAAAAAABto\/O6YWyHY89Is\/s320\/DSC_4361.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400946961584268418\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpCfJ77I\/AAAAAAAABtg\/Mb1hBY45A_A\/s1600-h\/DSC_4352.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEpCfJ77I\/AAAAAAAABtg\/Mb1hBY45A_A\/s320\/DSC_4352.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400946956212760498\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEo7PRe3I\/AAAAAAAABtY\/ZyG4sxoMEXQ\/s1600-h\/DSC_4345.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SvQEo7PRe3I\/AAAAAAAABtY\/ZyG4sxoMEXQ\/s320\/DSC_4345.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400946954267097970\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I reduce the image of Malta into a few photographs? . I was here for the Middle Sea race ( see the blog of the race :http:\/\/www.tripsailor.com\/blogs\/2667-blog-rolex-middle-sea-race-2009) and had to try to stay focused on that. Even preparing the boat as the sun moved across the sky my impressions of Malta were ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MALTA and the middle sea race<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,275,277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malta","category-middle-sea-race-2009","category-yacht-nix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}