{"id":2192,"date":"2009-03-04T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2009-03-23T23:17:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T04:17:56","slug":"nels%e2%80%99-notes-nomadic-wandering-shenanigans-feb-23-27-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2009\/03\/04\/nels%e2%80%99-notes-nomadic-wandering-shenanigans-feb-23-27-2009","title":{"rendered":"Nels\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Notes: Nomadic Wandering Shenanigans Feb 23-27, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>Countries: <\/strong>Belize<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Driven<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 218 Miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Song of the Week<\/strong>: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Orange Sky\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201cAlexi Murdoch<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"234\" height=\"60\" data=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftheworldbyroa-20%2F8014%2F8dbfa5c1-df8a-4a94-81bd-54fe2f48f95f&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"id\" value=\"Player_8dbfa5c1-df8a-4a94-81bd-54fe2f48f95f\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftheworldbyroa-20%2F8014%2F8dbfa5c1-df8a-4a94-81bd-54fe2f48f95f&amp;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"Player_8dbfa5c1-df8a-4a94-81bd-54fe2f48f95f\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Book of the Week:\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One Hundred Years of Solitude\u00e2\u20ac\u009d-Gabriel Garcia Marquez<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060531045?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theworldbyroa-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060531045\">One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px; border-top-style: none! 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