{"id":150,"date":"2009-12-08T04:35:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T10:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2009\/12\/08\/exploring-the-wilderness-angola-day-21\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T02:45:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T02:45:55","slug":"exploring-the-wilderness-angola-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2009\/12\/08\/exploring-the-wilderness-angola-day-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Wilderness &#8211; Angola Day 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/nick-climbing.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-924\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/nick-climbing.jpg\" alt=\"nick-climbing\" width=\"530\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/nick-climbing.jpg 530w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/nick-climbing-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the pleasant characteristics of medical life in Angola is that the evening are generally quiet &#8211; except for the C-section Monday at 4 AM that just could not wait for daylight. Weekday afternoons are also predictably tranquil. I took a break from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/service-learning\/training-sites\/lubango-evangelical-medical-center-angola\/\">Evangelical Medical Center of Lubango<\/a>\u00a0to go hiking and climbing in the Angolan wilderness. The interior of this country is high plateau, with perfect 70 degree weather year round &#8211; way better than my home in Kansas City. Proceeding westward, the elevation falls of at an escarpment, rapidly descending toward the coastline and beaches. It&#8217;s a geological playground of peaks and cliffs. Can I entice anyone to go repelling with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of the pleasant characteristics of medical life in Angola is that the evening are generally quiet &#8211; except for the C-section Monday at 4 AM that just could not wait for daylight. Weekday afternoons are also predictably tranquil. 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