{"id":4204,"date":"2019-07-21T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T14:57:32","slug":"rugged-touring-angola-day-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2019\/07\/21\/rugged-touring-angola-day-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugged Touring &#8211; Angola Day 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/IMG_3306-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/IMG_3306-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/IMG_3306-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/IMG_3306-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/IMG_3306.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Angola will not soon rival Greece or Italy as a travel destination, but for you seeking more rugged, challenging vistas, it&#8217;s a wealth of waterfalls, beaches, rivers, mountain passes and escarpments. Here I&#8217;m overlooking <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Serra de Leba (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PeDq8vRwYbI\" target=\"_blank\">Serra de Leba<\/a>, a 95-turn length of highway plunging from the high plateau of central Angola, to my left, downward towards the beach city of Namibe. Like the final scene from <em>The Gods Must Be Crazy<\/em>, I tossed a rock from this point, and a full twelve seconds passed before impact = 2200 feet straight down. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>So, begin planning your Angola vacation! And while you&#8217;re here, please include a couple of weeks with us. Sure, healthcare professionals of most all genre can play a role. But teachers, technology specialists, engineers, agronomist, and therapists have made precious contributions, too. In fact, the most important qualification of all is simply a willing spirit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola will not soon rival Greece or Italy as a travel destination, but for you seeking more rugged, challenging vistas, it&#8217;s a wealth of waterfalls, beaches, rivers, mountain passes and escarpments. 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