{"id":1380,"date":"2020-01-30T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/?page_id=1380"},"modified":"2020-01-30T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:55:25","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been traveling and posting blogs since 2000. I travel with <a href=\"http:\/\/zoa.com\/map\/luggage.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">almost no luggage<\/a>. I buy only one-way tickets. I make few plans in advance. I usually travel alone. I&#8217;m often on the road for 10 months a year. Yet, I&#8217;m still not tired of traveling. Why? Because travel is an endless source of education, inspiration, and opportunities to help others. I&#8217;ve created the blogs below to encourage you to leave home for a while, to embrace adventure, to discover new people and places, and to explore the amazing planet we live on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having visited more than 150 countries, I&#8217;m often asked which one I like the best. I can&#8217;t choose just one place, so I&#8217;ve nominated my favorites and posted <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iZsQ1NzNvYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">a music video on youtube<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been traveling and posting blogs since 2000. I travel with almost no luggage. I buy only one-way tickets. I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1380\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoa.com\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}