{"id":24255,"date":"2015-05-29T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=24255"},"modified":"2015-05-29T01:00:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T08:00:20","slug":"friday-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24255","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Why Wildlife Is A Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever noticed that the best TV commercials, even the ones on Super Bowl Sunday, often feature animals? For whatever reason, any kind of wildlife captures our imaginations, or at least our camera lens, and that’s why among the thousands of pictures we’ve taken while on cruises, so many of them are of a creature who won’t pose, doesn’t consent to having its photo taken and can’t charge photographers for royalties…<\/p>\n

\"Costa<\/a><\/p>\n

Help us here, people…if we ever knew what kind of bird this was in Costa Rica, we’ve forgotten.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Alaska-iditarod\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruising Alaska this summer? Watch for an Iditarod dog: They’re noisy, scrawny and friendly<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

\"Hawaii-monk<\/a><\/p>\n

Pride of America passengers may see one of these monk seal, protected on the beach at Lihue, Kauai.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Roatan-cat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This Coxen Hole cat in Roatan, Honduras, gave us this steely glare throughout lunch, then cleaned our plates.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\"SF-sea<\/a><\/p>\n

Pier 39 in San Francisco always comes with more sea lions than you can imagine, barking and posing, of course.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

T<\/strong><\/em><\/span>oday at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Norwegian backtracks on food to rooms<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Holland America Oosterdam<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tJuly 19, 2015
\n\tVancouver<\/a>, Ketchikan<\/a>, Juneau<\/a>, Skagway<\/a>, Glacier Bay<\/a>, Anchorage<\/a>
\n\tInside: $499
\n\tCost per day: $71<\/strong>
\n\twww.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever noticed that the best TV commercials, even the ones on Super Bowl Sunday, often feature animals? For whatever reason, any kind of wildlife captures our imaginations, or at least our camera lens, and that’s why among the thousands of pictures we’ve taken while on cruises, so many of them are of a… Continue reading Friday File: Why Wildlife Is A Winner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893],"tags":[45,89,912,72,819,35,528,23,754,26,27,420,403,256,706],"class_list":["post-24255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","tag-alaska","tag-costa-rica","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-hawaii","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-oosterdam","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-pride-of-america","tag-roatan","tag-san-francisco","tag-wildlife","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}