{"id":3625,"date":"2015-01-24T17:11:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T01:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2015-01-24T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T01:11:17","slug":"now-and-forever-papeete-tahiti-01242015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3625","title":{"rendered":"Now and Forever \u2013 Papeete, Tahiti \u2013 [01\/24\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Plumaria\"<\/a>Papeete looks as I remember it. I suppose that shouldn\u2019t really surprise me, for one thing it\u2019s only been a year since I was last here, and that\u2019s not necessarily a lot of time for hugely noticeable changes. Moreover I think some places will simply always be as you remember them, no matter how much time has passed \u2013 we sculpt places to our memory, forever altering our perception of them though the lens of what once happened there.<\/p>\n

The rustling of the harbour breeze , through the thick branches of the palm trees, the smell of plumeria crushed under foot and occasionally tire, releasing its beauty even in its destruction. The perpetual mist of the tropical rain that teasing threatens to arrive but never quite does \u2013 but instead leaves the air thick and drunken, almost as if you could take a bite out of it.<\/p>\n

No, Tahiti has not changed\u2026<\/p>\n

I have though..<\/p>\n

Actually I ventured further away from the dockside than usual today, just treasuring the fresh air, the time to stretch my legs and think for a bit. I ended up in a park I\u2019d not stumbled on in the past, within sight of the ship, but far enough away from it that it wasn\u2019t too much on my mind.<\/p>\n

I had a vague notion of finding the pearl museum, but somehow never did get there (I blame the poor signage). Besides, I already have my black pearl, and my plumaria flower.<\/p>\n

Not everything in life that is beautiful has to be perfect\u2026<\/p>\n

Or even permanent<\/p>\n

No, Tahiti hasn\u2019t changed\u2026<\/p>\n

But I have\u2026<\/p>\n

And for that? I am forever grateful\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Papeete looks as I remember it. I suppose that shouldn\u2019t really surprise me, for one thing it\u2019s only been a year since I was last here, and that\u2019s not necessarily a lot of time for hugely noticeable changes. Moreover I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grand-world-voyage-2015","category-ports-of-call"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3GtNE-Wt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3627,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions\/3627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}