{"id":1789,"date":"2015-08-26T20:42:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:17:37","slug":"after-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/26\/after-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"After 11 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eleven years after my previous visit, I got to spend three amazing days in Rodrigues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View over Riviere-Coco in Rodrigues<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleven years after my previous visit, I got to spend three amazing days in Rodrigues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-sR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3016,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/05\/memories-of-rodrigues\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789,"position":0},"title":"Memories of Rodrigues","author":"Eddy Young","date":"5 July 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This CNN video showing the opening of the net fishing season (\"ouverture la peche la senne\") in Rodrigues brings back childhood memories. 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