{"id":71,"date":"2015-10-03T22:54:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T20:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-09-21T09:25:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T07:25:37","slug":"over-snakes-and-slopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Over Snakes and Slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1727-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1727-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1727-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1727-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Labario snake (Bothrops atrox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SEP 24, 2015 &#8211; On Thursday morning, we left the guesthouse early to hike up to the top of Kaieteur Falls before midday. Even so, the weather was very hot and tropical. Shortly after departure, we encountered a highly venomous Labario snake &#8211;\u00a0 it didn&#8217;t attack anybody, but I think we would all have preferred to see it behind glass rather than on the trail in front of us. At the top, we enjoyed a first view of the gorgeous waterfall. We had lunch at Kaieteur guesthouse and spent the afternoon in the area. Some of us were lucky enough to see the &#8220;Cock of the Rock&#8221;, a beautiful orange bird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1749-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1749-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1749-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1749-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1799.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1799-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1799-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1799-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1799-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1777-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1777-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1777-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1777-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1827-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1827-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1827-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1827-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1940-e1505978684792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1940-e1505978684792-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1940-e1505978684792-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1940-e1505978684792-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1940-e1505978684792-768x1155.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1896-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1896-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1896-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1896-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1899-e1505978722355.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1899-e1505978722355-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1899-e1505978722355-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1899-e1505978722355-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150924_IMGP1899-e1505978722355-768x1155.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEP 24, 2015 &#8211; On Thursday morning, we left the guesthouse early to hike up to the top of Kaieteur Falls before midday. Even so, the weather was very hot and tropical. Shortly after departure, we encountered a highly venomous Labario snake &#8211;\u00a0 it didn&#8217;t attack anybody, but I think we would all have preferred<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=71\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}