{"id":23385,"date":"2019-05-29T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=23385"},"modified":"2019-05-29T13:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:49:45","slug":"titanic-museum-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/29\/titanic-museum-belfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Titanic Museum, Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Posted on Facebook under &#8220;Heard it might be a Boeing 737 MAX on way back from Ireland so decided to take a ship for safety.&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/97AEB4D2-B05F-43D6-B075-7C273586B304-1520x1013.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23377\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/97AEB4D2-B05F-43D6-B075-7C273586B304-1520x1013.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/97AEB4D2-B05F-43D6-B075-7C273586B304-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/97AEB4D2-B05F-43D6-B075-7C273586B304-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/97AEB4D2-B05F-43D6-B075-7C273586B304-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Could this be the world&#8217;s most lavish museum devoted to engineering failure? The science turned out not to be settled, unfortunately. Folks in Belfast do like to point out &#8220;She was alright when she left here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C52982A-82B6-41E8-BB63-7F4B67E486C1-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23371\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/4c52982a-82b6-41e8-bb63-7f4b67e486c1\/\" class=\"wp-image-23371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C52982A-82B6-41E8-BB63-7F4B67E486C1-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C52982A-82B6-41E8-BB63-7F4B67E486C1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C52982A-82B6-41E8-BB63-7F4B67E486C1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C52982A-82B6-41E8-BB63-7F4B67E486C1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6935-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23384\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/img_6935\/\" class=\"wp-image-23384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6935-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6935-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6935-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6935-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum does disclose how badly the first voyage turned out for most people on board:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD7EE914-1384-4F8F-93EE-FC313783D6BA-1520x1520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23373\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/ad7ee914-1384-4f8f-93ee-fc313783d6ba\/\" class=\"wp-image-23373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD7EE914-1384-4F8F-93EE-FC313783D6BA-1520x1520.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD7EE914-1384-4F8F-93EE-FC313783D6BA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD7EE914-1384-4F8F-93EE-FC313783D6BA-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD7EE914-1384-4F8F-93EE-FC313783D6BA-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD3662EE-73E4-4D27-B901-64DE101E9E08-1520x1520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23374\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/ad3662ee-73e4-4d27-b901-64de101e9e08\/\" class=\"wp-image-23374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD3662EE-73E4-4D27-B901-64DE101E9E08-1520x1520.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD3662EE-73E4-4D27-B901-64DE101E9E08-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD3662EE-73E4-4D27-B901-64DE101E9E08-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AD3662EE-73E4-4D27-B901-64DE101E9E08-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6B450800-CAE7-4096-9089-1D1D75C34A19-1520x1520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23379\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/6b450800-cae7-4096-9089-1d1d75c34a19\/\" class=\"wp-image-23379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6B450800-CAE7-4096-9089-1D1D75C34A19-1520x1520.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6B450800-CAE7-4096-9089-1D1D75C34A19-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6B450800-CAE7-4096-9089-1D1D75C34A19-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6B450800-CAE7-4096-9089-1D1D75C34A19-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This was despite substantial government regulation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6897-1520x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6897-1520x360.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6897-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6897-1024x243.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6897-768x182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also despite the latest in wireless communication technology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6899-e1559151746682-1140x1520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23390\" width=\"497\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6899-e1559151746682-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6899-e1559151746682-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6899-e1559151746682-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the skill of management, engineers, and workers is celebrated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EC143B20-0868-4145-AC2A-E09369F7FB8C-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23381\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/ec143b20-0868-4145-ac2a-e09369f7fb8c\/\" class=\"wp-image-23381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EC143B20-0868-4145-AC2A-E09369F7FB8C-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EC143B20-0868-4145-AC2A-E09369F7FB8C-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EC143B20-0868-4145-AC2A-E09369F7FB8C-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EC143B20-0868-4145-AC2A-E09369F7FB8C-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D21E0ECE-E095-4CF2-AD30-76E5BBD6FF3C-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23380\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/d21e0ece-e095-4cf2-ad30-76e5bbd6ff3c\/\" class=\"wp-image-23380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D21E0ECE-E095-4CF2-AD30-76E5BBD6FF3C-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D21E0ECE-E095-4CF2-AD30-76E5BBD6FF3C-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D21E0ECE-E095-4CF2-AD30-76E5BBD6FF3C-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/D21E0ECE-E095-4CF2-AD30-76E5BBD6FF3C-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it a bad thing when a country goes from being a world industrial leader to irrelevant compared to South Korea, China, and Japan? Barack Obama says &#8220;No problemo:&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B962EA3A-8BBE-4E1D-A29B-B3F95C44CDB0-e1559149891644-1520x1520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23376\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B962EA3A-8BBE-4E1D-A29B-B3F95C44CDB0-e1559149891644-1520x1520.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B962EA3A-8BBE-4E1D-A29B-B3F95C44CDB0-e1559149891644-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B962EA3A-8BBE-4E1D-A29B-B3F95C44CDB0-e1559149891644-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/B962EA3A-8BBE-4E1D-A29B-B3F95C44CDB0-e1559149891644-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Passengers were arbitrarily divided into only two genders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6896-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23382\" width=\"314\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6896-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6896-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6896-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Not every movie about the Titanic is an unimaginative derivative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0D954ECB-A5E0-43C7-95E8-5B9EC2B2BD8B-1520x676.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23375\" width=\"460\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0D954ECB-A5E0-43C7-95E8-5B9EC2B2BD8B-1520x676.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0D954ECB-A5E0-43C7-95E8-5B9EC2B2BD8B-300x133.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0D954ECB-A5E0-43C7-95E8-5B9EC2B2BD8B-1024x456.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/0D954ECB-A5E0-43C7-95E8-5B9EC2B2BD8B-768x342.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, as now, the migration industry was highly profitable for some&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/252FEF10-85D0-4E09-ADE9-C8805460C7A5-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23378\" width=\"402\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/252FEF10-85D0-4E09-ADE9-C8805460C7A5-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/252FEF10-85D0-4E09-ADE9-C8805460C7A5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/252FEF10-85D0-4E09-ADE9-C8805460C7A5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/252FEF10-85D0-4E09-ADE9-C8805460C7A5-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A reminder to be humble&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6894-1520x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6894-1520x635.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6894-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6894-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6894-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; considering that the best humans could do lasted less than two weeks against Nature. From notes typed up by a shipyard office worker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6893-1520x1069.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23389\" width=\"410\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6893-1520x1069.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6893-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6893-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_6893-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The building is a beautiful work of engineering in itself and includes a gratuitous Disney-style ride:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C27DC08-59CD-47D7-B9FD-C11F50AE5144-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23372\" width=\"408\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C27DC08-59CD-47D7-B9FD-C11F50AE5144-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C27DC08-59CD-47D7-B9FD-C11F50AE5144-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C27DC08-59CD-47D7-B9FD-C11F50AE5144-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4C27DC08-59CD-47D7-B9FD-C11F50AE5144-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More: Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/titanicbelfast.com\/\">Titanic Belfast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on Facebook under &#8220;Heard it might be a Boeing 737 MAX on way back from Ireland so decided to take a ship for safety.&#8221;: Could this be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[32,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-travel-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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