{"id":1351,"date":"2020-10-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2020-10-02T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:58:32","slug":"send-love-i-have-the-china-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Send Love, I Have the China Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1354\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1354\" class=\"wp-image-1354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117165140_800514950693374_5202977390960921638_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1355\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1355\" class=\"wp-image-1355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120126510_1214831952207236_6432599766509277495_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Today is a very sad day for me &#8211; it&#8217;s the day I&#8217;ve been dreading since May. Today is the first day of my big China trip, my first solo holiday, and my first experience of real travelling &#8211; and I&#8217;m not there. I should be meeting my fellow travellers in Hong Kong and hearing about the fabulous things I&#8217;m going to be doing over the next two weeks, until I end up in a panda sanctuary in Chengdu. But instead I&#8217;m sat on my bed in Wiltshire feeling more than a little sorry for myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll be honest, I&#8217;ve even written this post in advance of today so I didn&#8217;t have to talk about it. Anything even remotely China-related &#8211; yes, I&#8217;m looking at you, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/4Mab4kQiDgacjml2qMqmaA?si=-N80LxcLTxOukUzamgWloA\">Setting Sail<\/a> in my Spotify playlist &#8211; is being avoided today, and possibly for the two weeks after that. It&#8217;s very sad, and I can&#8217;t even think about it that much because I have no idea what it would have even been like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120363613_341166976963157_6229310258732005053_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1356\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1356\" class=\"wp-image-1356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/117175131_377490513235326_8291098314350238428_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1724\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n-1440x1724.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1357\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1357\" class=\"wp-image-1357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n-1440x1724.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n-300x359.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n-1283x1536.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n-800x958.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120135186_279568676412845_605813961075218249_n.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">But, life goes on, and we carry on dreaming of our big holidays. 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Hopefully, you leave something good behind<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; Anthony Bourdain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[798,557],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-cancelled-travel","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}