{"id":377,"date":"2009-10-27T19:12:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2013-10-16T22:35:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:35:33","slug":"random-thoughts-about-australia-and-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts about Australia and New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I ordered a ham sandwich at Subway and they looked at me like I&#8217;d lost my mind when I asked for American cheese. Apparently they call it &#8220;tasty&#8221; cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Kangaroo steak is really good.<\/li>\n<li>Australians are extremely friendly and they really like Americans.<\/li>\n<li>Why is Coke so much? A 16 ounce bottle is $3.50.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone cusses a lot. I\u2019ve heard grandmas and little kids cuss since we got off the plane.<\/li>\n<li>Mullets are alive and well in Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Why do fruits and vegetables cost so much? Grapes are $10.50\/kilogram!<\/li>\n<li>Gas is incredibly expensive \u2013 it was over $100 to fill up our little campervan.<\/li>\n<li>New Zealanders really like our re-runs \u2013 My Wife and Kids, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle<\/li>\n<li>Air New Zealand is fabulous! The safety video features naked flight attendants with body paint. It was the only safety info I&#8217;ve paid attention to in several years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered a ham sandwich at Subway and they looked at me like I&#8217;d lost my mind when I asked for American cheese. Apparently they call it &#8220;tasty&#8221; cheese. Kangaroo steak is really good. Australians are extremely friendly and they really like Americans. Why is Coke so much? A 16 ounce bottle is $3.50. Everyone &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=377\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bos_mb_destination":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}