{"id":210,"date":"2008-10-06T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/?p=210"},"modified":"2008-10-07T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T21:07:21","slug":"spain-and-morocco-may-2008-train-vs-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/2008\/10\/06\/spain-and-morocco-may-2008-train-vs-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain and Morocco &#8211; May 2008 &#8211; Train vs. Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fez_train_hit_sheep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-211\" title=\"The Train from Fez Hits Sheep\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fez_train_hit_sheep-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fez_train_hit_sheep-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fez_train_hit_sheep.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our way from Marrakesh to Fez on the train, everything rolled to a quick stop in the middle of nowhere. Outside our window was this sheepherder with his flock, and while you can&#8217;t tell from this photo, he was <strong>freaking out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After some discussion in our cabin, we figured out that the train hit one of sheep while he was trying to cross the railroad tracks and the road. Apparently, livestock herders can demand immediate compensation from the railroad when things like this happen, and this guy really let loose and made sure that everyone know how upset he felt. Several folks from his small village came to join him and help with the &#8220;negotiations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/expats.mazzy.com\/g2\/v\/200805_spain_morocco\/fez\/\">More photos from this part of the trip can be seen here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our way from Marrakesh to Fez on the train, everything rolled to a quick stop in the middle of nowhere. Outside our window was this sheepherder with his flock, and while you can&#8217;t tell from this photo, he was freaking out. After some discussion in our cabin, we figured out that the train hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.truk.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}