{"id":1824,"date":"2012-07-21T07:24:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2012-07-21T07:24:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T07:24:26","slug":"ailsas-travel-photo-challenge-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"Ailsa's travel photo challenge: Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ailsa’s travel photo challenge:\u00a0 Ailsa proposes the theme of Tradition this week.\u00a0 Her post is multicoloured – take a look:\u00a0 http:\/\/wheresmybackpack.com\/2012\/07\/20\/travel-theme-tradition\/<\/a><\/p>\n

My post has only two colours:\u00a0 black and white. The photo is entitled ‘Water cows’ (water buffalo) and comes from my father’s war album of photos taken in the Middle East.\u00a0 This one is in Egypt, where the water buffalo is the most important domestic animal.<\/p>\n

If farmers traditionally transport their cows on foot along a certain route, then an expanding city will just have to accommodate them.<\/p>\n

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Water cows (buffalo), Egypt, 1941\/42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ailsa’s travel photo challenge:\u00a0 Ailsa proposes the theme of Tradition this week.\u00a0 Her post is multicoloured – take a look:\u00a0 http:\/\/wheresmybackpack.com\/2012\/07\/20\/travel-theme-tradition\/ My post has only two colours:\u00a0 black and white. The photo is entitled ‘Water cows’ (water buffalo) and comes from my father’s war album of photos taken in the Middle East.\u00a0 This one is … <\/p>\n

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