{"id":6756,"date":"2015-03-03T21:03:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=6756"},"modified":"2015-03-03T21:03:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T05:03:04","slug":"sunsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2015\/03\/sunsets\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunsets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;m in my third month of being travel-less (thanks, work), with another month to go until i&#8217;m back in a plane again (to Tunisia). there&#8217;s a slight lull in my workload, which means i can actually take the time to write a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>as a programmer on a big project, you often are sitting, waiting for a build to complete (basically, while a computer somewhere converts what you&#8217;ve written into an actual program). THIS IS PRIME DAYDREAMING TIME.<\/p>\n<p>and lately, i&#8217;ve been daydreaming of sunsets. it doesn&#8217;t help that a lot of the music i&#8217;ve been listening to is Chicane, one of my favorite electronica artists and one i associate intimately with <a href=\"first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/tag\/ibiza\">Ibiza<\/a>. for those who may recall, watching the sunset from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafedelmarmusic.com\/\">Cafe del Mar<\/a>\u00a0there has long been one of my bucket list items, and <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/07\/bucket-list-item-checked-sunset-cafe-del-mar-ibiza\/\">i finally got to do it last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>by the way, if you want a Chicane track to listen to while you read the rest of this, just hit play:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12467509&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>back to the topic at hand &#8212; i&#8217;ve been daydreaming about returning to Ibiza if only for the whole experience of watching the sun set there again.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sunset at Cafe del Mar by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/14572540394\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5534\/14572540394_db721c19e8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset at Cafe del Mar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset at Cafe del Mar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>but what is it about that sunset, or sunsets in general, that is so appealing to me?<\/p>\n<p>is it the idea of a &#8220;famous sunset&#8221;? some famous sunsets have been kind of disappointing, like the one at Santorini:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"P5310728 by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/7396290500\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7222\/7396290500_ecee797fe4_b.jpg\" alt=\"P5310728\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overrated, at least the days we were there.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>the famous sunsets of <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/tag\/bagan\">Bagan<\/a>, though, did not disappoint at all:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"PB296440.jpg by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/11166304415\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3824\/11166304415_ffd5874d55_b.jpg\" alt=\"PB296440.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The colors were amazing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>could it also be that it&#8217;s an ephemeral moment of zen\u00a0for reflecting on the day&#8217;s events?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sun setting over Lake Tahoe by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8078600320\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8469\/8078600320_50ea49a5c6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sun setting over Lake Tahoe\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake Tahoe, a couple days before my brother&#8217;s wedding<\/p><\/div>\n<p>or is it the visual splendor of long shadows, the chromatic overload of reds and oranges?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Sunset at Olympiapark by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/196382814\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/70\/196382814_c260372601_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset at Olympiapark\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympiapark, Munich<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"P5280429 by Jonathan Khoo, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/15129108826\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3893\/15129108826_2946b05e69_b.jpg\" alt=\"P5280429\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Acropolis, Athens<\/p><\/div>\n<p>whatever it is (and i suspect it&#8217;s a bit of everything, all rolled into one), sunsets are for me, the most magical time of day (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_hour_(photography)\">golden hour<\/a>, anyone?). at the right place and at the right time, it can be a gorgeous transition period from light to dark, from activity to tranquility, from anticipation to 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