{"id":43845,"date":"2018-04-19T15:08:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roblilwall.com\/en-my\/?p=43845"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:18:06","slug":"microadventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roblilwall.com\/en-my\/blog\/2018\/04\/19\/microadventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Microadventures!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you travel lots for business, but don&#8217;t get to see beyond the airport, transfer, and hotel&#8230; check out this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4T-etRdX1A\" width=\"330\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My oldest adventuring buddy Alastair Humphreys was in Hong Kong to give a keynote, and when he was done, instead of staying in a hotel, we went on a HK microadventure. 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