{"id":352,"date":"2008-01-12T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T16:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/01\/12\/aku-aku-las-vegas-aerial-shots\/"},"modified":"2008-01-12T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2008-01-12T16:37:36","slug":"aku-aku-las-vegas-aerial-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/01\/12\/aku-aku-las-vegas-aerial-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Aku Aku Las Vegas Aerial Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2008\/01\/akuaku1.jpg\" title=\"Aku Aku 1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2008\/01\/akuaku1.thumbnail.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Aku Aku 1\" title=\"Aku Aku 1\" class=\"image\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2008\/01\/akuaku2.jpg\" title=\"Aku Aku 2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/\/uploads\/2008\/01\/akuaku2.thumbnail.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Aku Aku 2\" title=\"Aku Aku 2\" class=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great aerial photos of the Stardust and Aku Aku posted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-admin\/Stephanie%20Romer\" title=\"Aku AKu\">here <\/a>on Tiki Central. Really shows how remote the place was then. Nice to see that perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Great aerial photos of the Stardust and Aku Aku posted here on Tiki Central. Really shows how remote the place was then. 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