{"id":23993,"date":"2016-12-20T23:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T23:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=23993"},"modified":"2016-12-20T23:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T23:09:24","slug":"car-park-dreams-kaituna-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/car-park-dreams-kaituna-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Park of Dreams &#8211; Kaituna River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And here is a Magical Place, where the Warm Water flows and Laughter Abounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/car-park-dreams-kaituna-river\/screen-shot-2016-12-20-at-23-08-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20.png\" data-orig-size=\"775,463\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Car Park of Dreams &amp;#8211; Kaituna River\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20.png\" alt=\"Car Park of Dreams - Kaituna River\" width=\"775\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20.png 775w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-20-at-23.08.20-676x404.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the past couple years, I have heard about the Kaituna river. How it is a great training ground and how its just an amazing river. Showing up and spending time there, I came to realize that yes, the river is amazing. But even more awesome is the small community of boaters living at the take out. Day in and out, waking up and paddling together. Living in this weird, wonderfully strange community. A magical place where the hour or the day is irrelevant. A place where swimming the river or number of laps down is the only relevant thing from day to day. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/196488336\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/196488336\">Car Park of Dreams &#8211; Kaituna River<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user8202117\">Caleb Roberts<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed and Edited by Caleb Roberts<br \/>\nSong &#8211; Imagine Dragons &#8211; On top of the World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And here is a Magical Place, where the Warm Water flows and Laughter Abounds.&#8221; For the past couple years, I have heard about the Kaituna river. How it is a great training ground and how its just an amazing river. 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