{"id":334910,"date":"2025-12-08T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/2023-the-year-that-was-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:57:01","slug":"2023-the-year-that-was-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=334910","title":{"rendered":"2023 \u2013 the year that was!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a889bd507d710cc4f953e64efb42504c?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"client-photo-1\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a889bd507d710cc4f953e64efb42504c?s=110&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a889bd507d710cc4f953e64efb42504c?s=220&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-110 photo\" height=\"110\" width=\"110\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Thrupp<\/p>\n<p>Sharon is passionate about India and the Himalayan region. She believes that while her Australia is her country by birth, India is the country of her heart.<\/p>\n<p>She first went to India in 1996 and later returned to volunteer helping Tibetans in Dharamsala in 2001, fell in love with the Himalayas and stayed. She is currently involved in a NGO in India helping underprivileged girls continue their education and spends her spare time walking in the foothills of the Himalayas and doing yoga.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Thrupp Sharon is passionate about India and the Himalayan region. She believes that while her Australia is her country by birth, India is the country of her heart. She first went to India in 1996 and later returned to volunteer helping Tibetans in Dharamsala in 2001, fell in love with the Himalayas and stayed. 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