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                    <title>Life is a beach.......</title>
                    <description>Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Waikiki  gotta do it once And once turns out would be plenty.  The Miami of Hawaii busy crowded and full of vacationers not travelers.  Good jumping off point to see Pearl Harbour and that is a must do while here. By 6am the streets are full of walkers joggers and serious runners.  We did a long walkjogrun east along the shore that took us to Diamond Head....now the</description>
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                    <title>Today marks the end of 6 months............</title>
                    <description>Today marks the end of my 6 month leave of absence....wow how the time has blasted by I recall 4 years ago when I started to plan for this time frame and thought  good gawd 4 years of saving is a long time........and then that 4 years flew by in a flash.I managed to accomplish everything in these past few months that I set my heart on travel spend some valuable time with my family and sell</description>
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                    <title>Good Bye Harvey Street</title>
                    <description>So it39s time so say so long to a good buddy......it39s been a long haul and a labour of love. Harvey came into my life about six years ago and I moved here 5 yrs ago today Many thanks go out to my good friend and the best carpenter that ever walked the face of the earth Doug Newell. Without his help this beautiful home would have not been possible.Memories are made in a home and home is</description>
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                    <title>Arizona Road Trip  Lake Powell</title>
                    <description>Whoa.....neglecting my blog For those of you that are following along I know it39s been a while.Arrived home from overseas on April 3rd to a grand welcome from my peeps.  Home for a couple of weeks and then off to Arizona........love the weather there  First adventure was to head north from Phoenix to Lake Powell on the Utah boarder.....fabulous drive takes you through the painted desert an</description>
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                    <title>Arizona and the LA Dodgers</title>
                    <description>Made it to Arizona and Lori39s house to be more specific. Great weather here Today it will be over 95F Lori39s nephew Jeffrey Hunt was drafted to the LA Dodgers.....so we went down to the game to see him play. Beautiful stadium and great seats Lol.......heading to Flagstaff and the canyon on Monday......can39t wait......pictures to follow of course</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/Phoenix/blog-711073.html</link>
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                    <title>And I'm off..............arrive NZ on Wednesday</title>
                    <description>Arrived in Auckland New Zealand on January 9th from Toronto LAX to Auckland......4 12 to LA followed by 13 hours to Auckland..relatively painless.......lol......checked into the Copthorne Plaza downtown and headed for the waterfront.....Beautiful city........took some photos of some magnificent yahcts one in particular Mia Culpa that I would later find out was built by my cousin Mimi39s hu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Auckland/South-Auckland/blog-678315.html</link>
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                    <title>Reality Check......</title>
                    <description>Well.......I have been home for just shy of a week and the jet lag still lingers. Small price to pay for a glorious trip It39s great to be home and in my own bed even though the sleep has been fragmented. Thanks to everyone for checking in on my blog I hope that it has provided you with some entertainment and insight into various worldly places that you may be thinking of visiting...... Eve</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-706667.html</link>
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                    <title>Last seen.....riding the elevator of life......</title>
                    <description>As I near the end of this part of my traveling adventure it was time to say so long to my best traveling companions........we have been gone for 3 months on this particular journey and have had a blast..... we have climbed hills seen many beaches walked a thousand miles been on planes trains automobiles scooters boats kayaks.....slid through streets crashed out of stores tripped a hu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/City-Centre/blog-704664.html</link>
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                    <title>Farewell Weekend</title>
                    <description>I arrived in Canberra on March 26th from Denpasar Bali........spent a few days getting the body temperature to drop to where I wasn39t sweating 247.......got rid of the big hair.......and set out with Lee Anne and Pauline on a business trip to Melbourne......This would be flight 16 for me since January......short hop skip and a jump in comparison. Melbourne is a busy city full of interes</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/City-Centre/blog-704613.html</link>
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                    <title>Ogoh Ogoh</title>
                    <description> Today 22 march on the eve of Nyepithe traditional Ogoh Ogoh parade on Bali. Ogohogoh are statues built for the Ngrupuk parade. Ogoh Ogoh monsters are colourful monster sculptures which are made from bamboo frames and paper mache. The main purpose of the making of Ogohogoh is the purification of the natural environment of any spiritual pollutants emitted from the activities of living beings </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-701343.html</link>
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                    <title>Making Jewlery</title>
                    <description>Memories of the last time I was in Bali December 2001 took me back to Studio Perak to make some jewlery. It is an amazing process and you can walk out of there with some pretty personalized designed pieces.......Ketut was there to start me off in the process of revamping my old belly ring which I discovered was missing a stone.......soooooo away we went.......dismantling the old belly ring sur</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-700054.html</link>
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                    <title>Day of Silence........</title>
                    <description>Friday March 23 2012  Hari Raya Nyepi the Silence Day Island WideThe month of March brings us Nyepi  Bali39s official day of silence 24hrs. Nyepi marks the first day of the Balinese Saka calendar 1929 and is practiced islandwide where the Balinese dedicate an entire day to introspection and spiritual cleansing embarking on a new year based on the Balinese lunar calendar. Nyepi is my </description>
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                    <title>Padang Padang Surf Camp</title>
                    <description>Interesting to say the least......Started out from Ubud at 730am with my driver Kadek. I have met him on the street outside my hotel and am happy to see that he is the driver. Air conditioned vehicle but oddly enough we don39t really need it. The trip is about 2 hours and although it39s really not far mileage wise it always is busy because the roads aren39t really designed for the amoun</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Jimbaran/blog-697929.html</link>
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                    <title>Bali Indonesia</title>
                    <description>I know I know......I have been lax in keeping the blog up to date.......access to wi fi that works and electricity that is constant is not a luxury here in Bali.I settled in at the Artini 2 Cottages here in Ubud on Feb 28th on the advice of a friend of Joanna39s. It is a pretty good home away from home and I have come to know all the staff here very well. It is on Jalan Hanomen and pretty cent</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Bali/Ubud/blog-697922.html</link>
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                    <title>Memorable days.......</title>
                    <description>I know that some of the most memorable moments on this adventure will be the time I spent with Lee Anne and Graham and Family and Friends..... I have truley been blessed with the generosity and friendship I received while visiting Australia in particular Canberra. Lee Anne and Graham are indeed the center. I was fortune enough to experience their kindness. It is not unusual for them to seat from </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Australian-Capital-Territory/Canberra/blog-690998.html</link>
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                    <title>Heaven on earth......</title>
                    <description>Been a while since I posted.....lots of planes and traveling in between blog posts......I headed out of Canberra on Tuesday Feb 21st and flew into Brisbane...about an hour and a half flight.....short layover and then from Brisbane to Proserpine another hour and a half......the heat was incredible.....weather from Canberra to the north of Australia is so different.....from our summer weather to in</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Great-Barrier-Reef/blog-690351.html</link>
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                    <title>Trip from Matamata to The Bay of Islands</title>
                    <description>drove from Matamata through Auckland crazy busy highway up the coast to the Bay of Islands......trip about 6 hrs with some stops........... have a wee room at the funky little Alfa Hotel.......great supper at a beach cafe.......our server39s name is Connor and he is from Ireland......physiotherapist from Dublin traveling on a 6 month leave......turns out he has an uncle that lives in London O</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Islands/Paihia/blog-680591.html</link>
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                    <title>Abel Tasman Hike from Bark's Bay to the Anchorage</title>
                    <description>Took the water taxi to Totaranui to see the coast of Abel Tasman. It dropped me off at Bark39s Bay for a hike to the Anchorage......beautiful scenery........I was able to cross from Torrent Bay to the Anchorage at low tide.......ferry ride back to Kaiteriteri beach.......awesome ferry system here.......don39t even have to get your feet wet</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Abel-Tasman-National-Park/Marahau/blog-684728.html</link>
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                    <title>Update.......in Australia</title>
                    <description>Valentines day here and gone and not a heart from anyone..................... Today was a fishing day in Merimbula with Lee Anne Graham and Mel the fishing god........what a great time.....who knew Going out for supper with the folks that own the hostel Wayne and Betty Joy Graham and Lee Anne and Mel and Marie......Thai food in Australia was good......thanks for the great time</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Merimbula/blog-687549.html</link>
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                    <title>Kaiteriteri to Kaikoura</title>
                    <description>Heading out from my digs at Tapu Bay towards Christchurch for the final leg of my adventure. Stopped along the way at a winery to check that I hadn39t deleted all my vacation pictures Big whoops Thank god they where still thereStopped to see some surfers and the seal pups at Ohau Lookout Point......stayed at the Lobster Hotel......what a hoot and had supper at the Lobster Hotel Restaurant...</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Abel-Tasman-National-Park/Kaiteriteri/blog-685720.html</link>
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