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<title>Travel Blog | The Sushi Cowboy</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 22:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>A Year In The Life</title>
                    <description>It's been one year since I left and it feels like yesterday  it's amazing how time goes by so quickly. In that year we've done quite a bit of traveling made plenty of shiny new friends and have enjoyed a host of unique cultural experiences. It's been quite an adventure to say the least both good and bad and I'm very thankful that Denise works so hard so that I can be a lazy mooch. However li</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Shimane/Masuda/blog-138268.html</link>
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                    <title>All In A Days Work</title>
                    <description>Our names are Camille and Denise LeRouge and this is one of the longest travel days of our lives. Today we are making the trip from Masuda Japan to Shanghai China. The following takes place between 445am and 1159pm.Events occur in real time.445am  Alarm clock goes beep beep beep 456am  Finally drag ourselves out of bed. 533am  Check aircon for the fourth time to make sure it's off de</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-144061.html</link>
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                    <title>The Secret Wall</title>
                    <description>The problem with travel these days is that so many people have already been there before which in turn ruins all your cool stories of misadventures abroad. Therefore the idea is to try and do something different something unique so you have something to brag about when you get back home. The problem with that is now everyone is trying to do something original. So you might as well stay home </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-153420.html</link>
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                    <title>Under Construction</title>
                    <description>From skyscrapers in Pudong to thriving shopping eating and nightlife districts in Puxi to shipbuilding along the Huangpu river...everywhere you look Shanghai is bursting with activity. This city is dotted with construction sites signaling China's desire to become an economic powerhouse with Shanghai firmly at center stage. It's a booming busy place with far too many cars and people but it'</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-146321.html</link>
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                    <title>Been There Done That</title>
                    <description>Happy to be leaving the noise and pollution of Shanghai behind the original plan was to head straight to Beijing. But the opportunity to visit Xi'an and see the Terracotta Army was too much to pass up. At 1500km the 16hour train ride to Xi'an is a rather sizeable detour  the equivalent of going from Vancouver to Edmonton via Prince George. It's a little out of the way but well worth it. A guy</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Xi-an/blog-150642.html</link>
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                    <title>Distance. Direction. Connection.</title>
                    <description>In the spring of 2000 I participated in a University of Calgary overseas field study programme. Under the guidance of Dr. Peter Herrem one of my favourite professors we set out to study the physical environment people and culture...and of course to drink ourselves stupid. The trip was a huge success I learned so much with out even realizing I had done so and it gave me the travel bug that co</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-152311.html</link>
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                    <title>Camille  Scammers 0</title>
                    <description>One of the many joys of traveling to a foreign country is the chance to interact with local people. Whether it be a conversation with someone on a bus or trying to guide a taxi driver using a map and gestures the results are almost always smiles and a friendly parting. You don't need to speak the language to communicate and it affirms that most people in the world are generally honest and since</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-152761.html</link>
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                    <title>In The Presence Of Naked Men</title>
                    <description>The contents of this entry contain incriminating photographs of me performing acts that would likely get me arrested possibly even deported. But it was a sacrifice I was willing to make. The things I do for you guys.I woke up early today to accompany Denise to the sleepy mountain town of Hikimi about 40km south of Masuda. Denise was busy teaching english classes at the Junior High school so I t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Shimane/Hikimi/blog-129631.html</link>
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                    <title>The Weight Of Tourists</title>
                    <description>Welcome to Bangkok the ultimate gateway city and 1 destination for sex change operations and firsttime backpackers. While the city itself doesn't offer much for the tourist  especially compared to other world capitals  it's a great place to network and sort out details before heading further afield. Travel here is cheap and easy budget food accommodation and transportation are readily avai</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-116468.html</link>
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                    <title>Getting there is half the fun</title>
                    <description>Sometimes things don't always go as planned.I'll spare you the details of booking our flight accommodation and train tickets  a logistical nightmare and a commentary that would make this entry a little exhausting to read. But I will mention the high monsoon winds that stopped the ferries a day before our arrival and threatened to ruin this entire vacation.I'll begin at 800am in the town of Su</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-115814.html</link>
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                    <title>Of Wats And Ruins</title>
                    <description>I apologize for the massive blog lag. It seems I've inadvertently made sitting on my ass my New Years resolution and I'm quite successful at it so far. Some slow computers and a healthy dose of writers block during the trip didn't help things along either. And if you're not getting spat on well...life just isn't that exciting to write about.Back to business...Every country has a city like Ayu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ayutthaya/blog-113971.html</link>
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                    <title>Sharing Seniors A Foreigner's Introduction To Local Fare</title>
                    <description>WARNING The following contains language not suitable for younger audiences. Discretion is strongly advised.Ever have one of those moments that stop you dead in your tracks Where you freeze and think Did that really happen.So there you are sitting in the cheap seats drinking beer discussing the sound made when a hand smacks a fat guys bare ass when suddenly 'it' happens. There is no warning</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Fukuoka/Fukuoka/blog-96974.html</link>
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                    <title>Gorgeous Taroko</title>
                    <description>I'm going to talk about food again so please bear with me. Living in Masuda our dining options are rather limited. We eat at the same damn restaurants offering the same damn food time and time again. Not to say the food isn't tasty but there's only so many ways you can cook rice. So when we travel we tend to treat ourselves a little and eat at places not available to us back home which is why </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hualien/blog-95115.html</link>
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                    <title>Depose</title>
                    <description>Political demonstrations are rare in Canada. Serious ones at that I mean. Sure you get the odd gathering of a few dozen 'activists' upset over something they usually know very little about  they just feel like bitching because they have nothing better to do with their time. Some moron is yelling into a megaphone a few rocks are thrown a squad car rolls up asking them to 'please stop it' and </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-94015.html</link>
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                    <title>So Much For Saving Face</title>
                    <description>The concept of 'face' plays a significant role in Asian cultures this is not to be confused with the concept of 'teeth'...which apparently isn't nearly as important. In public always keep your cool don't raise your voice and never let them see you angry  because nobody likes you when you're angry. As a result the Taiwanese are very calm and patient people they don't exhibit road rage th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Lugang/blog-93585.html</link>
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                    <title>No Bloggers Were Hurt During The Writing Of This Entry</title>
                    <description>Taiwan is the shitBus gets a flat tire on the expressway No problem...keep on truckin'. Sidewalk too crowded with people and parked scooters No problem...walk on the road. Feel like crossing an intersection against a red light and 6lane traffic No problem...just step out and they'll drive around you. Taiwan is an offthemap destination with offthewall traffic and outofthisworld food. Ev</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Hsinchu/blog-93355.html</link>
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                    <title>Paparazzi</title>
                    <description>Right place right time. That's a phrase I've used quite often in my life. Like the time I rescued 47 babies from a burning daycare and when I landed a plane full of nuns after the pilot died at the controls or  and this is my favourite  that time when I stood in front of a bunch of tanks in Tiananmen Square just as someone took a picture.Well it happened again. After a completely random deci</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Kyoto/Kyoto/blog-83788.html</link>
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                    <title>Crown Jewel</title>
                    <description>Shortly after the Second World War the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCOwas established in an effort to promote peace and to prevent nasty little conflicts such as World War III. Stemming from that came the World Heritage Center a body which aims to preserve cultural heritage and conserve natural areas of a global importance. Since the creation of these t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Kyoto/Kyoto/blog-83555.html</link>
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                    <title>Photo Caption Contest See Inside For Details Closed</title>
                    <description>You read about it in literature you hear about it from fellow travelers and you see pictures of it from every source. Steeped in tradition Kyoto is bursting at the seams with a collection of gardens and pagodas and everything else that has come to represent Japan.So imagine our surprise when we stepped off the train and walked out of Kyoto Station and into one of the ugliest welcoming sights we</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Kyoto/Kyoto/blog-83557.html</link>
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                    <title>Second best is still pretty good</title>
                    <description>After four chaotic days and nights in Tokyo we boarded a speedy Shinkansen train and hauled ass to Osaka heart of the Kansai region and jumping off point to see the culture and history of Japan.The citizens of Osaka are revered in travel literature as friendly down to earth people. Frankly I thought they were just a bunch of assholes. Rude pushy and in a rush to get places it seems as they </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Nara/Nara/blog-83556.html</link>
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