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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                    <title>The End</title>
                    <description>Our Flight home from Vietnam gave us 2 days in Bangkok and 2 days in Beijing for shopping. Finally after 1 year I could actually go shopping. The event I was excitedly awaiting and Dana notsosecretly dreading. It was a slight disaster as we had way too many things we I wanted plus we wanted to get gifts on top of everything. My photos from Bangkok are of the Kings Palace which I think is th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-516158.html</link>
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                    <title>Hanoi and Halong Bay</title>
                    <description>Hanoi is a city of motor cycles. At every turn they are there you cant escape it.  The fact that we would be home in a week started to sink in and we spent our time wandering the streets not really seeing feeling numb thinking that a whole year has gone by. Did I really do all these things What will it be like to go home again Have I changed Am I now this great mature and worldly person I</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Northeast/Quang-Ninh/Halong-Bay/blog-516149.html</link>
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                    <title>Tailoring</title>
                    <description>We were told HoiAn Vietnam is the best place in SE Asia to get clothes tailored. Reflecting back on this experience I think you could probably get great clothes made anywhere HoiAn is just famous for the sheer number of tailors in the city. At least 1020 shops on each block in the old town over 200 total. Dana and I heard numerous horror stories about tailoring disasters so decided to shop </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Quang-Nam/Hoi-An/blog-516144.html</link>
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                    <title>The Town of Tubers</title>
                    <description>This is where all the young travelers come to get their captainmessypants on.  Interestingly as we drove into town we noticed everyone seemed to have some sort of injury or other numerous girls with exhaust burns on their legs several people with their feet bandaged up one guys in crutches and even a girl with an eye patch. What is with this town When we arrived dark clouds gathered a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vang-Vieng/blog-516142.html</link>
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                    <title>From Jungle to Culture</title>
                    <description>After roughing it in the jungle Dana and I headed to a French Colonial village in order to get some good food and wine. We ate a bakery next to our place for almost every meal for the 5 days we were there. Its called Joma and serves fantastic cappuccinos bagels lasagna muffins scones brownies cookies and even Nanaimo bars Mmmmm Im salivating as I write this. We met a CanadianMexi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Luang-Prabang/blog-516124.html</link>
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                    <title>Living in Treehouses</title>
                    <description>This is definitely one of the highlights of our trip. 3 days of living in trees and ziplining through the jungle Does it get any betterIt all begins with a trek up into the limestone mountains in Northern Laos. Once we reached a sufficient height we threw on our harnesses and zipped from tree canopy to tree canopy whizzing through the trees only to suddenly emerge and fly across deep valleys </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Muang-Xai/blog-516119.html</link>
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                    <title>4000 Islands  Laos</title>
                    <description>In the southernmost tip of Laos the Mekong contains 4000s islands and several huge waterfalls. Dana and I spent a week on one of these islands and quickly adapted to the island life. We met an Australian guy on our 5th day there and he said to me I can tell you guys have been here for awhile as youre talking and moving so slowly.  You know they way people do who live on islands. Wow a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/South/Don-Det/blog-516104.html</link>
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                    <title>The Cambodian Genocide</title>
                    <description>Phenom Penh.  Cambodias capital. We came here in order to learn more about the genocide that took place in Cambodia in the 1970s. An estimated 2 million people were massacred. The then communist leader Pol Pot  wanted a country where everyone was equal which he aimed to achieve by murdering all the intellectuals which included scientists doctors lawyers foreigners etc and after awh</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-501013.html</link>
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                    <title>Angkor Wat Tomb Raider Temples</title>
                    <description>Angkor Wat and the surrounding ancient city ruins were built from 8001300 years ago and today are a source of insight into Asias past. It is also the largest religious structure in the world. And in case you still dont know what they are they are featured in the first Tomb Raider movie. When it was first rediscovered in the 1980s the temples had been swallowed by the jungle with man</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Angkor/blog-500958.html</link>
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                    <title>Beach Getaway</title>
                    <description>Beach Getaway  We went out to a nearby island Koh Rung which was mostly uninhabited except for a small village. We stayed in a little cabana and spent our days in the hammock swimming and reading. A great place to recover and revive ourselves after several days on the bus and our adventures in the Village.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Sihanoukville/blog-500955.html</link>
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                    <title>Village Days</title>
                    <description>We just spent the last 4 days in a remote village in Cambodia which Dana had randomly wanted to go to in order to get out of the touristy area. We recruited a young Swedish couple with us and had such a wild time. They are planning to develop this community for eco tourism but so far just have mountain bikes and kayaks for rent. It took a day of travel each way as after a long bus ride you have to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/West/blog-500950.html</link>
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                    <title>Thai New Years Festival</title>
                    <description>The night before our flight to Bangkok we are reading about a recent update to the protests going on in Bangkok as the rebel redshirts mostly peasants from the rural areas are protesting the current government in power. The previous day the protests became more violent and during their march a fight broke out and 20 people were killed. In addition this protest took place in the touristy a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-500940.html</link>
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                    <title>Diving in Thailand</title>
                    <description>Diving in the Similan Islands on a 4 day liveaboard.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Similan-Marine-NP/blog-495181.html</link>
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                    <title>Pingyao  Old Walled City</title>
                    <description>This is where we went for a taste of rural China. Pingyao is a city of only 100 000 people. It was once a wealthy city but in the 17th Century their prosperity ended. Because of this people couldnt afford to update their homes so all the buildings are of traditional Chinese architecture. The old city walls still remain as well. We stayed in a hostel which was converted from the owners tradi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanxi/Pingyao/blog-494302.html</link>
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                    <title>Xi'an and the Terracotta Warriors</title>
                    <description>The home of the Terracotta Warriors. I have to admit Dana and I were a bit disappointed with the Warriors. Probably since we have seen so many photos and have heard all the stories of why they are so special such as each one has a different face outfit and hairstyle. It was still amazing to see but I wasnt as impressed as I thought I would be. You cant get all that close to them you look </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Xi-an/blog-494300.html</link>
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                    <title>Suzhou  Canal Town</title>
                    <description>This is a city with beautiful canals and gardens. It was a rainy day and we just wandered. We had the best dumplings in China here</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Suzhou/blog-494298.html</link>
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                    <title>Mount Huang Shan</title>
                    <description>This is Chinas most beautiful mountain. It was quite the mission to get there as we had to take a 16 hour over night train.  I really enjoy these trains but 16 hours is a bit much.  We arrived at 11 am and started to climb after a good breakfast of green onion cakes This mountain is similar to the previous one in that there are stairs carved out of the granite mountain side.  This one though </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Anhui/Huangshan/blog-494291.html</link>
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                    <title>Mount Tai Shan</title>
                    <description>Dana and I decided to climb a holy Taoist mountain in China. We chose the grandest in both beauty and size TiaShan.Thankfully our friend John helped us buy our train tickets as the woman didnt speak a word of English and we didnt want to risk pronouncing the name incorrectly and ending up in the wrong city. China has an amazing fleet of bullet trains. They run on schedule to the minute </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shandong/Tai-Shan/blog-494272.html</link>
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                    <title>Beijing</title>
                    <description>After a short break from our travels to spend time with family in Barbados and also in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter games with a quick  a surf trip on  Vancouver Island Dana and I once again continued on our journey this time to Asia. We booked our ticket cheap and last minute to China 3 days before we left and picked up our Visas for entry to China phew the day before we left</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-494050.html</link>
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                    <title>Tokyo 2</title>
                    <description>After our whorlwind trip through Japan we had 2 days to rest in Tokyo before our flight to Thailand. Our first day we joined in another Hanami party ensuring we got our full value out of the cherry blossom season and being unable to resist Japanese wine. We spent the night with Ryuto again our couchsurfing friend. Our second day we wandered the city and visited with our friend Tim.We stayed at</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Akihabara/blog-493736.html</link>
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