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	<title>A's Travel Musings</title>
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		<title>Antarctic Wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned previously the two things that really stood out about Antarctica were landscapes and wildlife. The animals are all water based, or at least water feeders as there isn&#8217;t any real food source on land. On land there are birds and the occasional seal, but they all mainly feed on aquatic food sources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antarctic landscapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were two things that really stood out about Antarctica - landscapes and wildlife. Of course there really isn&#8217;t anything else there as there are no land plants of which to speak. What&#8217;s impressive about the landscapes is the stark beauty, the sheer vastness and the utter lack of noticeable human impact. I&#8217;ve posted about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orca attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today while cruising in the Antarctica we had the chance to see an incredible &#8220;class&#8221; play out in the animal kingdom. A pod of 5 orcas (killer whales) had come across a crabeater seal lying on a small iceberg and the whales decided to make a training class to teach the 2 juveniles in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok airport scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is reporting in this story that foreign tourists are being targeted for a scam in the Bangkok airport. In short, tourists are accused of shoplifting and then taken away by security to meet with police. An interpreter is eventually provided who tells the tourist that to be released there are fees and bail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American AAdvantage gets flexible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines AAdvantage program has announced new flex awards which allow you to redeem one-way and open-jaw awards as well as awards that use a different class of service in each direction. This is a significant change should make redeeming awards a bit easier. It isn&#8217;t clear of American did this to increase paid traffic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans day trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In NOLA in January, we rented a car one day took a trip to visit the Barataria Preserve which is part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, a US National Park. It&#8217;s a great place to take a walk through some of bayou and swamp country. The under-visited park gets a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration testing for sick passengers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration authorities at some airports are now screening arriving passengers for illness. In the US, this is mostly being done by immigration officials using a human &#8220;visual check&#8221; method to assess signs of illness. While in Canada Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said farm workers from Mexico will be checked for fever by two doctors and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Airlines citing health concerns pulls pillows &amp; blankets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing concerns about swine flu Alaska Airlines said it has removed pillows and blankets from all its planes. In addition staff are cleaning aircrafts overnight using disinfectant and sanitizer that contain what it called a “virus-killing” cleaner. “Aircraft arriving from Mexico are also receiving an additional, thorough interior surface cleaning before boarding for the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying for things abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 04:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I often get asked what the best way is to pay for things when traveling internationally. In the old days people used to use travelers checks, but those are dying out. Today people use credit cards for most major purchases and cash for smaller ones, just like we do on a daily basis at home.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What would you like to read?</title>
		<link>http://azecha.com/wordpress/?p=127</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been traveling much recently given the sorry state of the economy, so this blog hasn&#8217;t reflected lots of trips. Therefore I thought I&#8217;d reach out to you as readers and ask you what else you&#8217;d like to see here? Are there specific travel questions that you would like me to try and answer? [...]]]></description>
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