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	<title>One Giant Step...Is All It Takes</title>
	
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	<description>Gillian and Jason RTW 2009</description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The history of Machu Picchu is a mystery. Was it where the great Incan Pachacutec instructed his people to hide during the Spanish invasion? Was it the great economic center of  the Incan culture? Or was it built as a prison to house those that had committed heinous crimes?
In it’s current state it is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inca Trail Trek</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[machu picchu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trekking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Having not done much trekking in my life, I can’t say where the Inca Trail Trek rates in terms of difficulty. What I can say is that with a porter to customer ratio of 1.4 porters for every customer (plus a chef and two guides), I have to think that this might be on  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Porters of El Camino Inka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inca trail trek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[llama path]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[porters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I can hear them well before the sun rises. They are up breaking camp, preparing for the day, making us breakfast.
They each carry 25 Kg on their backs over the same trail that I struggle to negotiate.
They leave after we leave, pass us on the trail, and arrive at camp before us.
They applaud us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Fair While Learning Spanish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fairplay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spanish lessons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ It’s easy to find a Spanish school in Cusco, they are a dime a dozen. It’s more difficult to find one that offers a great program, is flexible, and gives back to the community. We found that, and more, at FairPlay.
Run by John, a Dutch fellow, and his Peruvian wife, FairPlay is a not-for-profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inti Raymi: Festival of the Sun God</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inti raymi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Inti Raymi is celebrated near the winter solstice on June 24th every year. It is an Incan ceremony that is performed in the native Quechuan language rather than Spanish.
We arrived in Cusco 2 days prior to the actual ceremony and the city square was already abuzz with people and bands and general merriment being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting High in Cusco</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[altiplano]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[altitude sickness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sorojchi pills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[swithback]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The plan was to take our time getting to Cusco from Lima. We were going to spend a few days, stopping along the way at Nasca and Arequipa to split up the journey.
Then we learned that the Inti Raymi festival was happening in Cusco on June 24th so we thought we would head straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lima, Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[barranco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lima]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[miraflores]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shining path]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[waterfountain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ We had heard plenty about Lima before arriving, most of it negative. People told us that it was dirty, and big, and dangerous and menacing – that we should spend as little time as possible there.
We ended up staying 5 and a half days…and we quite liked it.
Sure it’s big (&#62;10 million!) and somewhat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding My Way Through It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ativan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mountain biking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[riding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I have a confession to make. I hate flying. Yep…I, know…around the world…gonna have to fly.
The idea of this trip was to do something unusual. To experience new cultures, hear new languages, see new things…step out out of our comfort zone. ‘One Giant Step’ refers to that leap of faith required to step out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lawns of Brockville</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brockville]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gardens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lawns]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Victoria may be the ‘City of Gardens’, but I think that Brockville’s tagline should be the ‘City of Lawns’.
Seriously, the lawns here are amazing! I can’t imagine the time that people must put into them, but I surely can imagine the pride that they take because every single lawn is beautifully cut and manicured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Then There Were Three…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Roland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel partner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Meet Roland.
He heard that we were about to embark on a journey around the world and contacted us to ask if he could join us.
He comes with great credentials, having traveled much of the world already. Iceland, India, Malaysia, Norway, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Japan, and Jordan just to name a few.
In fact he [...]]]></description>
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