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	<title>Volunteer Abroad Blog</title>
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		<title>Angkor Wat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the must see places in South-East Asia is Angkor Wat. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in Cambodia. Angkor Archaeological Park which includes forest area stretches over approximately 400 km2 and contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th century. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Shock In Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/03/14/culture-shock-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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It can and it will get you, it’s just a matter of when! When in a foreign country whose culture is different from your own, many people have experienced culture shock.  Micquella, one of our volunteers Teaching IT and Basic Computer skill in Trat, Thailand, shared with us her culture shock experience:
“When I arrived in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The weekend volunteers arrive , the weekend of oreintation in Trat, Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/02/14/the-weekend-volunteers-arrive-the-weekend-of-oreintation-in-trat-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Happy New Year at uVolunteer Thailand Haley, Holly and Nick from USA arrived at uVolunteer Thailand Program in Trat. All are doing teaching English Program.  They all are teaching in the different schools in Trat province.On the first weekend when volunteers arrive,   there is an Orientation to the country and program. We provide this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A weekend while April volunteered teaching English in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/01/29/aprils-weekend-while-volunteer-teaching-english-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                The Klong Kheaw Waterfall was nothing like I had expected. Although I’m not too sure what I really had expected, it was so much more. Walking along the trail at first everything appeared the same as any park or hiking trail in America, but when you took a closer look you could see it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiestas de Palmares</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/01/26/fiestas-de-palmares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year Palmares, the nearest town to San Ramón, hosts a huge festival called Fiestas de Palmares.

An  association run by a board of members –Asociación Cívica  Palmareña  works together with the community for its improvement. The association puts together the Fiestas de Palmares festival which is the biggest festival  to be held in Costa Rica [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las melcochas de María</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/01/24/las-melcochas-de-maria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2012/01/24/las-melcochas-de-maria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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On the eve of the Immaculate Conception in San Ramón there is a very unique tradition. It has been happening for over a hundred years. 
 
The tradition started with a family in the rural district of Piedades Sur when a lady named Paula  Mesén decided to give to her neighbor María Vargas “melcochas “. Paula [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visa Run… or let’s say  “visa walk …at snail pace”!</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/21/visa-run%e2%80%a6-or-let%e2%80%99s-say-%e2%80%9cvisa-walk-%e2%80%a6at-snail-pace%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Who has lived in Costa Rica for more than three months is quite familiar with the infamous “visa run”. It has nothing to do with running a marathon or winning a race – it refers to renewing one’s visa so that you can return to Costa Rica and stay for another 90 days. Costa Rica [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coordinator’s report:  Evening class graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/15/coordinators-report-evening-class-graduation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/15/coordinators-report-evening-class-graduation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Last week we celebrated the graduation party for the English community class. The class started in February and finished the last week of November.

 The classes were held at night at the Universidad de Costa Rica, about half a mile away from the uVolunteer dorm.    These classes are a part of the teaching English program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Laos</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/11/trip-to-laos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our trip to Laos was a trip I will never forget. I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect for just a simple Visa run but it was much more interesting then I had expected. First off, I had never been on a train before and I wasn&#8217;t sure how happy I felt about a five hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer teaching volleyball in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/09/volunteer-teaching-volleyball-in-ghana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uvolunteer.org/volunteer-life/2011/12/09/volunteer-teaching-volleyball-in-ghana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday the 11th of November, our Sports and Physical Education volunteer Joanna and the Ghana uVolunteer coordinators  went to the Kingsby Girls’ Senior High School in Koforidua. The girls at the school are between the ages of 15 and 19 years, which is the “senior high level” in Ghana. The Headmistress, the administration staff [...]]]></description>
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