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		<title>30 Things I Love About Lima (And 3 Things I Don&#8217;t), Part 2: 11-20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooooooooood.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huaca Pucllana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miraflores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[om nom nom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Isidro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous entry: 30 Things I Love About Lima (And 3 Things I Don&#8217;t), Part 1: 1-10
Well, I got thrown off by the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans (and will be posting photos of that, shortly &#8230;) and now I will continue my list of badass features in and around the city where I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Things I Love About Lima (And 3 Things I Don&#8217;t), Part 1: 1-10</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooooooooood.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lima]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Amazing Culinary Scene. Perú&#8217;s capital city is a booming gastronomic hub with fabulous eateries of all genres. A variety of fresh ripe seasonal ingredients — from nearby jungles, forests, mountains, waterways, and ocean — are used in creative, classic, and clever ways. From cafés serving &#8220;peasant food&#8221; (comida de campesinos) to Michelin-starred restaurants, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dirty Truck is a Happy Truck: Off-Road Adventures in Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alta Ruta 4x4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature! fun fun fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off roading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pelican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playa Barlovento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea lion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowy egret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunset]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some snaps from an excellent weekend on the central Peruvian coast with Alta Ruta 4&#215;4, a Lima-based motorsports company that organizes 5-star off-road adventure trips and expeditions around South America.
This excursion involved about 30 badass off-road vehicles driving through the desert from Ica to Playa Barlovento — a remote, wild and gorgeous beach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wild Goose Macaw Chase, Urubamba River, Peru (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cusco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lululemon athletica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lululemon bag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaw cliffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quillabamba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timpia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urubamba River]]></category>

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Dropped off at the riverside near Timpia, knowing only that I had to find the jefe of the village and get permission to see the macaws, I headed down a muddy path that led back, back, back. The farther I got from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wild Goose Macaw Chase, Urubamba River, Peru (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[macaw cliffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macaws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I read a National Geographic feature about clay cliffs in the Amazon with minerals ideal for the diet of macaws. Thousands of the massive parrots gather at these cliffs and stuff themselves silly on the clay. So while in Cusco, I was stoked to see a tour company advertising trips to the &#8220;Parrot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Shopping Spree at the Witches&#8217; Market</title>
		<link>http://www.eileenloh.com/a-shopping-spree-at-the-witches-market-2129/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado de las Brujas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado de las Hecherias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[souvenirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Witches Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among the tourist-crammed market stalls in La Paz hawking beaded jewelry, leather belts, and knitted flap-eared caps are shops selling souvenirs of a different sort. 
You won&#8217;t find fringed hippie sweaters or garish cloth purses at the Witches&#8217; Market (Mercado de las Brujas or Mercado de las Hecherias, market of the spells). This interesting little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening With The Fighting Cholitas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fighting Cholitas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of La Paz&#8217; most popular tourist attractions is Cholita Wrestling, a form of lucha libre totally unique to the area, in which women get in the ring to fight with dudes and with other Cholitas. 
The Fighting Cholitas are not just any women: they&#8217;re indigenous, from the Aymara and Quechua ethnic groups. For the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing from Argentina to Bolivia? Bring Alchemy</title>
		<link>http://www.eileenloh.com/crossing-from-argentina-to-bolivia-bring-alchemy-2015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border crossing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Quiaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Alchemist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Villaton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After leaving Buenos Aires, I headed for the northwestern Argentine town of Salta. Upon spending a few days there, I would guess the picturesque Andean foothills that surround Salta are probably more of an attraction than the town itself. Not that the city lacks charm: in Salta, shops and cafes encircle a big open plaza, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Traveling Freelance Writer</title>
		<link>http://www.eileenloh.com/how-to-be-a-traveling-freelance-writer-2000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pontifications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buenos aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Brees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESPN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorillaz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quickoffice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul Train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working while traveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have asked me whether it&#8217;s difficult to work and travel all the time like I do, and my answer is always the same: You just have to discipline yourself and work wherever you are! After having this conversation yet again yesterday, I decided to make it easier for everyone to visualize the process, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Cruce de Los Andes 2012 — Day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patagonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Cruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Cruce de Los Andes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rumbo al volcan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[< Previous Entry: El Cruce de Los Andes, Day 2, Part 2
Six-thirty a.m. rolled around way too quickly. It seemed like only ten minutes ago I had snuggled down with that itchy blanket like it was cashmere, and lost consciousness. As I forced myself to sit up, yawning and watching my fellow competitors doing the [...]]]></description>
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