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		<title>Betcha I Can Tell Ya Where Ya Got Dem Shoes! (In Da Mud!) — Jazz Fest Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the first two days of Jazz Fest went more or less as expected, that first Sunday showed signs of what was to come. A cold front and thunderstorms for days saturated the Fairgrounds, turning Week 2 into MudFest/ ColdFest/ HorseshitSmellFest. It called for correct footwear, unprecedented layers of clothing, and the willingness to breathe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hola NOLA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been blogging from the road recently, as I&#8217;ve settled down for a little bit in one of my favorite places on Earth, the city of New Orleans. It occurs to me that I should treat my adopted home town as any other place I love, and take a zillion pictures and write stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Love for Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog entry, I deviated from my standard oh hey, go explore the world y&#8217;all typical blog post to make a personal plea on behalf of a friend living on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In recent weeks, well-financed rebel forces have occupied the DRC&#8217;s border city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved the entire world.&#8221; — Talmud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Peeps &#8230;
I don&#8217;t normally do this, but during this week of Thanksgiving I am personally reaching out to all y&#8217;all on behalf of my dear friend, Innocent Twagirumukiza from Gisenyi, Rwanda. 
Innocent has a remarkable story too long to tell here, but in a nutshell, he and his immediate family survived the Rwandan genocide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Things I Love About Lima (And 3 Things I Don&#8217;t), Part 3: 21-30</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooooooooood.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[om nom nom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous entry: 30 Things I Love About Lima (And 3 Things I Don’t), Part 2: 11-20
And without further ado, may I present the last (but certainly not least) of my Lima List &#8230;
21. Barranco District — It&#8217;s the city&#8217;s &#8220;bohemian center,&#8221; where many of Peru&#8217;s foremost artists, musicians and writers have lived and worked. Highlights [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Huaca Pucllana]]></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 &#8230; so now I will continue my list of badass features in and around the city where I hung out prior to arriving in the Big [...]]]></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>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[pelican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playa Barlovento]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[snowy egret]]></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[lululemon athletica]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[macaw cliffs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous entry: A Wild Goose Macaw Chase, Urubamba River, Peru (Part 1)  
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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		<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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