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		<title>Loving Life in Luang Prabang &#8211; Top Things To Do!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Laos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is SO much to do in Luang Prabang we decided we wouldn&#8217;t even bother trying to list all of them. We visited twice during our time in Laos (once before and once after Nom Kiaw) and we loved it, so here&#8217;s a couple of our favourite LP activities. Visiting the Elephants of Laos Much [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting into Laos, An Alternative to the Mekong Slow Boat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 07:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For backpackers travelling from Thailand into Laos, the most common option is to take the 2 day slow boat up the Mekong river. But for various reasons relating to comfort, safety and convenience, we decided on a much easier alternative to the Mekong slow boat. Despite the breathtaking scenery of rural Laos, the general consensus [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hill Tribe Experience in Luang Namtha, Laos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South East Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luang Namtha is a fairly dull town, as far as South East Asia goes. There&#8217;s almost nothing in the town except hotels and workshops bustling with local tradesmen. At the time of our visit, Luang Namtha wasn&#8217;t really on the map for your average party-hard backpacker, so the bar and late night tourism scene hadn&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day with the Thai Farm Cooking School</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 16:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every one who visits Thailand raves about the food. So while we were backpacking across the &#8216;Land of Smiles&#8217; we were determined to bring a little bit of Thai cuisine know-how back home with us &#8211; at least enough to impress our friends! After checking out some reviews we joined a day course at Thai [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Mai! Tickling Tigers in Chiang Mai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 11:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiang Mai&#8230; the first stop of our tour of South East Asia. Not a bad place to start either as it&#8217;s generally heralded as one of the best stops in Northern Thailand, with it&#8217;s cosmopolitan population of locals, ex-pats and hipster university students making a home for themselves in Thailand&#8217;s ancient &#8220;Rose of the North&#8221;. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey to Milford Sound: A Spectacular Road Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journey to Milford is just as impressive as the Sound itself. Most people visit Milford Sound as an organised day trip from Queenstown; this is one way to go but it&#8217;s so much more flexible and relaxing, not to mention cheaper, to make this journey yourself if you have access to a car. We [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Glenorchy Roadtrip in Pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a road trip out of Queenstown? Glenorchy town itself isn&#8217;t up to much (depsite being quite pretty) but the surroundings offer up some incredible hikes, extreme sports locations and even some Lord of the Rings sight-seeing! We started our day with the 45 minute drive out of Queenstown, on the northern shored of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanderlust in Wanaka: Mt Iron and the Rob Roy Glacier Trek</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The lack of crowds; the freedom to do what you love; the scenery; the space among the like-minded; the welcome from people who understand; the energy and the daring; the crystal water&#8230; it’s about the time to breathe, take it all in, feel carefree, full of life, and realise it’ll stay with you long after [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (and Mount Doom!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heralded as the best day trek in New Zealand, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing offers over 20km of unique and breathtaking natural landforms, not to mention a volcano, lava fields, craters and impossibly blue lakes. We spent 4 months in South America breaking in our hiking boots, but were we up to the challenge? Preparing and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>White Water Rafting on the Kaituna River, Rotorua, New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difficulty of a section of river, with respect to rafting, is graded using a number scale. Most beginner sections are a 3. Due to the number and height of the waterfalls along this stretch, we spent our first time white water rafting on a grade 5 section of river. Fortunately for us novices, our [&#8230;]]]></description>
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