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		<title>What you can find in this blog</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2009/07/28/what-you-can-find-in-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main areas that I visited in 2006: India : Ladakh and South India Australia &#038; New Zealand China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos Europe Central Asia &#8211; Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan]]></description>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; Restarting this blog</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2009/07/27/2009-restarting-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 I had started this blog to record my thoughts as I traveled around the world on a 6 month sabbatical. 3 years on, I am now married, have a son, and am back in New York at my job. I am now starting my blog again, with the intention of making this a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I wear Hugo Boss when traveling?</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/08/24/should-i-wear-hugo-boss-when-traveling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confessions of an Asian World Traveler Following the uncovering of the London terror plot to blow up planes, life&#8217; s gotten a little more difficult for the average air traveler, and more so for the &#8220;middle-eastern looking&#8221; ones. While extra security is warranted, a nd even welcome, I do worry about the new &#8220;Salem Witch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two worlds, one city &#8211; A bicycle ride through South Chennai</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/08/16/two-worlds-one-city-a-bicycle-ride-through-south-chennai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past week or so, I&#8217;ve been in Chennai, the city where I grew up. It= s been a mix of spending time with family and friends, relaxing, as well as= exploring. For the first time in six years I&#8217;m actually living life in Che= nnai, instead of making a hurried visit to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An airport for the NRIs, buses with beds</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/08/09/an-airport-for-the-nris-buses-with-beds/</link>
		<comments>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/08/09/an-airport-for-the-nris-buses-with-beds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a few minutes to kill at the Madurai airport, and looking around me, its like a mini replica of San Jose Airport, as it seems that this place caters only to the NRI community, with the occasional business traveler. It does make sense, as with the excellent bus connections, I find it hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interpreter does not need to know two languages</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/08/02/an-interpreter-does-not-need-to-know-two-languages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South India]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, I am in Madurai in South India, looking into some microfinance activities. When I go into the villages to meet with the local women and interview them, I am normally accompanied by one of the English-speaking managers. Despite having grown up in Tamil Nadu, my Tamil is embarrasingly mediocre, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheapest and Fastest Internet yet</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/07/24/cheapest-and-fastest-internet-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South India]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dingy, non-air-conditioned cubbyhole in the small South Indian town of Madurai may notbe the first place that comes to mind for cheap broadband, but at Rs. 20/hr, or less than fifty cents an hour, you can sit on an old computer and access the net at blazing fast speeds. I was walking around trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luang Prabhang continued</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/07/07/luang-prabhang-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Written on July 5th, 2006) Airports in Laos can prove to be venues for really unique observations and experiences. Firstly, you have to go through passport control, even for domestic flights. The weighing scales when you check in, are old manual scales, the kind used to weigh rice and vegetables in neighborhood markets across Asia. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kunmin, Ronaldo, and never overstuff a backpack in China</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/07/07/kunmin-ronaldo-and-never-overstuff-a-backpack-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/07/07/kunmin-ronaldo-and-never-overstuff-a-backpack-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time aI heard of Kunming was when I booked my flight for Beijing from Vientiane, and had to change planes here. I figured it would be a tiny provincial airport. It might be provincial, but its in no way tiny. Kunming, from the air, is a sprawling metropolis, a collection of ugly buildings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People in lao</title>
		<link>http://sinhatravel.com/blog/2006/07/05/people-in-lao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People in Lao are genuinely friendly. I&#8217;ve made really good friends at the travel agency a friend recommended to me, and they&#8217;ve helped me out and have gone way beyond the call of duty. From providing me with USD to frantically calling me to let me know that Lao Airlines cancelled my flight, to just [...]]]></description>
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