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		<title>Buy a Drink or Get Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While bars and nightclubs at home in Australia are required, by law, to follow strict guidelines regarding the responsible service of alcohol, it seems the same is not true of similar establishments in Japan. On a recent visit to Roppongi (a popular, yet slightly dubious, nightlife district in Tokyo) I noticed that many clubs have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1156&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Mexican Dessert You&#8217;re Unlikely to See at Taco Bell</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/a-mexican-dessert-youre-unlikely-to-see-at-taco-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baja California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tijuana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/?p=1130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who regularly dines out would know, restaurant staff frequently utilise “upsell” questions to encourage additional spending by patrons. Common examples I’m sure most people have encountered include “Do you want fries with that?“ and “Would you like to see the dessert menu?”. Asking diners if they’d like a hooker with their lunch, however, is probably not something most establishments would consider normal practice.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1130&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;ve Never Seen the Sistine Chapel</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/why-ive-never-seen-the-sistine-chapel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vatican City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelangelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sistine Chapel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/?p=1098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how long is too long to stand in a queue?

The answer I suspect most people would give is that it depends entirely upon the event or attraction for which said queue has formed.

Now, while this may be true, I have discovered there is definitely a limit to how much patience a person can have, no matter how desirable the attraction at the other end of the line.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1098&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roommates From Heck</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/roommates-from-heck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dormitory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hostel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roommate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst thing about staying in a hostel dormitory is that you have absolutely no control over who sleeps in the room with you. Sometimes you get lucky and find yourself sharing with friendly, interesting, considerate people who make your stay enjoyable. Other times, it’s only the memory of the foreign prison in Midnight Express that stops you from strangling all of your roommates in the middle of the night.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1079&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Normal&#8221; is a Relative Word</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/normal-is-a-relative-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cook Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rarotonga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Cook Islands is a place where things happen just a little differently to the rest of the world. A unique combination of isolation, ethnic diversity and a so-laid-back-it’s almost-horizontal approach to life, means situations that seem perfectly normal to locals will often appear slightly out of left field to vistors from more developed Western countries<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rude Traveler</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/the-rude-traveler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki. Tallinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rudeness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years of traveling, I have reached the conclusion that no matter which part of the world you visit, you’re guaranteed at least once in your journey to cross paths with the universally despised creature known - in polite conversation at least - as “the rude traveler”.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Island of Convenience Stores</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/the-island-of-convenience-stores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawai&#039;i]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convenience store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks in Waikiki, I have determined that the maximum distance it is possible to walk in any direction without coming across an ABC covenience store is 12.6 metres. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration - it’s probably more like 20 metres - but I can still assure you that these things are everywhere.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1025&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La Ville de Merde</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/la-ville-de-merde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paris has a reputation as a city of tremendous beauty, and rightly so. The Eiffell Tower, Notre Dame, the banks of the Seine, the Louvre; there are enough amazing sights to fill this entire page and still not list everything. There is, however, one notable feature of the city that resides squarely at the opposite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=1009&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judder Bars and Angry Seals</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/judder-bars-and-angry-seals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judder bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact it’s just a short flight from Melbourne (the city in which I’ve resided for thirty-something years), New Zealand is always capable of surprising me. I recently spent five days travelling around the Wellington Region and discovered a multitude of interesting facts.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=987&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Try Not to Look Like a Tourist</title>
		<link>http://mexicanzebras.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/try-not-to-look-like-a-tourist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my key rules when travelling in a foreign country is “Always look like you know where you’re going”. While there’s obviously no point in being paranoid about your surroundings, I tend to believe that doing things that clearly draw attention to the fact you’re from out of town – such as standing in the middle of the street, staring vacantly at a giant map - are an open invitation for less scrupulous people to take advantage of you.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mexicanzebras.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11146156&amp;post=972&amp;subd=mexicanzebras&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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