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	<description>Thailand Review: Living, Traveling, Relationships, Thai Massage, Festivals</description>
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		<title>Patience and Indifference in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand along with any other place on the planet has its good and not so good sides. That&#8217;s just how life works. We have have to look at the overall balance. For me, there are more good sides to Thailand than problematic sides. That&#8217;s why I live here. It can be quite interesting to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Penang, Malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read my previous article, you know that I escaped the seasonal pollution of my hometown in Thailand, Chiang Mai, during March and April and settled in Penang, Malaysia, for that period. Penang is a tropical island, but probably not the kind you might be thinking of. Here is what it&#8217;s NOT: It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unusual Story of a Bum in Penang, Malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a story about tourist attractions in Malaysia, temples, cultures and festivals. It is a very human story, something that happened to me, and something that changed my way of thinking. When I arrived in Penang, Malaysia, I spent quite some time looking for a good and reasonably priced accommodation. Finally I found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Peek Across Thailand&#8217;s Border Into Malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malaysia stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Singing the praise of Chiang Mai I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, one of my favorite cities in Asia. Why? The cost of living is one of the most affordable in Asia, you get great value for your money, there is lots to do, people are friendly, the pace of life is pleasantly slow, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships in Thailand part 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships in Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paid Relationships in Thailand Different strokes for different folks, as the saying goes. Your definition of a good relationship may be quite different from those of a different culture. We all assume that our way of thinking is the only correct one. But this assumption can be shaken severely when you travel to other parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiang Mai, A Holistic Hot Spot In Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some places in the world attract holistic, alternative or &#8216;new age&#8217;  communities. This includes practitioners of yoga, massage, various healing arts, meditation, Qigong and many others. Some of those places are in beautiful surroundings like Sedona, Arizona or Bali, Indonesia. Others are in places with a long history of spirituality like Rishikesh, India. Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Pleasures in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many pleasures to be had in Thailand without having to spend a lot of money.  I don&#8217;t mean to say that everything is cheap in Thailand because that&#8217;s not true. But if you go &#8216;local&#8217;, you can enjoy a good life for a fraction of what it would cost you in the west. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10000 Monks Assemble in Ceremony of Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen 10000 monks assembled in one place? Most likely not, but I was lucky enough to catch this unique and amazing event on camera here in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It really took my breath away seeing 10000 monks chanting and collecting alms. This was a profound insight into the Thai Buddhist culture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Reasons Why Thailand Is A Great Destination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever daydream about being in a place where everything is perfect, where you feel totally at ease and happy? I have not found such a perfect place on planet earth, and to my best knowledge it does not exist. But some places come much closer than others, and Thailand is in this category. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How My Appreciation Of Thailand Was Renewed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people assume that culture shock is something you experience when you come from one cultural environment into a totally different one.  Mostly this is happening when visitors from first world developed nations visit a developing nation or a third world country where everything is more chaotic, unorganized and unpredictable. I have been living in [...]]]></description>
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