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	<title>Spirit of Thailand</title>
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		<title>The Different Styles of Thai Massage Therapists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After living in Thailand for many years and having received many Thai massages I have come up with a listing of different styles of Thai massage therapists you will encounter in Thailand.
1.  The social type: This is the chatty type. She will immediately ask where you come from, if you speak Thai, if you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Thai Massage be painful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are people out there who suggest  &#8220;no pain, no gain&#8221;.  Interestingly enough a lot of the Thai people actually subscribe to that. Many massage therapists in Thailand have told me that their fellow countrymen often prefer really strong massage even if it is painful, but in contrast the foreigners prefer a gentler and non-painful approach. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand news from Shama</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Massage in Thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I visited a beautiful resort about 100 km from Chiang Mai. The owner is a naturopathic doctor who developed some amazing treatments for serious health challenges. He is committed to running a holistic spa and building a sustainable project. The food is healthy and clean, a lot of it grown on the resort&#8217;s own farm.  There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magical Touch Magical Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Magic of Touch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had a massage that left you with a feeling like you just went to heaven for a while? If not, you did not get enough massages, or you never found the right therapist. What is it that makes a touch magical, what is the secret? Can one develop such a great touch?
Energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships in Thailand part 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asian women]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thai smile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are Thai men not interested in relationships with foreign women? And why don&#8217;t western women care about Thai men? After all Thailand is known for cross-cultural relationships and men come here by the tens of thousands to find female Thai partners. Why is this a one way street? Why do you rarely see Thai men with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships in Thailand part 6</title>
		<link>http://shamakern.com/relationships-in-thailand-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships in Thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Thailand it is not always easy to distinguish between prostitution and legitimate relationships. Let&#8217;s say a foreign man hires a woman to be his girlfriend for a certain amount of time &#8211; quite a common scenario in Thailand &#8211; and pays her a fixed salary. That must be prostitution, you would think.
But what if that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visa Run in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://shamakern.com/visa-run-in-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://shamakern.com/visa-run-in-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thailand Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhist temple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you live in Thailand for extended periods of time, most visa types require you to leave the country on a regular basis in order to get a new stamp in your passport. The closest border to Chiang Mai, where I live, is the Burmese border in the very north of Thailand. I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiang Mai Flower Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thailand Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiang Mai, Thailand, is the undisputed festival capital of Thailand. Between November and April Chiang Mai puts on several huge festivals that draw crowds of tens of thousands, visitors from all over Thailand and from all over the world. A major festival is not just a one day event. Normally they last three days and in one case, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Names in Thailand Are Another Story</title>
		<link>http://shamakern.com/names-in-thailand-are-another-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thailand Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please, anything but your real name!
Would you mind being called a &#8220;pig&#8221; or a &#8220;buffalo&#8221;? I didn&#8217;t think so. But lots of people in Thailand are called just that and some other names that seem very strange to us. Thais have first and last names like we do, but they are often four or five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magic of a Great Smile</title>
		<link>http://shamakern.com/the-magic-of-a-great-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Magic of Touch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live in Thailand, the Land of Smiles, as it is often called. The Thais pride themselves of their easy, natural and beautiful smiles. Many times I have gone out and felt touched by the wonderful smile of someone whom I had never seen and will probably never see again. It might have been a [...]]]></description>
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