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		<title>Amazing Street Performance in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand, hosts several huge festivals. Visitors come by the tens of thousands from Thailand and abroad. The performances are truly spectacular. While wandering around the festival site I came across a group of  students who were showcasing martial arts, dancing and drumming.]]></description>
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		<title>Vegetarian Festival in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year Thailand celebrates a nine day long vegetarian food festival. When I tell a Thai person that I am a vegetarian, the usual reaction is something like: &#8216;Very good, that&#8217;s great for your health, I admire that, but I could never do it&#8221;. But during those nine days of the vegetarian festival many Thais [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A good show in a Chiang Mai market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I went to my local fruit and veggie market here in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and to my surprise there was a stage set up and there was a whole big show going on. It was put on by a phone company to promote their products, but the unusual thing was that they had some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Amazing Temple Pilgrimage in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year there is an amazing temple pilgrimage happening in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This year, in 2010, it happened in late May. The goal is to walk up to Doi Suthep temple, which is the most venerated shrine in Chiang Mai. The challenge is that this temple is not in the city, but way up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rough Day in Tropical Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 19:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand is a hot country. Not all tropical areas are hot. You might be at the equator, but if you are high enough in the mountains, the weather can be very pleasant. But closer to sea level, it can get mighty hot in the tropics. This year we have unusually hot weather in Thailand in May. Thais [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Travel, Visas and Jetlag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many expats or longer term residents in Thailand have to leave the country every two or three months in order to obtain a new visa. Within Asia you can generally only get short term tourist visas. There are exceptions: Retirement visas let you stay in Thailand permanently, but you have to put a big chunk [...]]]></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>
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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>Thailand Has More Than One New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What planet do you live on? What if I told you that I live in a place where the year is 2553? No, I am not schizophrenic, I did not watch too many science fiction movies, and I do not live on another planet. But I do live in Thailand, and the year is 2553 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thai Vegetarian Festival with a Bizarre Twist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an annual vegetarian festival in Thailand. The timing is based on the Chinese calendar, and  this year it was held in late October. It is a ten day event which is loosely observed all over Thailand. In most places it just means that some food vendors switch to selling vegetarian dishes. However in [...]]]></description>
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