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		<title>How Biking Saved My Sanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 06:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace Corps volunteers have a reputation for being a little off-kilter. Newbies arrive, meet more seasoned volunteers and think &#8220;wow, they&#8217;re a little weird.&#8221; The seasoned volunteers shake their heads and say &#8220;don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;ll grow in to it.&#8221; Exhibit A: A PCV dancing with a bunch of pousse-pousse drivers and street kids: Just another &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/25/how-biking-saved-my-sanity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1918&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Photojourney Inside an African Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate to say it, but I&#8217;ve gotten used to the Antsirabe market&#8217;s smell. It&#8217;s a weird combination of muck and old produce, rice being cooked, and charcoal. The meat section has a totally different stench. Even after two years, I scrunch my face and try not to breathe it in as a walk quickly &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/16/a-photojourney-inside-an-african-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1906&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat in Diego, Madagascar: Tuesday Travel Snapshot</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/14/a-skipped-beat-in-diego-madagascar-tuesday-travel-snapshot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing you a travel snapshot from Beat Nomad&#8217;s travel archives each and every Tuesday I recently found a blog describing Diego Suarez (the northernmost city in Madagascar, known as Antsiranana in Malagasy) as a &#8220;small fishing village&#8221;. It made me giggle a little, but then again, everything is relative. It&#8217;s small by western standards and &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/14/a-skipped-beat-in-diego-madagascar-tuesday-travel-snapshot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1897&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Mailman, Stop Creeping</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/13/dear-mailman-stop-creeping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 06:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Impatient Mailman, While I greatly appreciate that you were concerned enough about me getting my postcard to come to my house and deliver it, you chose one of the worst moments to do so. I had literally just stripped down to take a shower when you knocked on my front door, meaning I wasn’t &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/13/dear-mailman-stop-creeping/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1901&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat in Krabi, Thailand: Tuesday Travel Snapshot</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/07/a-skipped-beat-in-thailand-tuesday-travel-snapshot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing you a travel snapshot from Beat Nomad&#8217;s archives each and every Tuesday: I had a serious space-cadet moment when I was in Ko yao noi, a small island about an hour&#8217;s boat ride from Krabi, while traveling around Thailand last September. I said goodbye to my friends, packed up my bag, got on a &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/07/a-skipped-beat-in-thailand-tuesday-travel-snapshot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1890&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Why Antsirabe is Madagascar&#8217;s Best Urban Destination</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/02/5-reasons-why-antsirabe-is-madagascars-best-urban-destination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy May, blogosphere. I’m sure for most of you it means a thawing out of the winter that lingered in the northern hemisphere, but for my part, I’ve been camping out in the same pair of sweatpants and light sweater-down-jacket combination for the past three days. Normally, I hate cold weather, but somebody imported maple &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/05/02/5-reasons-why-antsirabe-is-madagascars-best-urban-destination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1871&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat in Vienna: Tuesday Travel Snapshot</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/30/a-skipped-beat-in-vienna-tuesday-travel-snapshot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing you a travel snapshot from Beat Nomad’s archives each and every Tuesday The autumn after I finished college, broke and still not ready for a &#8216;real job&#8217; (I guess I&#8217;m still not), I hitchhiked from Geneva to Vienna, where this photo was taken. Even though I was armed with a less-than-stellar point and shoot, &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/30/a-skipped-beat-in-vienna-tuesday-travel-snapshot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1864&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Blogging in the Third World is Frustrating Business</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/28/how-blogging-in-the-third-world-is-frustrating-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when, back in the day, you’d start up your dial-up internet, most likely with AOL, and your computer would make these obnoxious whrrring sounds, a long, high-pitched eeeeee-rrrrrr, and maybe at some point your family would yell at you to get off the internet because they needed to use the phone? Remember how tediously &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/28/how-blogging-in-the-third-world-is-frustrating-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1832&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dining and Hiking on La Reunion&#8217;s Active Volcano</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/26/dining-and-hiking-on-la-reunions-active-volcano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Nomadisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outside Madagascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creole Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le QG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piton de la Fournaise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volcano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously guys, I’ve already gabbed on enough about La Reunion, but want to point out two more highlights of the trip, Le Piton de la Fournaise, an active volcano, and a cozy restaurant called Le QG before returning to posts about Madagascar. Next week, look for some colorful photos I’m eager to share depicting the &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/26/dining-and-hiking-on-la-reunions-active-volcano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1840&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat: Tuesday Travel Snapshot [Washington]</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/23/a-skipped-beat-tuesday-travel-snapshot-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Skipped Beat: Tuesday Travel Snapshot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outside Madagascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crescent Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympic National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing you a travel snapshot from Beat Nomad’s archives each and every Tuesday. This photo was taken at Lake Crescent on a trip to the Olympic National Park shortly after I moved to Seattle. A couple of medical students from Arkansas that I met at a hostel and I were staying at Lake Crescent Lodge, &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/23/a-skipped-beat-tuesday-travel-snapshot-washington/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1829&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rappeling Through Waterfalls in Cilaos, La Reunion</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/18/rappeling-through-waterfalls-in-cilaos-la-reunion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outside Madagascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adventure Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canyoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cilaos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about a few of my first impressions in La Reunion, but I haven&#8217;t even mentioned the best part of the trip: Canyoning in Cilaos! Before arriving in La Reunion, neither Chip nor I had ever done canyoning before, but while doing research on La Reunion I came across a website boasting &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/18/rappeling-through-waterfalls-in-cilaos-la-reunion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1813&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat: Tuesday Travel Snapshot [Fianaratsoa]</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/16/a-skipped-beat-tuesday-travel-snapshot-fianaratsoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fianaratsoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madagascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betsileo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malagasy People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bringing you a travel snapshot from Beat Nomad&#8217;s archives each and every Tuesday. This week&#8217;s photo was taken on the RN7 just south of Fianaratsoa, somewhere near Anja National Park, in the wine-making region of Madagascar (although, trust me, it&#8217;s terrible &#8212; I once got drunk after drinking an entire bottle because I was convinced &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/16/a-skipped-beat-tuesday-travel-snapshot-fianaratsoa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1805&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Reunion, Thanks for Smelling Nice</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/12/hello-reunion-thanks-for-smelling-nice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Nomadisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outside Madagascar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couchsurfing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Impressions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saint Denis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back to the Developed World After over a consecutive year and a half in Madagascar – minus three weeks in Thailand – stepping off the airplane in La Reunion felt like going back in time to the world of my memories. At first glance, it was the developed world of my daydreams when I’m having &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/12/hello-reunion-thanks-for-smelling-nice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1785&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Skipped Beat: Tuesday Travel Snapshot [Florida]</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/09/a-skipped-beat-florid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;ve decided to finally start doing a weekly post featuring a forgotten or archived photo that, for whatever reason, never made it on to Beat Nomad before now. I&#8217;ve been thinking about doing this for awhile and I&#8217;m excited to at long last make the idea a reality. I&#8217;m also excited about the &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/09/a-skipped-beat-florid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1769&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Hours in Mauritius [photos]</title>
		<link>http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/07/twenty-hours-in-mauritius-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beatnomad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was booking tickets for La Reunion, the cheaper flight from Madagascar (about $300 round trip) stopped in Mauritius. I felt clever with myself for choosing the one that had a twenty hour layover. Two countries for the price of one, right? So, last Tuesday we landed in Mauritius around dinner-time, and immediately the &#8230; <a href="http://beatnomad.com/2013/04/07/twenty-hours-in-mauritius-photos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beatnomad.com&#038;blog=13003008&#038;post=1753&#038;subd=beatnomad&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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