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		<title>Crossing the Himalayas through memory to Ladakh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a small van careering along a rough and narrow road beside a rushing river with brightly painted temples along its banks and craggy peaks towering overhead. We&#8217;re traveling in the prescribed Indian fashion — drive as fast as you can and hope for the best or, better still, pray. One of our group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delving into Ethiopia&#8217;s ancient past and present</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m edging my way through a long tunnel in pitch darkness, feeling for the roof so I don&#8217;t hit my head, waving my trusty flashlight around to scan the walls and sandy floor and check for any unwelcome wildlife. I feel like Indiana Jones but a lot less brave. Then, after rounding a bend, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cup of coffee in cheerful ceremonial style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia has no tea ceremony, but it does have a coffee ceremony all its own. Walking down the road you will often come across a young woman sitting under a leafy roof with a tray of small handleless cups like Japanese teacups in front of her, together with narrow-necked jugs, clay braziers holding charcoal fires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Ark of the Covenant got to Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Bible, the Koran and several detailed Ethiopian texts, the Queen of Saba/Sheba, named Makeda, visited Solomon in Jerusalem in the 10th century B.C. They had previously exchanged letters full of questions and riddles. When she arrived, bringing gifts of gold, spices, precious stones and beautiful wood, Solomon was bewitched by her beauty. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world of flowers and willows in Kyoto&#8217;s geisha districts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Downer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["No matter what happens / I am in love with Gion. / Even when I sleep, / Beneath my pillow / The waters ripple."]]></description>
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		<title>Warm memories of an Aizu winterlude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It starts to snow soon after the train leaves Koriyama, and further inland at Aizu Wakamatsu the snow is knee deep. My hosts, Nobuyuki and Mikiko, are waiting at the station. I&#8217;m relieved to see they&#8217;ve brought boots for me. Aizu has been part of my life for years. A good part of my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Kagoshima in search of a great samurai unbowed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Downer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Flying into Kagoshima from Tokyo across the volcanic landscape of Kirishima and Ebino Kogen, I feel as if I&#8217;m arriving in another country. The air is moist and warm, the light sharper, the sky bluer and the foliage intensely green, sprawling exuberantly over the rugged hills. Less than 150 years ago, this really was another [...]]]></description>
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