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	<title>Cycle Strongman &#187; Experiences</title>
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	<description>One Man&#039;s Odyssey to Explore the Globe</description>
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		<title>A day of extremes</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2011/10/a-day-of-extremes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It started waking up under the road and ended camping in a far flung desert in a remote part of far Western China.  As with the journey, it was what happened in between that defined it. The previous afternoon, I had rolled my sleeping mat out in the confines of a concrete culvert.  It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shame on me. Shame on you.</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2011/07/shame-on-me-shame-on-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When the guy pulled a gun and placed it on the table, I snapped!  &#8220;Is that a gun?&#8221;, I demanded, looking him in the eye.  &#8220;Did you just pull a gun on me?&#8221;,  I demanded again as I bent over the counter to confirm my suspicions. Our previously courteous misunderstanding was reaching a climax.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ganges Fever</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2011/05/ganges-fever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India is as diverse as its people. The differences are at times often staggering.  It is a land of extremes, a land in a slow moving flux.  The more I came to know India, the less I understood. Trying to reduce, divide and compare is a task that seems only to disparage meaning.  The people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urge for Change: An Observation.</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/08/urge-for-change-%e2%80%93-an-observation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/08/urge-for-change-%e2%80%93-an-observation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia to Tibet; 18 months and 20,000 kilometres by bicycle spanning millions of people across a range of cultures and landscapes. From sensitive coastal waterways to arid desert environments, from dense tropical jungles to the highest peaks in the world stretching across the vast Tibetan Plateau &#8211; perhaps a quarter of the world by bicycle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hardy back roads of Laos &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/06/the-hardy-back-roads-of-laos-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/06/the-hardy-back-roads-of-laos-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an unusual rattling sound, followed by a &#8216;tink, tink, tink&#8217; and a loud &#8216;SNAP!&#8217;, I knew I was in trouble.  It was coming from the rear wheel and I hoped that it wasn&#8217;t anything major.  The roads were some of the most gruelling I&#8217;d experienced on the expedition to date and both myself and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections &#8211; A Year On</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/03/reflections-a-year-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/03/reflections-a-year-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew, a year on the road already!  It goes quick. Recently I celebrated the first year (of many) on the road, not with a &#8216;POP!&#8217; from an expensive champagne bottle, nor blowing out the flame of a single candle, but with a day just like every other.  It led to the expression of thoughts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage with no happy endings</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/03/massage-with-no-happy-endings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/03/massage-with-no-happy-endings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Males and females.  We grow up together, live together, copulate together and grow old together (in no particular order), but we may never fully understand each other.  One is from Mars the other Venus - yes we&#8217;ve heard it all before.  But sometimes a unique experience can give you an insight into what it must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camp Nightmare</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/02/camp-nightmare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2010/02/camp-nightmare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cyclestrongman.com/?p=2370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After leaving Phuket, we headed north toward Surithani.  The incredibly dramatic rock formations left me in awe of my surrounds as we continued north.  Once again we met some incredible people who were happy to help us on our journey offering us a place to stay for the night. Hannah, Gemma and myself were invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to a fellow traveller&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2009/12/open-letter-to-a-fellow-traveller/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cyclestrongman.com/2009/12/open-letter-to-a-fellow-traveller/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cyclestrongman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 2010 to all! I hope this blog finds you in good spirits and looking forward to an adventurous decade! WithÂ the New YearÂ here, I thought I would share a letterÂ I recently wrote to a fellow traveller who is about to undertake his own expedition around the world by bicycle. The letter reflects on the CSX [...]]]></description>
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