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	<description>Experience Travel are a specialist travel company offering tailor-made holidays and tours to Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Maldives.</description>
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		<title>Experience Travel Organise Guardian Trip to Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2011/08/experience-travel-organise-guardian-trip-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The travel section of the Guardian last Saturday published an excellent article by travel journalist Ben Tarring about his family visit to Sri Lanka. I thought it was an excellent piece and we were proud to have been involved in suggesting and planning the trip. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodian snake wedding spells prosperity for villagers</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2011/01/cambodian-snake-wedding-spells-prosperity-villagers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Armstrong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month villagers in Cambodia&#8217;s central Kandal province celebrated the wedding of two pythons in an unusual ceremony that saw large female python Chamroeun married to her smaller mate, male python Ar Krong Pich. The nuptials were conducted in Svay Ralum commune, Sa&#8217;ang district and were witnessed by hundreds of villagers who had flocked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycling Cambodia and Vietnam for MAG International</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2011/01/bicycling-cambodia-vietnam-mag-international/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experience Travel is really pleased to sponsor Anthony Douglas as he cycles through Vietnam and Cambodia to raise money for MAG International (Mines Advisory Group); who deliver landmine clearance programmes in former war-affected countries. MAG aims to make land blighted by war safe again for farming, light industry and for making towns and villages habitable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visa for Sri Lanka?</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2010/09/a-visa-for-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you might have heard that the Sri Lanka Govt (in their infinite wisdom) decided to abolish visa on arrival for tourists. This cunning ruse has been abandoned after very strong protests from the tourist industry of Sri Lanka who pointed out that it might just be a little foolish to destablise a resurgent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orchid Painting Workshop in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2010/02/painting-workshop-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reminder from our friends at Moonhill came in today about their paining workshop which seemss to be proving popular. I doubt there are more inspiring places anywhere! For more details get in touch with us. Andy from Moonhill writes: Only a few places still available on Billy Showell&#8217;s &#8216;Orchids &#38; Tropical Flowers&#8217; painting workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka Elephants &#8211; The capture of the gentle giants</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2009/09/sri-lanka-elephants-capture-gentle-giants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we are delighted to have Sidantha Kumara as our guest blogger. Sid is one of our finest guides &#8211; a fantastic guy who has taught us so much about Sri Lanka. He shows a side of Sri Lanka not often seen and his passionate belief and strong ideas on the positive power of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Thailand &#8211; Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2009/07/northern-thailand-chiang-rai-chiang-mai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harriet Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our visit to northern Thailand was rather short and fleeting.  We arrived in Chiang Rai from Laos and were pretty knackered after the Gibbon Experience and so did not do anything too energetic.  Chiang Rai is a fairly sizeable Thai city and although a fair amount of tourists pass through, it retains its 'Thainess' more than Chiang Mai.  We spent a couple of hours at the White Temple just outside town and this is well worth a look.  Ben, who is a little on the temple averse side, really enjoyed it.  Strangely enough, it is white and in the sun the mirrors that have all been painstakingly hand cut and stuck on shine brilliantly.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Gibbon Experience &#8211; Northern Laos</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2009/07/gibbon-experience-northern-laos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harriet Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending a day and a night in the fairly depressing border town (Laos:Thailand) of  Houay Xai we were really keen to start our 3 day "Gibbon Experience" trip.  It had been recommended to us throughout Laos so we were keen to see what all the fuss was about.  The trip involved spending 3 days in the dense northern Laos jungle, living in tree houses high in the forest canopy.  The tree houses are connected to the jungle by large zip wires!  Apart from having a lot of fun, one of the objectives is to try and see one of the black Gibbons which were up to a few years ago thought to be extinct in this part of Laos.  The people that run the company put some of their money back into the local village and pay for the only park rangers in Laos.]]></description>
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		<title>Luang Prabang &#8211; Northern Laos</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2009/07/luang-prabang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harriet Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journey from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang was a painful one.  The air conditioning on the bus decided to break down and the wheel sprung a puncture.  Not unusual occurrences in Laos, but it did make for a long, extremely hot and sweaty day.  The pain was, however, alleviated by the extraordinarily beautiful views surrounding us as we wound our way through central Laos.  They were simply breathtaking!
 
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		<title>Vang Vieng</title>
		<link>http://news.experiencesoutheastasia.com/2009/07/vang-vieng/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harriet Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now Vang Vieng is pretty much all about tubing as the numerous tee shirts you see worn in South East Asia advertise.  But Vang Vieng does offer some other great excursions.   The town itself has been shaped with a young western audience in mind and has numerous bars playing Friends on loop.  However its surroundings are quite amazing.  There are rolling hills carpeted with lush jungle dissected by the Nam Song river and a few spectacular caves.
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