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	<title>Sailing To Oblivion &#124; It is not the destination but the journey</title>
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		<title>the end game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[re: that last post, PDR stands for People&#8217;s Democratic Republic.
laos isn&#8217;t the first communist country i&#8217;ve visited and certainly won&#8217;t be the last. as americans, we tend to think words like democratic and communist don&#8217;t go together (excluding the Tea Party folks) but maybe they do for some? seems to work pretty well for those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/12/the-end-game/</link>
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		<title>The PDR of Laos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 41 hours of travel, we arrived in the capital, Vientiane, yesterday.
Warm tropical air scented with incense and smoke filled my nose and I am filled with the grateful feeling of being back in Southeast Asia.
Let the travel begin!
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		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/12/the-pdr-of-laos/</link>
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		<title>they&#8217;ve done it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[hey skipper. you know your idea about tiny ice cream drumsticks? well, these fun loving aussies beat you to it. check out this pic.
-tim
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		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/theyve-done-it/</link>
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		<title>the wizard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[you knew there was no way I wasn&#8217;t going to use that line right? well, i am a simple mind and avoiding an obvious metaphor just isn&#8217;t in my skill set.
as i sit here in the sydney airport waiting to catch the time machine that is united flight 840 i am struck with one thought.
the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/the-wizard/</link>
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		<title>do clothes make the man?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[it&#8217;s not the destination but the journey. usually that is the case with this blog right? well not so for this posting. this one is about the destination.
katoomba is the spot.
go ahead and google it. you&#8217;ll find out that it is a small town in the blue mountains just outside of sydney. it has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/do-clothes-make-the-man/</link>
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		<title>no worries mate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[pt. douglas is australia&#8217;s answer to jackson hole wy. seriously, it is. do they sell some kit that tells you how set up a cool, kick ass town that makes you want to move there?
this place is great. with one exception, the food is crazy expensive.
is it the close proximity to a wonder of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/no-worries-mate/</link>
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		<title>damn that was cool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[i will write a more substantial post later but I have to say a few words on today&#8217;s exploration of the great barrier reef.
holy shit is it cool. spent much of the day thinking about captain cook and the trouble he ran into (please forgive the pun).
those sailors were damn ballsy. some wicked navigation hazards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/damn-that-was-cool/</link>
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		<title>the yellow brick road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[here I am in oz wiith brandi and dale (my father-inlaw). jeff isn&#8217;t here so my odds of leaving the country in one piece are pretty good.
first impressions of Sydney are excellent. good vibe, great weather and friendly peeps.
expensive as hell though.
seems like a fitting possible home for oblivion. long off into the future kind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/03/the-yellow-brick-road/</link>
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		<title>Cutie Weighs In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by now you have read jeff&#8217;s play and may be wondering if it is a work of fact or fiction.
i can assure you that it is fact, though i offer the following to clear up a couple of factual errors and to provide one more perspective on key moments.
ACT 1
the skipper&#8217;s account is solid save [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/02/cutie-weighs-in/</link>
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		<title>The Oblivion Effect by Steve Howe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first-ever guest blog! Written by Steve Howe of Backpacker Magazine fame during and about his three weeks aboard Oblivion in the Sea of Cortez
Greetings from Bahia La Paz, where Oblivion lies at anchor, across the channel from town, while her transmission water cooler is being repaired. Hopefully tomorrow, Thursday, January 27th, we’ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sailingtooblivion.com/2011/02/the-oblivion-effect-by-steve-howe/</link>
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