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		<title>Cardigan Bay: Photo blog</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/09/21/cardigan-bay-photo-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog update]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aberaeron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardigan Bay]]></category>
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I recently embraced the staycation with open arms and a wonky brolly and set off for mid Wales for a bit of sightseeing and dolphin spotting. As it happened the wonky brolly was only required once. What a beautiful place, see for yourselves&#8230;
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		<title>In safe hands</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/08/25/in-safe-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Borneo]]></category>
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There are few stories I’ve encountered while travelling that have touched me as much as this man’s. His son, our guide, had introduced him to us as one of the village elders. Nestled in the mountains of the rainforest in Borneo, close to the base of Mount Kinabalu, this village had relied on him and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo blog: Tall Ships Race Kristiansand 2010</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/08/23/photo-blog-tall-ships-race-kristiansand-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been a busy few weeks at Bell Towers, hence no bloggage, however here&#8217;s some photos of one of my recent trips to Norway involving Kristiansand and some very impressive ships.










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		<title>New York hotel offers &#8216;birth tourism&#8217; packages</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/06/10/new-york-hotel-offers-birth-tourism-packages/</link>
		<comments>http://alisonbell.net/2010/06/10/new-york-hotel-offers-birth-tourism-packages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14th amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anchor babies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marmara Hotel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alisonbell.net/?p=145</guid>
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I think the answer is a resounding yes. The world has gone stark raving la-la loony toons. A hotel in New York City is offering pregnant non-US women the opportunity for them to have their babies there, meaning their child gains automatic US citizenship.
The Turkish-run Marmara Hotel in the Upper East Side is offering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog famine, sorry about that</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/06/08/blog-famine-sorry-about-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Teguise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graubunden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristiansand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lanzarote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Spain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alisonbell.net/?p=139</guid>
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I&#8217;m feeling rather ashamed of myself for not blogging for ages *head lowered but eyes raised sheepishly*. However, I have been busy establishing myself as a freelance journalist and will be back with some more blog updates soon.
To whet your appetite, I have been organising a trip to Norway to see the Tall Ships Race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incredible India</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/05/12/incredible-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 09:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alisonbell.net/?p=136</guid>
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The marketing for tourism in India has really been cranked up several notches over the last couple of years. After a series on Channel 4 (although I&#8217;m not sure if that portrayed India in a particularly flattering light), the release of Slumdog and me banging on non-stop about how great it is, it&#8217;s had some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is tiger tourism helping or hindering?</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/05/05/is-tiger-tourism-helping-or-hindering/</link>
		<comments>http://alisonbell.net/2010/05/05/is-tiger-tourism-helping-or-hindering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 08:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mudamalai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alisonbell.net/?p=129</guid>
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India&#8217;s government last week announced plans to phase out tiger tourism across the country. The news has sparked a great debate about whether that will hinder or hasten the tiger&#8217;s roam into extinction. As tourism is said to destroy the tiger&#8217;s natural environment, there is the counter argument that without the tourists and the guides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a disashter!</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/04/22/what-a-disashter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[couchsurfing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Molton Brown]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alisonbell.net/?p=123</guid>
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In the travel journalism world, if there isn&#8217;t a word for something, we make it up. And if a suitable word exists, we ignore it and create another one, or conjoin two words, so there&#8217;s a new buzzword for that area.
The word &#8217;staycation&#8217; seems to be rather popular at the moment as Brits are said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stowaways on the Mangalore to Cochin line</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/04/19/stowaways-on-the-mangalore-to-cochin-line/</link>
		<comments>http://alisonbell.net/2010/04/19/stowaways-on-the-mangalore-to-cochin-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese fishing nets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Cochin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian railway]]></category>
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When it came for us to get the overnight train from Mangalore to Cochin, we were determined.
We’d already had a bad experience with Indian trains and been left on the platform with our tickets, tired and confused as we watched our train pull away without us. This time it was going to go as planned.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A volcanic ash wonder</title>
		<link>http://alisonbell.net/2010/04/15/a-volcanic-ash-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prof Brian Cox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Volcanos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wonders of the Solar System]]></category>

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As news lavas up about the volcanic ash sweeping over the UK and disrupting flights, the one thing that has surprised me most is the fact that we have a Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. In London. Crumbs, it must be a very busy day for them.
The site says that &#8220;A volcanic eruption on Iceland can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>236</slash:comments>
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