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		<title>Edinburgh Festival, Day Two: A Festival Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem there are two ways to attack the Edinburgh Festival.
The first is to wander down Princes Street, see all the crazy performers trying to tempt you into their show, pick up fliers for free comedy nights, maybe head to the E4 Pasture or Pleasance Court for some celeb-spotting, and when you find something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Festival, Day One: A Festival Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Edinburgh, every year at this time, is a thriving, seething throng of creativity, wackiness and art students.  They call it &#8220;The Fringe Festival&#8221;.

This involves possibly the most incredible cultural transformation imaginable &#8211; the entire heart of the city is converted into a network of theater venues.  While there&#8217;s a huge number of major, full-length performances happening in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Almost) Back Home &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 Bear encounters, 2 pairs of shoes, 4 T-shirts, 8 hostels, 1 near-death experience, 44 blog posts, 1 new netbook, 90 days, 2 international flights, about $20k (I don&#8217;t even want to think about adding it all up) and (roughly) 60,000 miles later, and I&#8217;m almost home.  Or, technically, home, depending on how you look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharon, Massachusetts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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I promised a very good friend I&#8217;d make sure, before I finished things up on my blog, that I made sure there was a pin in Sharon, MA on my map &#8211; and for very good reason, given that I spent a considerable amount of time there and thereabouts.
Unfortunately, there&#8217;s not a lot I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amherst, Northampton, Truro &amp; Provincetown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as part of my time resting and recuperating in Boston, I got to explore some parts of the area known altogether as &#8220;The Cape&#8221;, alongside my travelling partner and lifelong Boston resident.

We started with Amherst &#8211; a beautiful College town steeped in both old-time Americana and artistic creativity.  I&#8217;m assured that there are plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back In Boston &#8211; The End (kind of)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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And so, after dropping some of our number in New York, we arrived on Boston to end the Green Tortoise trip once and for all &#8211; and, in a way, to end most of my trip.  I can now say that I made it across the USA and back, having traveled one coast to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Days 12 &amp; 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trust in the Tortoise &#8211; the best is always yet to come.
Without going into too much detail, I feel a little like I can&#8217;t give an unbiased account of my experience at Niagara Falls.  Granted, every other passenger on the trip said it was the most amazing, magical experience they&#8217;d had, but I feel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 10 &amp; 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talked about Chicago earlier in my travels, and it wasn&#8217;t my favourite city.  Now, I have to admit, it still doesn&#8217;t top Boston or New York or Philly or even DC, but I can tell you that the rather negative light I painted it in had at least a little to do with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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After all the magic of the Cuny reservation, and yet more hiking in the badlands, it was time for things to wind down.  With the group tiring of long walks, our best gear getting worn out, and everything starting to point to us becoming exhausted, our days in the Great Plains of Minnesota were decidedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Something needs to be addressed at this stage: aboard the Green Tortoise bus, both time and space take on an elasticity that only adds to the eccentricity and surreality of the experience.  As a result, of this, finding socks, books, headlamps and other small items is near impossible at times, and relating the events back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 7</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=406</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I&#8217;ve managed to completely fail to crib any pictures of Devil&#8217;s Tower from my companions&#8217; cameras.
Devil&#8217;s Tower was utterly breathtaking.  This was probably the first spot on the trip I really felt my usual cynical atheism slip away, because there&#8217;s really just something quite spiritual about this mountain.  You just can&#8217;t help be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Days 5 &amp; 6</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=365</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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We spent these two days in Yellowstone park.  Again, the wildlife was breathtaking, and the campsites incredible fun.  I feel like I&#8217;ve really lucked out with my tour companions.

I also got over my first day incident completely, getting not only back in the water but back on (and off) a log!
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 4</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=363</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Jenny Lake, near the Grand Tetons (look up the source of the name) was really breathtaking.

As well as all the greenery, and the lake itself, the wildlife is incredible.  While my obsession with catching chipmunks on film died out once I was swarmed with them at lunch, I was extremely proud of getting six inches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Today was spent exploring Craters Of The Moon National Park &#8211; a ridiculously dramatic name for an expanse of volcanic rock formations and caves.
The other-worldly feel here was unbelievable.  Words can barely do this part of the trip justice.
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip, Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WiFi connection is too slow to upload pictures, will update this later.

After my ordeal on day 1, I wasn&#8217;t much in the mood for water &#8211; so I skipped the optional white water rafting trip, but was thus appointed adventure photographer for the day.

While I admit I was a little jealous at times, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tortoise Trip: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=356</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to time constraints &#38; wifi availability, I&#8217;ll have to leave writing a full report of my trip until the end &#8211; or perhaps half way through in Chicago.  In the meantime, I&#8217;ll be posting brief updates as and when I can.  The posting dates won&#8217;t match the date of the events, but I&#8217;ll try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco: Alcatraz, Chinatown &amp; Let Downs</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=336</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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There it is.  The only movie shooting location I saw on Alcatraz.
It turns out that most of the great things I came to San Francisco to see were all shot on sound stages.  The awesome kitchen shoot-out scene in The Rock?  Sound Stage.  The &#8220;Roads&#8221; cafe from So I Married An Axe Murderer?  Interior is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco: Sun, Fun &amp; Hurt in a Skirt</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=320</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Climbing up the Coit Tower is one of the few tourist-trap destinations in San Francisco (along the cable cars).  It was hardly worth the $5 entrance fee, given its relatively small size, but it did enhance San Fran&#8217;s already wonderful viewpoints into the most incredible vistas.

I also cycled across the Golden Gate bridge &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco: City of a Million Really Nice Views</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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If LA is a city defined by its people, and New York by its layout, San Francisco is the perfect blend of the two.  Due to the hill-based layout of the city, almost every intersection has a beautiful, stunning viewpoint in at least one direction.  This is a city where just wandering up and down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trip to San Francisco</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m sorry, East Coast Railways &#8211; as wonderful as the many trips you&#8217;ve ferried me on from Edinburgh to Inverness, you&#8217;ve a long way to go to top Amtrak&#8217;s coach service up the west coast of the USA.  Legroom, comfy seats, big windows, an elevated position and a lounge car with huge bay windows.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles: A Very Different Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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There&#8217;s a lot to see in LA.  The views from Runyon Canyon pictured here are just some of many views of amazing architecture, huge sprawling landscapes &#8230; and lots of smog.

I also took the only actual walking tour of the stars&#8217; homes, but seeing the Beverley Hills sign, Micheal Jackson&#8217;s mailbox and the gates to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood, LA: Not the best start</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post comes to you from a shiny new Asus eeePC.  Ordinarily, the purchase of a new PC is cause for celebration in my life.  In this case, however, not so much.

It&#8217;s amazing how quickly you can lose $300.  Still, nothing a quick trip to Best Buy and a few more Ramen noodle dinners won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago: Not for walking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel a little like I&#8217;ve missed a blog post, because I didn&#8217;t really get a chance to properly wrap up my experiences in Washington.  I&#8217;d like to say that it was because of technical issues, like the sketchy Wi-Fi here in the Chicago hostel, but the fact is all the walking I&#8217;ve done over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington: All Museum-ed Out</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=242</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am officially done with museums.
Washington is a great place for them &#8211; the Smithsonian Institute making most of them free to the public &#8211; but there&#8217;s only so much information one man can assimilate before it becomes too much, and I&#8217;ve already been to museums in NYC, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh in the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington DC: Independence Ducks</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=223</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When someone is kind enough to pose for a picture, you just have to take it.

Despite all the amazing sights you can see in Washington DC, I was more taken aback by finding ducks in strange places.  The ones on the left here were photographed in Farragut Square, in the middle of the city, miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Philadelphia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s not really a lot left to say about Philadelphia, other than to reiterate how beautiful and artistic it is.  I should mention the Magic Garden, a huge maze-like mosaic made from broken glass and other trash made by artist Isaiah Zagar, whose words “Art should not be segregated in museums; it needs to live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia: Franklin Parkway &amp; South Street</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=173</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Went out today determined to just explore Philadelphia and get a really good look at the place, and I went a bit crazy with the camera.  There&#8217;s just so many inspirational, artistic and creative sights here.

I must have seen more sculptures in one city here than ever before &#8211; ranging from classic depictions of generals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia: City of History, Art &amp; Questionable Local Foods</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=160</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to just admit it up front: I just had a Philly Cheesesteak for the first time, and neither I nor my insides are quite sure what just happened.  The concept of combining cheese and steak is so strange that it doesn&#8217;t even make sense post-consumption.

Still, Philadelphia is a beautiful city.  I was really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrival in Philadelphia</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=155</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have made it to Philadelphia, alive and unharmed.
Unsurprisingly, this city is a bit of a downer coming from NYC &#8211; although there&#8217;s little signs here and there that it might share Boston&#8217;s quaint American charm, the hostel is definitely of the less-equipped and more down-to-earth variety, and finding local entertainment will likely take a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York: Looking Back (both literally and figuratively)</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=150</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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I took the Staten Island Ferry back and forth this morning.  I did this partly because it was a cheap (free) way to get a good view of the Statue of Liberty, and partly because it was the only activity I could think of where my giant, unwieldy backpack wouldn&#8217;t get in the way &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC: The Last Few Days</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=143</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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This was the perfect little &#8220;only in New York&#8221; moment &#8211; an art installation in Times Square called &#8220;Theatre For One&#8220;.  The cardboard mock-up on the left shows the details pretty well &#8211; you enter one side of the booth, a performer enters the other, and you get a 5-7 minute intimate, personal show.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York: Museums, Misadventures, Medical Bills &amp; More &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=118</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost feel like I should be complaining about the past few days in New York – very little has gone to plan, I&#8217;ve been ill, I&#8217;ve been down, I&#8217;ve been scared, I&#8217;ve been lost and I&#8217;ve been thoroughly confused.
Yet even unplanned misadventures in the American medical care system are fun in New York.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York: East Village &amp; Central Park</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=102</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say you can find anything in New York City any time you want.  In my experience, there&#8217;s two exceptions to that rule – public bathrooms and reliable, high-speed wifi.

I took another swing at the Times Square/Upper-Lower-Manhattan area, and took in the Empire State Building&#8217;s rooftop tour.

I have to say that, on reflection, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York: The Bigger Update</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=91</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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This, my friends, is Central Park.  Central Park is much like taking your favourite park in the entire world, cleaning it up a bit, and expanding it to the size of an entire city.  I kid you not, Central Park is HUGE.  You could live in it for a year and never be found.

Times Square, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=87</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post comes to you LIVE from Bryant Park.  Outdoor WiFi is fun, but so slow that I&#8217;ll have to leave out pictures until my next update!
So I arrived in New York yesterday, and I can tell you one thing for certain &#8211; Home Alone 2 was terribly misleading about how much fun being lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston: Back Bay @ Night &amp; A Fond Farewell</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=74</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 02:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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And so I bid a fond farewell to Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston was a good choice for a gentle introduction to the hostel-based travel life.  The people of Boston are incredibly down to earth, the streets busy but not packed, and the general &#8220;buzz&#8221; of the city is quite relaxing and welcoming.

Saying goodbye to Boston was a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston: A Hidden Cinematic Gem</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=71</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 14:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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This is not, unfortunately, my photograph.  Amongst other ways in which I really failed to organise last night&#8217;s activities, I didn&#8217;t take any pictures.  As a patron of the cinema, I didn&#8217;t want to be waving a camera around before I went in.  Damn you cinema piracy!
Coolidge Corner Theatre, as well as being a pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Sealife: Both Entertaining &amp; Edible!</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day of no camera means no snapshots from the second half of the Freedom Trail tour, which was more revolutionary history from another guide.  This second part of the tour took me (and the lovely German couple I shared it with) out to the North End of the city, where our guide left us, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston: History, Scenery &amp; HEAT</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=42</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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So this is Boston.  Its a remarkably historic town &#8211; lots of old colonial buildings, lots of revolutionary tours.  The gold-domed building is the State House of Boston, where &#8211; as I learned &#8211; a wooden fish called The Sacred Cod hangs, which was famously stolen by the Lampoon pranksters at Harvard.

I spent Tuesday touring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to America!</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=35</link>
		<comments>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=35#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 20:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words cannot tell you just how overwhelmingly BIG America is.
Flying over Toronto (Canada, yes, but the same land mass) I was just awestruck.  There&#8217;s not often anywhere in the UK that you can&#8217;t climb a hill, or a mountain, or a tall building, or just stand on your tiptoes, and you can see the coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Play: Alan&#8217;s Airport Adventure!</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Players begin in Heathrow airport.  The aim of the game is to remain entertained and awake for 12 consecutive hours.  Players can move around the 5 terminals, but not everywhere will be open all night.
Players can watch movies or surf the internet to keep entertained, but must either find a power outlet or use up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving On A Jet Plane</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=24</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(obviously, I still need to learn how to smile in a photo!)
Still hasn&#8217;t sunk in yet, but it is tough to leave a little creature like that behind, especially since he&#8217;ll be a whole 3 years old by the time I get back.
Airports are not a place I like very much.  Not horribly offensive, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Ride At Dawn &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=20</link>
		<comments>http://alanjack.co.uk/travel/?p=20#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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So my bags are packed, I&#8217;m ready to go &#8230; For the next 3 months, what you see above you will be my wardrobe, my only real possessions and, in essence, my whole world.
There&#8217;s not a lot to say at this stage, other than that I&#8217;m finding it strange that I&#8217;m more nervous about the [...]]]></description>
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