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		<title>The Undiscovered Festival of Europe: Wine in Moldova</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/31/the-undiscovered-festival-of-europe-wine-in-moldova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Moldova]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben P Jones
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If you believe that the emergence of wine production in Moldova is a new undertaking, think again! Discovered in the north of the country, near Naslavcia village, were fossils of vine leaves dating back approximately 6 to 25 million years ago, although the sizes of the seed imprints indicate that cultivation probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Refuge for Andean Culture in Peru</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/29/a-refuge-for-andean-culture-in-peru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kusi Kawsay Andean School Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maureen Valentine
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With its origins in Peru’s central highlands more than 1000 years before to the rise of the Inca Empire, Quechua civilisation has an extraordinary cultural heritage of religious, musical and literary traditions. Unfortunately, a growing influx of tourism through Peru’s legendary Sacred Valley has left local indigenous villages fighting to preserve their Quechua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inside Word… on Pirenópolis, Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/27/the-inside-word%e2%80%a6-on-pirenopolis-brazil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whl.travel/blog/?p=7104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many destinations in the WHL Group’s ever-expanding network, we have an incredible wealth of local travel information at our fingertips. Through the Inside Word, our local partners – all travel experts – share their top tips on what to do, what to eat, where to party and where to shop in their necks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move over New York and Hollywood, Toronto is the New Movie Mecca!</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/27/move-over-new-york-and-hollywood-toronto-is-the-new-movie-mecca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/27/move-over-new-york-and-hollywood-toronto-is-the-new-movie-mecca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Kucherawy
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I recently received a call from a hotel concierge asking if I did tours of Toronto that cover famous locations used in film and television. As a film buff and local tour guide, I know many places that have been seen on screen. After all, Toronto has a reputation as a popular city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week: A Winter&#8217;s Day in Republic Square, Buenos Aires, Argentina</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/25/photo-of-the-week-a-winters-day-in-republic-square-buenos-aires-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/25/photo-of-the-week-a-winters-day-in-republic-square-buenos-aires-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[low season]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo and text by Wallace Faria
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It is common to read in travel blogs the advice that September is not the most recommended month to visit Buenos Aires. This is usually because of the weather. It is winter in the southern hemisphere and can be very cold; the wind can rip at your face and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging with the Literati and Glitterati of the Literary and Film Festival Circuit</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/24/hanging-with-the-literati-and-glitterati-of-the-literary-and-film-festival-circuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Galle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riga International Fantasy Film Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Natasha Robinson
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These are golden times for cinephiles and bibliophiles. Bookworms and movie buffs can now check out the latest cinematic and literary offerings in the most unexpected corners of the globe. And if you imagine literary festivals as gatherings of fusty old intellectuals spouting arcane references to James Joyce, think again! They are fast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Five Movies Filmed on Location</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/23/top-five-movies-filmed-on-location/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/23/top-five-movies-filmed-on-location/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carpathian Mountains]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[street children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whl.travel/blog/?p=7054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To a cinephile, nothing compares to seeing a great movie in a darkened theatre, the perfect blank slate from which to be transported to unfamiliar and far-off lands with vivid scenery and amazing cultures. WHL Group here presents five of its favourite movies, shot on a variety of locations around the world.
The Last Emperor &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi Opens the Warm Heart of Africa to whl.travel</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/22/malawi-opens-the-warm-heart-of-africa-to-whl-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[new local connections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEE BELOW FOR THIS MESSAGE IN CHICHEWA / ONANI UTHENGAWU PANSIPA MU CHICHEWA
Malawi is one of Africa&#8217;s little known treasures. Surrounded by the much larger countries of Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, Malawi is a narrow nation, only slightly smaller than North Korea, that runs north to south along the Great Rift Valley. It&#8217;s been called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Travel Insights from Damascus, Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/21/rich-travel-insights-from-damascus-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/21/rich-travel-insights-from-damascus-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Ednan Ghamyan of Ghazal Tours in Syria
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Every month, we delve into the travel experiences of people in the extended WHL Group network. This month we talk to Ednan Ghamyan, who works for Ghazal Tours, the whl.travel local connection based in Damascus, Syria.
WHL Group: Which is your favorite WHL Group destination and which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Corfu: Special Moments (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/20/a-different-corfu-special-moments-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/20/a-different-corfu-special-moments-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chrysa Tsakalakou
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That my 18th birthday, graduation and the start of the new millennium were happening in the same year seemed more than random coincidence! My girlfriends and I had therefore decided we would spend our holiday on Corfu, the Greek island I had always hated when I was younger, when visits every summer meant [...]]]></description>
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