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		<title>160 Seconds on Peru&#8217;s Bird Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[.. or the Isla de los Pájaros, one of the most unusual and surreal environments I&#8217;ve ever experienced. Located in the mangrove of Puerto Pizarro Bay in northern Peru, about 13 kilometers north of Tumbes and not far from the border with Ecuador, the Island is home to thousands of birds, some 140 resident and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12240&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Around the World&#8217;, at 120 Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, 21 May 2013, marks 120 days since I began this Around The World Trip, exactly four months to the day, and the first day of the 18th week. It&#8217;s been an amazing ride. And in many ways, it&#8217;s only just begun. To mark the occasion I put together this quick slide show featuring one [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12234&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Catch in Manta: Banned Sharks Netted &#8216;Legally&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manta, Ecuador &#8211; Shark fishing is illegal in Ecuador but a loophole allows fisherman to legally sell sharks that end up in their nets. The law doesn&#8217;t define a distinction between landings that are accidental or intentional, which generally means that sharks are plentiful among the morning catch fisherman unload on beaches throughout the coast. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12227&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six Snaps From Ecuador&#8217;s Playa Los Frailes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are half a dozen shots taken earlier today at Playa Los Frailes, which according to the tourist literature, is one of Ecuador&#8217;s most beautiful beaches. I can&#8217;t vouch for the accuracy of that characterization, but I can say that it&#8217;s a very nice laid back spot. Set in Machalilla National Park about 12 kilometers [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12214&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Escaping the Sun (Pic de Jour)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The closer I get to the equator the more I realize that the only sensible thing to do in the middle of day is to somehow escape from the midday heat. Escape is this week&#8217;s WordPress Photo Challenge theme, which is exactly what I did after snapping this gentleman&#8217;s photo. Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, or 1°34′00″ [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12209&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>26 Seconds at Guayaquil&#8217;s Malecon Gardens Fish Pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amount of plastic I continue to see &#8211;strewn about, blowing about and haphazardly piled about&#8211; as I make my way north through South America is staggering. Whether at home or on the road, it&#8217;s one thing I simply can&#8217;t become immune or jaded to. Who throws bottle caps, candy wrappers, spoons and sporks into [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12186&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Very) Magnificent Frigatebird &#8211; Pic de Jour</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[.. or Fregata magnificens. This is a male doing his best to attract the ladies. I hope he succeeded. This gentleman is perched atop some trees on the enchanting Isla de Aves, or Bird Island, home to thousands of large and loud sea birds in the mangroves just outside of Puerto Pizarro, Peru. A short [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12179&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Headlines #20</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Guayaquil, Ecuador, for 14-May-2013 Filed under: Ecuador, Today's Headlines Tagged: news, newspapers<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12174&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Seconds With Bolivian Traffic-Directing Zebras</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BobR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your 42-second mental health break for the day.. I have no explanation for this. I shot this in Sucre, but I also saw them busy at work in La Paz as well. Enjoy! Related articles Efecto Mandarina, Bolivian Jazz Traditional Healing in Bolivia Filed under: Bolivia Tagged: Sucre, video, zebras<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12152&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Checking out of Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a funny thing happened this afternoon as I was checking out of Peru and into Ecuador. The moment the Peruvian officer began to scan my passport, his phone, resting on the opposite end of the small counter, began to blink incessantly. It then proceeded to belt out a very loud version of the Mission [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pirancafe.com&#038;blog=624548&#038;post=12140&#038;subd=pirancafe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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