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	<description>Trail of Ants captures the breathtaking tale of its backpacking author, Ant as he engages in a perpetual journey of astonishment, passion and discovery.</description>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by Ant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Vi — it&#039;s such an exciting contest! They&#039;re offering great prizes, you should have a crack at it.

Meeting Gary was a real highlight of my time in Australia. There&#039;s so much more to him than one can fit into 500-words!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Vi — it&#8217;s such an exciting contest! They&#8217;re offering great prizes, you should have a crack at it.</p>
<p>Meeting Gary was a real highlight of my time in Australia. There&#8217;s so much more to him than one can fit into 500-words!</p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by Vi @ Travel Tips</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vi @ Travel Tips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice story, good luck in the competition!
.-= Vi @ Travel Tips´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shorttraveltips.com/destinations/events/what-to-do-in-sydney-in-march/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What to do in Sydney in March&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice story, good luck in the competition!<br />
<span class="cluv"> Vi @ Travel Tips´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.shorttraveltips.com/destinations/events/what-to-do-in-sydney-in-march/" rel="nofollow">What to do in Sydney in March</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by Ant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks guys — here&#039;s hoping. I could do with a flash holiday home, if only to pretend for a moment that I&#039;m the Lord of the Manor (instead of a dorm room or tent)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks guys — here&#8217;s hoping. I could do with a flash holiday home, if only to pretend for a moment that I&#8217;m the Lord of the Manor (instead of a dorm room or tent)</p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by Nomadic Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nomadic Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great entry! good luck in the contest!
.-= Nomadic Matt´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/nomadic-matts-travel-secrets/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nomadic Matt&#8217;s Travel Secrets&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great entry! good luck in the contest!<br />
<span class="cluv"> Nomadic Matt´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/nomadic-matts-travel-secrets/" rel="nofollow">Nomadic Matt&#8217;s Travel Secrets</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by lara dunston</title>
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		<dc:creator>lara dunston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ant, sorry to be a pain, but would you link specifically to this post (rather than to the site URL) http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/10/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-march/

That way it will show up in the Trackbacks list at the end of the Competition post, making it nice and easy for the judges to work their way down the list of entries and click their way through to each post.

Thanks!
.-= lara dunston´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/16/flamenco-guitar-101/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Flamenco Guitar 101&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ant, sorry to be a pain, but would you link specifically to this post (rather than to the site URL) <a href="http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/10/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-march/" rel="nofollow">http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/10/grantourismo-travel-blogging-competition-march/</a></p>
<p>That way it will show up in the Trackbacks list at the end of the Competition post, making it nice and easy for the judges to work their way down the list of entries and click their way through to each post.</p>
<p>Thanks!<br />
<span class="cluv"> lara dunston´s last blog ..<a href="http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/16/flamenco-guitar-101/" rel="nofollow">Flamenco Guitar 101</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>Comment on How Much Does It Cost To Go Travelling? by Ant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a huge fan of Indonesia, so that would be my knee jerk reaction, Gav. South America is high up on the list, especially after researching Peru for a recent &lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.worldnomads.com/travel-tips/post/55030.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;. 

Your budget sounds spot on, regardless. With £2500 you could just about get away with flights home, and drift around Europe for two months. So quite honestly, the world is your oyster.

Shanghai is hosting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/shanghai_prepares_for_expo_201.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Expo&lt;/a&gt; in May this year so might make an interesting side show, as well as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Cup in South Africa&lt;/a&gt;.

***

Wherever you decide, please consider insuring yourself with World Nomads using the promotional code TRLANT. Not only will it save you 6% on your policy, it will also help keep this site live and me answering the questions : )
.-= Ant´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trailofants/BQcd/~3/mIdWaMKxpDw/this-small-and-lonely-planet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This Small and Lonely Planet&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a huge fan of Indonesia, so that would be my knee jerk reaction, Gav. South America is high up on the list, especially after researching Peru for a recent <a href="http://journals.worldnomads.com/travel-tips/post/55030.aspx" rel="nofollow">article</a>. </p>
<p>Your budget sounds spot on, regardless. With £2500 you could just about get away with flights home, and drift around Europe for two months. So quite honestly, the world is your oyster.</p>
<p>Shanghai is hosting the <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/shanghai_prepares_for_expo_201.html" rel="nofollow">World Expo</a> in May this year so might make an interesting side show, as well as the <a href="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/" rel="nofollow">World Cup in South Africa</a>.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>Wherever you decide, please consider insuring yourself with World Nomads using the promotional code TRLANT. Not only will it save you 6% on your policy, it will also help keep this site live and me answering the questions : )<br />
<span class="cluv"> Ant´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trailofants/BQcd/~3/mIdWaMKxpDw/this-small-and-lonely-planet" rel="nofollow">This Small and Lonely Planet</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>Comment on How Much Does It Cost To Go Travelling? by Gav</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gav</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Ant,
Superb and well-researched article, thanks!

Seeing as you keep answering questions, I thought I&#039;d give it a shot...

I&#039;m in Oz and have $5k Aussie (Let&#039;s call it GBP 2.5k) to spend. I need to leave the country for a bit to get some visa shenanigans sorted (I&#039;m English).  What would be a realistic destination do you think and for how long?

How about South America? I speak Spanish and would love to see it.  So flights are from $1500 return - 2 months out there on $3k? Should be do-able, eh? Those flights are to BA, I&#039;ve lived in Brasil for a year, so don&#039;t need to go there again, but I&#039;d love to go to Bolivia, Peru, Colombia... It&#039;s a case of internal flights driving up the price then I suppose.

Or do you think SE Asia?

Cheers,

Gav</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Ant,<br />
Superb and well-researched article, thanks!</p>
<p>Seeing as you keep answering questions, I thought I&#8217;d give it a shot&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m in Oz and have $5k Aussie (Let&#8217;s call it GBP 2.5k) to spend. I need to leave the country for a bit to get some visa shenanigans sorted (I&#8217;m English).  What would be a realistic destination do you think and for how long?</p>
<p>How about South America? I speak Spanish and would love to see it.  So flights are from $1500 return &#8211; 2 months out there on $3k? Should be do-able, eh? Those flights are to BA, I&#8217;ve lived in Brasil for a year, so don&#8217;t need to go there again, but I&#8217;d love to go to Bolivia, Peru, Colombia&#8230; It&#8217;s a case of internal flights driving up the price then I suppose.</p>
<p>Or do you think SE Asia?</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Gav</p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a sad story, but it made me smile.  Sad because it reminded me of the random moments that happen when you &#039;let go&#039; which mostly happened when I was travelling (which I am no longer)  

Then there was the Reb moment, which made me smile because she was so right &#039;you are still an idiot!&quot; :-) 

V.Nice post.
.-= Matt´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://salooned.com/drink-for-a-cure-cancer-canal-bar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Drink For A Cure – [March 13th] Help Raise Money For Cancer By Going To The Bar&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a sad story, but it made me smile.  Sad because it reminded me of the random moments that happen when you &#8216;let go&#8217; which mostly happened when I was travelling (which I am no longer)  </p>
<p>Then there was the Reb moment, which made me smile because she was so right &#8216;you are still an idiot!&#8221; <img src='http://www.trailofants.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>V.Nice post.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Matt´s last blog ..<a href="http://salooned.com/drink-for-a-cure-cancer-canal-bar/" rel="nofollow">Drink For A Cure – [March 13th] Help Raise Money For Cancer By Going To The Bar</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>Comment on This Small and Lonely Planet by lara dunston</title>
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		<dc:creator>lara dunston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love it! Wonderful stuff!! 

Thanks for entering - and good luck!
.-= lara dunston´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/14/weekend-eggs-the-jerez-edition/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Weekend Eggs: the Jerez edition&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love it! Wonderful stuff!! </p>
<p>Thanks for entering &#8211; and good luck!<br />
<span class="cluv"> lara dunston´s last blog ..<a href="http://grantourismotravels.com/2010/03/14/weekend-eggs-the-jerez-edition/" rel="nofollow">Weekend Eggs: the Jerez edition</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.trailofants.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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