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		<title>Where We Left Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What&#8217;s going on with the Tamale?&#8221; Thus inquired my friend Patricia, just last night. As a subscriber to this blog, she no doubt was puzzled at not having gotten any updates for the past four-and-and-half months. Okay, fasten your seat belts: It was May 8-9 when Zabine Van Ness and I returned to Seattle from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Blending in in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One faithful reader complains of difficulty in picking out my friend Zabine from the group photos posted here. The reason is that Zabine and I, as seasoned world travelers, have learned to blend into a crowd of Vietnamese. Here’s a picture of the two of us blending in. Zabine, you’ll notice, does it better than [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi: Baha&#8221;i 20th Anniversary Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hanoi: Baha&#8217;i 20th Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 08:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Zabine Maryam (Linkins) Van Ness, this has been a journey of 20 years. For me, it only felt like one. We arrived Sunday morning at the hotel in Hanoi where the Baha’i community was gathering to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding. Stunning floral arrangements were everywhere. Many of these, I hear, were [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Hanoi Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Matthews]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2012 (Sunday) – As I have explained, the stated reason Zabine Van Ness and I are in Vietnam is that the Hanoi Baha’i community, on the 20th anniversary of its founding, wanted to honor Zabine for her role in that seminal event. That “stated” reason is of course their reason – and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Day Vietnam Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some representative photos from our second day in Vietnam.]]></description>
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		<title>Eat, Pray, Love, Shop (Vietnam Style)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Matthews]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Having enjoyed our motorcycle ride, we were set for a busy day. First, we sat in on a committee meeting at the home of a Baha’i friend, met many members of the Baha’i community, along with a visiting Counselor, George Saroya, from Indonesia. Lunch at an outdoor noodle cafe. Delicious [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi from the Handlebars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Our busy day started with an unexpected treat – motorcycle rides for Zabine and me. We knew that Baha’i friends were coming by to pick us up, and I suppose we expected a van or car or something. But the most normal mode of transport in Hanoi seems to be [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Arrival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 25, 2012 (Wednesday) – We are now in Hanoi. Considering my many (mis)adventures with travel, domestic and foreign, the trip here was amazingly smooth and stress-free. Well, as stress-free as 18 or so hours on an airplane can be. We landed in Seoul, Korea (Incheon Airport) right on schedule (okay, a couple of minutes [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Journey Unfolding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 24, 2012 &#8212; Zabine and I are in flight &#8211;Asiana Airlines&#8211; somewhere between Seattle and Seoul. We&#8217;ve travewled 1550 of our 5210-mile total;our altitude is 36,000 feet, ground speed 532 miles per hour, and current outside air temperature &#8212; a balmy minus-70 degrees F. (Guess if I get too hot, I can always go [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, April 22. I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m on my way to Vietnam. The Vietnam trip has been in the works for several months, but I haven&#8217;t had the courage &#8212; till now &#8212; to write about it. Please don&#8217;t get me wrong: I&#8217;m excited about this trip &#8212; upbeat, optimistic, incredibly happy. What I&#8217;m [&#8230;]]]></description>
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