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	<title>Gap year &#38; Travel News &#187; hiking</title>
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		<title>Our Venezuela Leapers win over the Bomberos (firemen)!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The group travelled inland for 4 hours into the hills of Caripe. It’s a lot cooler in Caripe, so all those Jeans and hoodies that had sat uselessly unused in Playa Colorada for 5 weeks started pulling their weight. The volunteers camped in front of the Guacharo Cave, an inspiring base to use for all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela September Team Blog: Week One</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hola Ingleterra. This is Venezuela calling. Firstly we would like to thank you for the smooth arrival instructions we received. It could not have have been a quicker transfer through the airport. The check in area was clearly sign posted and it was obvious where we supposed to go. Our lack of Spanish was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventure Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theleap.co.uk/leapers-blogs/?p=2385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your in your last year at school or college this year then your Gap Year is getting nearer and nearer (yayyyyyy)!! And if like me your not one to lay by a pool all day everyday whilst overseas (although a good few days on a palm fringed beach never goes a miss), then id [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GREAT NEWS… A music consert was held at Marlborough College for Good Hope!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I personally think its really nice every now and then when someone (or indeed a group of people) says something or more importantly DOES something, which really does help you to believe in the kindness of people again! My auntie Colette, who took part in the sponsored walk with us works at a college in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 miles…and some very blistered feet later, weve done it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again lovely readers! So its Friday 14th May Today, so I&#8217;m pretty late at putting this blog up for you, however i come bearing BIG NEWS which i have just been dieing to tell you! On Sunday 2nd May we did it! Me, my beautiful mum Maria, Dad Ray, Sister Tara, friend Fran, Auntie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Hope Group Page on Facebook!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heloooooo again you beautiful people! Today is Thursday 29th April 2010 and as well as it being my 21st birthday tomorrow (yipiiiiieeeeeee), its also time for our Sponsored walk on Sunday and you guessed it….it’s going to rain, but we shall soldier on! I have been very busy this morning creating a group page on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela Jan &#8217;10: Indi&#8217;s Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarturday 9th January- What a difference a week makes! I&#8217;m sitting in an internet cafe in Puerto la Cruz which is the nearest town to Playa Colorada, where we are staying. I’m not sure where to start, I am having the most incredible time and Venezuela is amazing! The plane journey was fine, veeeeeeeryy long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tanzania 2009: Tom&#8217;s Blog (10) Kilimanjaro!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending two days in Arusha again, me, Sabrina and Georgia headed up to Lake Victoria. The bus journey took 12 hours and was uneventful but very tiring. We spent Sunday exploring the town and realising that there wasn&#8217;t a huge amount to do so we just spent the majority of our time relaxing! We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya Team Update 9: Sept 09 (Banda Banda, and then there were 4!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it has already been a week since we said bye to everyone at the airport. Our plans since then have changed and we found out once we had gotten to Rukinga Ranch that we would be departing the following day for Kasigau! We are definately in the rainy season now. Even after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Venezuela: Caripe; Grinding with coffee gangsters and other tales! (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday: Well it&#8217;s been Bye Bye Venezuelan beaches and Hola hilltops &#38; coffee haciendas the past two days as we&#8217;ve left the comfy confines of Playa Colorada behind for the lush green scenery of Caripe. This is where Leap teams will spend weeks 6,7, and 8 of their volunteer placements and it couldn&#8217;t be more [...]]]></description>
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