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	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The evil travel writer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/11/14/the-evil-travel-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tourists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel writers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travellers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do travel writers play a role in aiding the desecration of a destination by writing about it and praising it pristine beauty? By telling people just how to get there and where to stay and the highlights to enjoy, do we encourage the hordes to head there and speed along the destruction of all that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tourist. The ogre?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/11/07/the-tourist-the-ogre/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/11/07/the-tourist-the-ogre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The ogre]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The tourist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have rather ambivalent feelings about the effect tourism has on a place.
It puts a destination on the travel map, bringing visitors who’re happy to have a new place to see and, along with them, money, new livelihoods and growth to the place and its people. 
Simultaneously, it changes the place. Picturesque empty streets are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collectors’ items</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/24/collectors%e2%80%99-items/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/24/collectors%e2%80%99-items/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bubble paper]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devprayag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gharwal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[log of wood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[raft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[raft guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rishikesh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shivpuri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uttarakhand]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[X-ray machine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just realised the other day that I haven’t been anywhere fun in a while. So while I sulk in my corner, here’s a guest post from Dhamini Ratnam:
All it takes is one pretty stone, and I’m hooked. Then, destination and journey both become unimportant, and the only thing I can think of are stones. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just say cheese!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/10/just-say-cheese/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/10/just-say-cheese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charukesi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[destination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[portraits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[traveller’s catalogue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Travel is very rarely only just about the place and the beauties it has to offer. It’s also about the food, the culture, the architecture. Central to all this are people. To truly understand a city, you need to understand its people and what makes them tick. What drives their ambitions or causes their lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A motley collection of things to see and read</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/03/a-motley-collection-of-things-to-see-and-read/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/10/03/a-motley-collection-of-things-to-see-and-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anna Sussman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[breath-taking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cupcakes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jordan river]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mosquito repellent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[motley collection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photo essay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reportage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s post is about a motley collection of things that I want you to see and read.
Starting with this amazing photo essay of a journey down the Jordan river from the BBC website.
If you’ve ever thought of stringing together your collection of photos from a trip into a photo essay, let this be your inspiration. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit of untruth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/26/a-bit-of-untruth/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/26/a-bit-of-untruth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[magazines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maoist strike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newspaper]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rickshaw Run]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel accounts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UK publication]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do all travel accounts have a fictional element to them? I started wondering about it after reading this piece, courtesy: Madhu. It raises an interesting point, one that&#8217;s not just true of travel books, but also of some travel writing that we see in magazines and newspapers. I realised this soon after the Rickshaw Run that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In search of green</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/19/in-search-of-green/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/19/in-search-of-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humble Administrator’s garden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mt Mary fair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[neighbourhood park]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shanghai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suzhou]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yuyuan garden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past week, I thought of going for a jog. But between the thought and actual action, there was many a slip. The neighbourhood park was shut to joggers; the grass would be damaged during the rainy weather. The other closest park took me 45 minutes to get to in the 7:30 pm traffic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus-ted!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/12/bus-ted/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/12/bus-ted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bus rides]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[convenience]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[goa to mumbai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harrowing experiences]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mangalore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[volvo buses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even in the times of affordable flights, bus rides still make more sense sometimes. Like the night bus from Goa to Mumbai, that gets you there bright and early in the morning. Its convenience is the reason why I keep taking it despite some pretty harrowing experiences.
What harrowing experiences you ask?Speakers right over my head, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Click-a-hotel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/05/click-a-hotel/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/09/05/click-a-hotel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AC Neilsen survey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[book hotels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe holiday]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free lodging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Online Travel Agents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel websites]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel-crazy person]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend has dangled a carrot, and like a good travel-crazy person, I’m eager to bite the bait. The carrot is free lodging in Poland, a mere 3-5 hours ride away from all the east European countries I have ever dreamt of visiting. Of course there are dozens of reason why this trip probably won’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing at an angle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/08/29/standing-at-an-angle/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/2009/08/29/standing-at-an-angle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neha Dara</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gravity and balance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pitching movement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/footloose/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gravity and balance are seriously underestimated things. We take them completely for granted, not realising how vital they are, until they&#8217;re dragged out from under our feet.
Or, in my case, not so much dragged out from under my feet as tilted to an odd, hard to cope with, angle.
I&#8217;m talking about, of course, that sailing [...]]]></description>
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