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    <description>Bass Drum Ben&#39;s Worldwide Extravaganzza</description>

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      <title>summer recap and peek into the future -</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/259</link>
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      <description>Greetings from somewhere between Denver and McMurdo.  I know it???ll take me a while to get this update written, so I have no idea where I???ll be</description>
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      <title>Return to Asia</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:04:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/258</link>
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      <description>Return to Asia As most of you know, Neoma and I are in the midst of a job that has us whizzing through southeast Asia with GPSes stuck to our heads, or </description>
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      <title>New Zealand, what a treat!</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/257</link>
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      <description>Well well well, five weeks in New Zealand went by mighty fast!  I&#39;m so glad I got to see the South Island more in-depth this time.  Neoma and I chose not to go</description>
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      <title>Finally off the continent</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:46:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/256</link>
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      <description>After three days of delays, Neoma and I and 123 other people are finally in New Zealand.  Let me tell you, it was a long three days, despite not having to</description>
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      <title>End of season update from the Ice</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:03:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/255</link>
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      <description>Hello again from the largest desert in the world! This update should just about get me caught up, assuming I send it out relatively soon.  I haven&#39;t heard back</description>
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      <title>Antarctica in the news...a bit of a rant</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:25:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/254</link>
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      <description>Many of you have emailed me asking about the recent article entitled &quot;Christmas fun in Antarctica gets out of hand&quot; I&#39;m disappointed this made it to Reuters.</description>
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      <title>On the Continent</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/253</link>
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      <description>Greetings again! I&#39;m not sure how many of you were aware of the technicality that McMurdo Station is not actually on the Antarctic continent.  It&#39;s on Ross</description>
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      <title>Checking back in</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/252</link>
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      <description>Hey Everybody!  Sorry I&#39;ve been super lame and have posted absolutely NOTHING for so long.  No excuses, I&#39;ll just catch up.  Happy holidays to everyone and</description>
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      <title>All is well in Colombia</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:12:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/251</link>
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      <description>Hey everybody, Just wanted to drop a line letting you know that Neoma and I are just fine here in Bogota, Colombia.  I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve heard that there was a </description>
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      <title>P.S.</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:50:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/250</link>
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      <description>P.S. I didn&#39;t get any of the replies to these posts for the last three months until just now.  Sorry for not responding!  I had the settings screwed up.  I&#39;ll</description>
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      <title>Wrapping up South America</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:27:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/249</link>
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      <description>The South America tour is coming to a close, sadly.  We&#39;ve got only a week left and we&#39;re already in Bogota, doing some last-minute shopping and relaxing</description>
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      <title>Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:24:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/248</link>
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      <description>Howdy-ho!  Neoma and I are back in Ecuador!  Despite the rain, we are much happier to be here than in Peru. Why?  Peru hates us!  That we don&#39;t know why, but</description>
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      <title>Last (new) country of the trip</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:47:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/247</link>
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      <description>Well well well, another update from South America.  This time, Peru! Yep, I thought I should write before we get to Macchu Picchu because it will be fantastic</description>
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      <title>Middle of the world!</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>bassdrumben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/246</link>
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      <description>Hello again my happy armchair travellers! Last time I was celebrating the completion of seven continents and thirty years from Colombia, now it&#39;s 45 countries</description>
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      <title>Seven continents!</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
      <link>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben/message/245</link>
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      <description>Greetings from Colombia! I am happy to announce that I have achieved one of my life goals, to experience all seven continents by age thirty.  My birthday is </description>
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