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	<description>An update to my blog about my 6 month assignment in London (www.flickr.com/loftusinlondon) while I&#039;m in Korea and Japan</description>
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		<title>Picture and Video Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still finishing off the post on Tokyo, but I did load my pictures to Flickr (www.flickr.com/loftusinlondon) and videos to Youtube (www.youtube.com/loftusinlondon)  Here are the highlights:
Seoul
Korean BBQ on Friday night:

Cheongbukgong:

Fukuoka
Warning on the JR Beetle:

Crossing the Korean Strait

Dinner at the sidewalk cafe:

Sumo:

Kyoto
Cemetary at 6am:

Park in the mountains:

Shrine:

Tokyo
Mt Fuji from Shinkansen:

Tokyo at night:

Great Sales Pitch:

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		<title>Kyoto Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto Japan
I&#8217;ve been quite a bit unlucky with the weather on my trip, even when the forecast has called for a nice day. Hopefully it at least stays consistent and is wrong tomorrow given it&#8217;s calling for showers all day in Tokyo.
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		<title>Delayed Post &#8211; 2nd half of week in Seoul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the post I had stored on my laptop.  I just now have a connection for the first time in a couple days.  I hiked Kyoto from 5:30am to noon today and am relaxing at the hostel today.  Probably going to take a quick nap, then head back out.  Taking a morning train to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=155&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On To Kyoto</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On To Kyoto
I was politely told that Kyoto is two syllables and not three, which I sort of knew from my couple of hours reading Japanese language lessons. However it&#8217;s alway tough to ditch habit, given that many have Kyoto in their vocabulary. I also learned that I hold chopsticks slightly wrong. After getting used [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=154&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fukuoka Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fukuoka Japan
Sunday noontime in Fukuoka Japan and I&#8217;m at the Kansakai Center for the national sumo tournament. More on the current setting later, but I wanted to recap the last 24 hours.
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		<title>From Korea to japan by Train and Boat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently at Seoul Station about to get on a bullet train to Busan which is a port city in southern South Korea, and the second largest city in the country. The train ride takes about two and a half hours and will travel at speeds up to 190 mph. It&#8217;s a very clear day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=152&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have half a post pulled together, but couldn&#8217;t stay awake last night to finish it. A ton has happened in the past 48 hours that I would like to spend the appropriate time documenting. But today is a super busy day, followed by the going away party this evening, so I won&#8217;t have time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=145&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seoul Midweek</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7am Wednesday morning and I’m watching the sun rise over the city again from my room. It’s a very clear morning so the view is outstanding.  I’ve actually had two pretty busy work days so it’s been a little tough to explore the city all that much.  Monday I went into the office, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=143&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arrival in Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[************
I typed this up Monday morning, but just have access now.  I plan to follow it up with another post relatively soon
************
It’s 6:30am Monday morning, and I’m sitting on the 23rd floor of the Koreana hotel watching the sun rise over downtown Seoul.  I’ve actually been up for about 2 hours, hit the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=142&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Across the Bigger Pond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey all,
As most of you know, I&#8217;m heading over to Korea and Japan for the next couple of weeks.  I have very few details on the next two weeks.  I&#8217;m heading to O&#8217;Hare tomorrow (Saturday) morning, departing at 8:30am on a 4 1/2 hour flight to San Fran, then after a 2 hour layover I&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftusinlondon.wordpress.com&blog=2778728&post=136&subd=loftusinlondon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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