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		<title>Activist to kayak St. Maarten to Curacao</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
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As noted in an earlier post, Ryan de Jongh plans to paddle from St. Maarten in the northeastern Caribbean around to Curacao in the south, island-hopping the whole 1,600 kilometers (close to 1,000 miles), by kayak — alone. His original November lanuch date has been moved back to December 5. We&#8217;ll try to confirm when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Island Resort Rooms with a View</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For this week&#8217;s &#8220;Best&#8221; list, I want to showcase the beautiful island places we featured in the &#8220;Best Rooms with a View&#8221; list. The photo of the view from the Viceroy Bali alone is scenery that made all of us here at ISLANDS say, &#8220;I need to go there now!&#8221; This Best list is from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Contest Entries - Keep them coming!</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/photo-contest-entries-keep-them-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m buried. Literally. Under a mountain of fantastic photo contest entries. They&#8217;ve taken over my office. Send help! And chocolate. I&#8217;m kidding! It&#8217;s so much more fun to get the day&#8217;s mail when envelopes from as far away as Alaska arrive containing images from Bora Bora to Iceland to Lizard Island. I love sharing in all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Island News from New Zealand, California and American Samoa</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/latest-island-news-from-new-zealand-california-and-american-samoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Alameda Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.

New Zealand: Icebergs off Auckland Islands are moving closer to New Zealand.


Alameda Island: Bay Area community bands together to clean up Alameda Island after oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Blurb Books Contest Winners</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/best-blurb-books-contest-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging the Best Blurb Books Contest was a blast. After voting narrowed the travel books down to the top 15, I had the pleasure of selecting the Grand Prize Winner and the Runner Up. It was difficult to choose but J.C. Ecrement and O. Remualdo&#8217;s book Sadhus of Benares took home the grand prize. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan your trip to Kauai&#8217;s Na Pali Coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/plan-your-trip-to-kauais-na-pali-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/plan-your-trip-to-kauais-na-pali-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Destination Spotlight]]></category>

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

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

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Na Pali. By Matthew Miller


Kauai is one of the most beautiful places on earth. People agree about this. A first trip here can feel like an exercise in cataloguing places to come back to and spend more time: Waimea Canyon, Kalalau Trail, the hidden and possibly unnamed beaches around Kapa&#8217;a on the east coast. However [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Island News from Hawaii and Tahiti, Plus Expedition 206</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.

Hawaii: Outrigger Waikiki received a Green Leader award for its recycling efforts.


Worldwide: Three travelers set out on Expedition 206 visiting islands and countries around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Island News from Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa and Venice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Kauai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t be on every island at once — but you can feel like you are. Here are the latest links with useful information about island travel from around the world.

Hawaii: Erosion threatens beaches on Oahu and Kauai, which have lost significant amounts of shoreline since the 19th century.


New Zealand: A new study of Polynesian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Island Surf Resort</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/ultimate-island-surf-resort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ISLANDS Experts]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Extraordinary waves and ordinary surfers —  not always an ideal mix. But not all of us possess all-star surfing skills. So where&#8217;s the best place for average Joes to safely push themselves, enjoy world-class waves, and relax in comfort? My pick is the Kandui Resort, located in the Mentawai Islands off the west coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience Indonesia (from home)</title>
		<link>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/experience-indonesia-from-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.islands.com/2009/11/experience-indonesia-from-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddy</dc:creator>
		
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Last weekend, I camped on Indonesia’s most remote islands. I was embraced by a small village community. I built a well that provided them fresh water. The kicker? I did all this from Cocoa Beach, Florida, losing myself in what I thought was a surf movie. It starred waterman Rob Machado, though surfing wasn’t his [...]]]></description>
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