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	<description>a stream consisting of a series of channels that wander, branch, and reconnect, creates a braided pattern, known as anastamosis</description>
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		<title>The Overnight Bus&#8211;Working on Your Night Moves</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/the-overnight-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight buses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight ferry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight trains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overnight travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most serious travelers are familiar with the joys and pains of the overnight bus.  Each country has its own style of bus, some more comfortable than others, each having their pros and cons&#8211;mostly cons.  Here is what you can expect &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/the-overnight-bus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Post-Travel Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/the-post-travel-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philadelphia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Returning back to your country of origin after a long time out is an odd sensation.  It leaves you feeling disoriented, sad, bored, and out of touch.  Coming back to the states left me longing for Asia again.  I found &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/the-post-travel-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Friday Photo Gallery: Asian Street Food Nostalgia</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/first-friday-photo-gallery-asian-street-food-nostalgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/first-friday-photo-gallery-asian-street-food-nostalgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bun cha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Che]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lao food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poh piah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring rolls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sticky Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom yum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnamese food]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.anastomosing.com/?p=1778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since coming back to the states, one of the things I have appreciated most is having access to a kitchen and being able to prepare and cook my own food.  I&#8217;ve been having an absolutely wonderful time chopping, slicing, marinating, &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/05/first-friday-photo-gallery-asian-street-food-nostalgia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Friday Photo Gallery: Images From Home</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/04/first-friday-photo-gallery-images-from-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/04/first-friday-photo-gallery-images-from-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Arbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beard and Mustache competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philadelphia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philly Rock Gym]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEPTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wissahickon Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wissahickon Schist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok.  I know I&#8217;ve been majorly slacking on the blog recently, especially considering that I don&#8217;t have a job and I&#8217;m not on the move anymore.  Yep, that&#8217;s right, I&#8217;m back in the states.  I&#8217;ve been applying to and visiting &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/04/first-friday-photo-gallery-images-from-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Friday Photo Gallery: Penang Street Art</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/03/first-friday-photo-gallery-penang-street-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/03/first-friday-photo-gallery-penang-street-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernest Zacharevic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Street Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNESCO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the cool things about Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia is the art.  The city itself is a UNESCO world heritage site and boasts architecture of all different styles mixed and luckily preserved throughout the old city of Georgetown.  The city &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/03/first-friday-photo-gallery-penang-street-art/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Friday Photo Gallery: Signs, Signs, Everywhere the Signs</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/02/first-friday-photo-gallery-signs-signs-everywhere-the-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/02/first-friday-photo-gallery-signs-signs-everywhere-the-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kannada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punjabi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnamese]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.anastomosing.com/?p=1629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month I&#8217;ve decided to photoessay with some pictures I&#8217;ve got stored up of signs.  Over the past year and a half that I&#8217;ve been in Asia, I&#8217;ve encountered some pretty squiggly alphabets.  Here are the best of them that &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/02/first-friday-photo-gallery-signs-signs-everywhere-the-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hampi&#8217;s Hindu History</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/hampis-hindu-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/hampis-hindu-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Temples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hinduism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotus Mahal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiva Temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tungbhadra river]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNESCO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the roads to Hampi are well-trodden by tourists on the south India circuit.  In the 14th and 15th centuries, the same was true.  In it’s heyday, Hampi, known then as Vijayanagar was the historical center of the Hindu religion &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/hampis-hindu-history/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Friday Photo Gallery: January</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/first-friday-photo-gallery-january/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/first-friday-photo-gallery-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gallery opening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.anastomosing.com/?p=1568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year on the blog I&#8217;ve decided to start a new feature: the First Friday Photo Gallery.  The idea came to me when I realized that I had all these beautiful pictures to share (some of which can be seen &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2013/01/first-friday-photo-gallery-january/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wagah Border</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/the-wagah-border/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/the-wagah-border/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amritsar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Silly Walks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radcliffe Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wagah Border Ceremony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.anastomosing.com/?p=1486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apart from the Golden Temple, Amritsar is much like any other Indian city: loud, dirty, smelly, colorful and crowded.  There&#8217;s not much to see in the city proper, but most visitors opt to pay the 100 Rupee fee for a &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/the-wagah-border/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Touring the Taj: a photoessay</title>
		<link>http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/touring-the-taj-a-photoessay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/touring-the-taj-a-photoessay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photoessay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mughal Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumtaz Mahal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shah Jahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taj Mahal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Taj Mahal, in Agra, may be the most visited tourist site in India.  It may be one of the most well known buildings in the world.  And it was built for love, so the story goes. It all started &#8230; <a href="http://www.anastomosing.com/2012/12/touring-the-taj-a-photoessay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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