<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Travel - Miscellaneous @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Travel - Miscellaneous) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Travel - Miscellaneous @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Fucking, Austria</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/fucking_austria.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/fucking_austria.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fucking%5Faustria</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fucking, AustriaThere's a village not far from Salzberg in Austria that's blessed with a rather unfortunate name, which happens to be, well, Fucking.Now the denizens of this rather sleepy little village on the way to anywhere are a little fed up of t]]></description></item><item><title>Of wandering</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/of_wandering.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/of_wandering.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2005 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=of%5Fwandering</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA['India has two aspects - in one she is the householder, in the other a wandering ascetic. The former refuses to budge from the cozy nook, the latter has no home at all, I find both of these within me. I want to rroam about and see all the wide world,]]></description></item><item><title>Long haul flights - a rant</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/long_haul_flights__a_rant.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/long_haul_flights__a_rant.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=long%5Fhaul%5Fflights%5F%5Fa%5Frant</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We've all been there - the long haul flight from hell. Here's something I wrote after a particularly bad flight from London to Bangkok.I mean what is it? I remember flying to SF some years ago on business and had the headphones on, listening in to so]]></description></item><item><title>Vulcan stirs - a seismic buterfly effect?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vulcan_stirs__a_seismic_buterfly_effect.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/vulcan_stirs__a_seismic_buterfly_effect.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vulcan%5Fstirs%5F%5Fa%5Fseismic%5Fbuterfly%5Feffect</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Earthquakes - the toll is seismically ominous. Almost 12 months ago to the day of the horrificÂ Sumatran earthquake and subsequent devastating tsunami, another earthquake claimed tens of thousands of lives in Bam, Iran. The Sumatran quake was caused]]></description></item><item><title>Earthquake Tsunami Update, New Years Eve</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update_new_years_eve.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/earthquake_tsunami_update_new_years_eve.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=earthquake%5Ftsunami%5Fupdate%5Fnew%5Fyears%5Feve</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Phnom Phen, CambodiaUpdated 31/12/2004Well, the news feeds seem to have caught up and are now reporting that there are over 125,000 deaths. That figure will increase further of course but I think that the figure may well peak at around 150,000 as peo]]></description></item><item><title>Tsunami Earthquake Update 30/12/2004</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/tsunami_earthquake_update_30122004.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/tsunami_earthquake_update_30122004.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tsunami%5Fearthquake%5Fupdate%5F30122004</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Phnom Phen, CambodiaUpdated 30/12/2004The death toll continues to rise past 80,000 and towards the figure of 90,000 that I gave yesterday. Sadly even this figure is likely to be exceeded. One UN official here in Phnom Penh that I talked to mentioned]]></description></item><item><title>Wildlife Photographer of the year 2004 - some images</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/wildlife_photographer_of_the_year_2004__some_images.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/wildlife_photographer_of_the_year_2004__some_images.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wildlife%5Fphotographer%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fyear%5F2004%5F%5Fsome%5Fimages</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here are some of the outstanding wildilife photographs taken last year in this annual competition.Enjoy,yechydda,]]></description></item><item><title>Stolen photgraphs - Bangkok</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/stolen_photgraphs__bangkok.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/stolen_photgraphs__bangkok.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stolen%5Fphotgraphs%5F%5Fbangkok</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It's a nasty habit I know, but occasionally I come across photographs left behind by other travellers. Some are worth keeping or looking at a least so although these are none of mine - share anyway!I'e seent the sand dune photograph before, the photo]]></description></item><item><title>Letter from Rome - La Dolce Vita</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/letter_from_rome__la_dolce_vita.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/letter_from_rome__la_dolce_vita.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=letter%5Ffrom%5Frome%5F%5Fla%5Fdolce%5Fvita</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Piazza Navona, Roma. It's the morning after the night before.I stop in one of the many street cafes that line the&nbsp;Piazza and pause, to take stock, rest my weary feet and reflect on the week gone past. The hubub of the milling crowds flocking]]></description></item><item><title>The Goblin Market</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_goblin_market.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_goblin_market.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fgoblin%5Fmarket</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I know this doesn't really belong here but on a long journey I happened across a wonderful poem that I've never heard before and thought I'd share it. Look, you don't have to read it! But if you do, it may be worth printing it out and curling up with]]></description></item><item><title>The Legend of Yoshil, Patagonia</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_legend_of_yoshil_patagonia.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_legend_of_yoshil_patagonia.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Flegend%5Fof%5Fyoshil%5Fpatagonia</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Patagonia, in South America,Â is a place where many Welsh people fled in order that they could speak their ownÂ  tongue and celebrate their ancient culture without fear or assault from the English.It is a vast area straddling the lands of southern]]></description></item><item><title>The storyteller at the edge of the Sahara</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_storyteller_at_the_edge_of_the_sahara.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_storyteller_at_the_edge_of_the_sahara.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 06:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fstoryteller%5Fat%5Fthe%5Fedge%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fsahara</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whatever did happen to the old bardic tradition?I remember some years ago seeing a story teller at the edge of the Sahara.Just outside the souk, he set himself up with a waterskin and a dozen or so small glass tumblers scratched opaque by the sands.H]]></description></item><item><title>Valleyboyabroad - a brief update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/valleyboyabroad__a_brief_update.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/valleyboyabroad__a_brief_update.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=valleyboyabroad%5F%5Fa%5Fbrief%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear all,

In case you were wondering I am still very much alive and kicking despite being incommunicado for the last ten days or so.

This is just a short note to fill people in on the continuing odyssey.

I left Georgetown, Penang in Malaysia]]></description></item><item><title>Travel Speke</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/travel_speke.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/travel_speke.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 03:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=travel%5Fspeke</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the inventive jargon that estate agents use to sell property, but what about the travel industry?On my travels to date I've stayed in accomodation ranging from backpackers (a bed) to luxury hotels.The most important thing for any trave]]></description></item><item><title>A Strange Scribbling from the Edge</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_strange_scribbling_from_the_edge.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/a_strange_scribbling_from_the_edge.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fstrange%5Fscribbling%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fedge</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The earth is many thousands ofÂ miles deep and the realm that we occupy is simply a thin sliver on the surface that we dwell within most perilously.Between the harsh vacuum of space and the violent plasmas of the fiery deeps we dwell between, we exi]]></description></item><item><title>The Massacre of Sand Creek</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_massacre_of_sand_creek.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_massacre_of_sand_creek.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmassacre%5Fof%5Fsand%5Fcreek</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In 1864, 163 Cheyenne Indians, mostly women and children, were slaughtered by US cavalrymen at Sand Creek, Oklahoma.It nearly wiped out the Cheyenne and the Arapaho, who were chief among the victims of the brutal slaughter.It was one of the most depr]]></description></item><item><title>Yungay</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/yungay.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/yungay.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2004 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yungay</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[By valleyboyabroadPostedÂ Saturday, January 17, 2004 on valleyboyabroadDiscussion:Â Misc Â Dear all,From time to time, like Odysseus,Â aÂ wanderer will come across something so astounding that they are rendered speechless.I want you to come back]]></description></item></channel></rss>