<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Travel -  New Zealand @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Travel -  New Zealand) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Travel -  New Zealand @ 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>The New Zealand train disaster of 1953</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_new_zealand_train_disaster_of_1953.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_new_zealand_train_disaster_of_1953.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fnew%5Fzealand%5Ftrain%5Fdisaster%5Fof%5F1953</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was Christmas Eve, 1953 and a train was taking hundreds of weary, tired travellers dreaming of tinsel and fire from Wellington to Auckland where they would meet their loved ones and celebrate Christmas the next day. It was a dark and foreboding ni]]></description></item><item><title>Hokitika Wildfoods Festival - Not for the squeamish!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/hokitika_wildfoods_festival__not_for_the_squeamish.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/hokitika_wildfoods_festival__not_for_the_squeamish.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2004 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hokitika%5Fwildfoods%5Ffestival%5F%5Fnot%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fsqueamish</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hokitika Wildfoods FestivalDear all,It sounds like a good excuse for a piss up, 19,000 people downing 16,000 litres of ale.Its the fifteenth annual wild-food festival at Hokitika, a small community perched on the West coast of the South Island of Aot]]></description></item><item><title>Humour - an anti-American joke.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/humour__an_antiamerican_joke.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/humour__an_antiamerican_joke.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2004 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=humour%5F%5Fan%5Fantiamerican%5Fjoke</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Â Told by an Ethiopian Taxi Driver in Wellington, New Zealand.Dear all,An Ethipoian, a Hindu and an American are travelling together on a train.A fellow passenger asked them what they thought of the nutritional value of Beef.The Ethiopian looked puz]]></description></item><item><title>Absurd Public notices - Auckland train station.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/absurd_public_notices__auckland_train_station.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/absurd_public_notices__auckland_train_station.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2004 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=absurd%5Fpublic%5Fnotices%5F%5Fauckland%5Ftrain%5Fstation</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear all,Seen at the entrance to the train station at Auckland, New Zealand.'The entrance to this magnificently tiled hallway leading to the station is unfortunately closed for maintenance work.We regret that the visitor is unable to view the majesti]]></description></item></channel></rss>