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	<title>Geek Travel</title>
	<link>http://www.geektravel.info</link>
	<description>Nils Jeppe's Travelblog</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Train from Qingdao to Jinan</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/11/train-from-qingdao-to-jinan</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/11/train-from-qingdao-to-jinan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[China 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After several days in Qingdao checked out of the Shangri-La hotel and traveled to our next destination, Beijing. However, we would do so by train to see a little of the countryside. Since it&#8217;s quite a distance from Qingdao to Beijing, we made a stopover in Jinan. My host had gone to university there, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qingdao International Beer Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/qingdao-international-beer-festival</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/qingdao-international-beer-festival#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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

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

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		<category><![CDATA[Tsingtao Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The day after I arrived in Qingdao, my hosts decided to do me some good and brought me to the Qingdao International Beer Festival.



The Beer Festival was a marketing gimmick invented by the Tsingtao brewery. Tsingtao beer, if you&#8217;ve never heard about it, traces its origins back to the time Qingdao was a German colony. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Links Fixed</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/photo-links-fixed</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/photo-links-fixed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geektravel Site News]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Whoops. The links to photos were not working. They should be fixed now.
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		<title>East German &#8220;Rustic&#8221; Hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/east-german-rustic-hotel</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/east-german-rustic-hotel#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something I can not decide whether it&#8217;s serious or not. The BBC reports that an entrepreneur in Germany has started the Ostel, a hotel in which you can book a room in the &#8220;charm&#8221; of the now defunct Eastern German socialist dictatorship. I guess it&#8217;s something for masochists.
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		<title>Airbus OnAir In-Flight Connectivity</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/airbus-onair-in-flight-connectivity</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/airbus-onair-in-flight-connectivity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airbus]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Geek Thoughts]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Travel News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connexion by Boeing is long dead. Now SITA and Airbus are trying a similar venture - Called OnAir - to allow passengers Internet access and - unfortunately - mobile phone access while en route to their destination.

Personally, I love to have Internet access on a long haul flight. But mobile phones? Please. I can&#8217;t imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colossal Cave Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/colossal-cave-adventure</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/10/colossal-cave-adventure#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Caves]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis G. Jerz wrote (is writing - the article is marked as &#8220;draft&#8221;) an exploration of the Mammoth Cave and of the original adventure game Colossal Cave, by analyzing the source, recapping the history, and most importantly, comparing the game to the actual cave system. A truly geek thing to do. And this would surely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shangri-La, Qingdao</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/shangri-la-qingdao</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/shangri-la-qingdao#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China 2007]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[A quick hotel review: We are staying in the Shangri-La hotel, in Qingdao. The rooms are surprisingly expensive (I booked for 95 Euro/night plus taxes; 50 Euro more buys you a feather bed sheet and a view towards the ocean instead of the cityscape), but they are very comfortable. I liked them, including the bathrooms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qingdao and Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/qingdao-traffic</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/qingdao-traffic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Qingdao is a coastal city east of Beijing. It used to be a fishing village until the Germans arrived and set up a colonial garrison. One of my great-grandfathers actually volunteered to go to China with the Imperial expedition force to quell the boxer rebellion. Doubt he saw combat, but his wife married him upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrival in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/arrival-in-beijing</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/arrival-in-beijing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Air China]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The Air China flight to Beijing was very uneventful, if relatively comfortable. It arrived in Beijing on time. Even before the arrival, the airline prepares their passengers for the immigration formalities by handing out the appropriate forms and showing instructional films for them. It&#8217;s clear that China is not only a communist dictatorship, but can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flight to Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/flight-to-beijing</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/flight-to-beijing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

So the big day came. I went to the airport - almost too late, because I had remembered the departure time incorrectly by 30 minutes. My taxi driver then drove me to the wrong terminal (I had told him quite clearly to drop me off at &#8220;Terminal 1B&#8221;. Terminal 2 doesn&#8217;t have a &#8220;B&#8221; area; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geek without a Notebook</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/geek-without-a-notebook</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/geek-without-a-notebook#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[China 2007]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geektravel Site News]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geektravel.info/2007/09/02/geek-without-a-notebook/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I am still a geek without a notebook. I am sorry. And honestly I was having too much fun  to update my blogs. I write these entries as I am sitting in the Phuket JW Mariott resort. I  am not sleepy, and I figure it&#8217;s high time I update you all on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JAL bans Bulldogs</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/07/08/jal-bans-bulldogs</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/07/08/jal-bans-bulldogs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan Airlines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese Airlines (JAL) has banned bulldogs on its flights after several of the animals died. Apparently, bulldogs are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures.
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		<title>European Union bans Indonesian Airlines</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/07/03/european-union-bans-indonesian-airlines</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/07/03/european-union-bans-indonesian-airlines#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union has banned all Indonesian Airlines from European skies.
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		<title>US, EU reach Passenger Data Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/27/us-eu-reach-passenger-data-deal</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/27/us-eu-reach-passenger-data-deal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States and the European Union have agreed upon a new deal about storage of flight passenger data. No details are available, but it looks like the data will be stored for 15 years.
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		<title>Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/19/photography</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/19/photography#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When you travel, you&#8217;ll take photos. I found two good articles about this topic today. First is Andre Gunther&#8217;s Ten Common Photographic Mistakes which gives some good, basic advice on how to compose your photos.

The other article is by Richard Knapp, and lists ten things to keep in mind when chosing your digital camera. Sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon Skywalk</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/17/grand-canyon-skywalk</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/17/grand-canyon-skywalk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Skywalk&#8221; has been built at the Grand Canyon in America, the BBC reports. The structure reaches 20m over the rim of the Grand Canyon - and is built 1219m above the canyon&#8217;s floor.
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		<title>Scramjet Engine Tested</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/17/scramjet-engine-tested</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/17/scramjet-engine-tested#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Future Technologies]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Space Tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australian and American scientists and engineers have successfully tested a scramjet engine in the Australian Outback. A rocket accelerated the scramjet to Mach 10 before it was activated. It is hoped that travel times from Europe to Australia could eventually be reduced to as little as two hours by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got my Ticket</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/14/got-my-ticket</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/14/got-my-ticket#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Air China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, yesterday&#8217;s booking problem was only temporary and I just bought my ticket. China, here I come! - Well, in two months.
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		<title>Metro</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/13/metro</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/13/metro#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Public Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Metro is free software for Palm pilots and other PDAs. It can store route plans for the public transportation networks of many cities all around the world. It doesn&#8217;t have schedules, but it&#8217;s perfectly able to tell you how to get from point A to point B. When I tried it in Paris several years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China 2007: Problems before departure</title>
		<link>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/13/china-2007-problems-before-departure</link>
		<comments>http://www.geektravel.info/2007/06/13/china-2007-problems-before-departure#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My next trip will take me to China and Thailand. It&#8217;s scheduled for late August and early September - three weeks in total. I&#8217;ve made a rough plan, with enough details that I wanted to buy my plane tickets today. And it turns out that Air China can&#8217;t sell any tickets. My travel agency said [...]]]></description>
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