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	<title>Ric and Sharon Bruce</title>
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	<description>On a journey with you to Thailand</description>
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		<title>Chiang Dao Trip</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/02/11/chiang-dao-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Dao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Dao Cave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long neck Karen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we took a trip with our friend Pama to Chiang Dao, an area directly north of Chiang Mai. Pama had always wanted to see the long-neck Karen so we cancelled our language session for a day joined a tour group headed that way. It was a really weird feeling&#8230; being a tourist all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Cultures so Different?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/02/10/what-makes-cultures-so-different/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/02/10/what-makes-cultures-so-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambiguity tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collectivist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high context culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individualist]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we say words like &#8220;culture&#8221; but don&#8217;t take time to explain what it is that makes this job of adjusting to a new culture so hard. In this article I&#8217;ll briefly describe three major areas in which Thailand and the US would fall into different categories culturally and I&#8217;ll explain some practical outworkings of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video for Kids</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/24/video-for-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/24/video-for-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["missions programs"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Tribes Mission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ric and sharon bruce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a video we made for kids from our home church. It&#8217;s meant to present our work in a simple, easy to understand way.]]></description>
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		<title>Trip Down South</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/18/trip-down-south/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/18/trip-down-south/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayutthaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pattaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satahip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend Sharon and I took a trip with some good friends of ours. The experience was basically this: we&#8217;d stop somewhere for five minutes, rush out of the car, furiously snap pictures and jump back in the tiny pickup truck to speed off at 100 miles an hour down the road. We left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wat Phanan Choeng Ayutthaya</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/17/wat-phanan-choeng-ayutthaya/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/17/wat-phanan-choeng-ayutthaya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayutthaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wat Phanan Choeng]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really have no idea what&#8217;s going on in this video. I submit it as an example of one of the many things that happens at Chinese-Thai style temples in Thailand. I was told by someone I showed the video to that it has to do with the &#8220;San Jaow&#8221; or the guardian spirit and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remote Villages</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/10/remote-villages/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/10/remote-villages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanitaion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[village]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friends shared some of their photos with us from a trip they took last month and I thought they would be good to post here for a wider audience. There are still some villages in Thailand lacking basic health services, sanitation, clean drinking water and other essentials. The good news is the Thai church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Letter</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/08/holiday-letter/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/08/holiday-letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow in a can]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thanks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our latest good old fashioned printable letter: Our Open publication &#8211; Free publishing &#8211; More greeting]]></description>
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		<title>Rafting</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/07/rafting/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/07/rafting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doi Tao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[float]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to a lake a few hours away from Chiang Mai to do what our Christian friends here like to do best: eat, worship and pray. Here are the pictures:]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Photos</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/05/latest-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/05/latest-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crocodile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[zoo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our latest photos were taken on two trips, one to a small zoo and one to a small flower garden. Check them out]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Home Assignment</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/04/upcoming-home-assignment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/04/upcoming-home-assignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home assignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supporters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer we&#8217;ll be in Michigan for a few months beginning in June. Our current plan is to come back to Chiang Mai sometime in October. Our primary purpose is to attend Sharon&#8217;s sister&#8217;s July wedding but we&#8217;re excited to reconnect with our churches, families and with you. We&#8217;ll let you know the exact dates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Jokes</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/03/church-jokes/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/03/church-jokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[request]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just heard these two from our teacher. They are full of Thai humor and culture. A new Christian goes on an evangelism trip with his pastor up a mountain. After the pastor has explained the gospel to an unbelieving family he asks this new Christian to pray for the residents of the house they&#8217;re in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in our Life</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/02/a-day-in-our-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/02/a-day-in-our-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Mai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time-lapse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our latest video, a series of time-lapse images of daily activities here.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/01/happy-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2012/01/01/happy-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thanks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Sharon and I think back on this past year we&#8217;re reminded that a year ago we couldn&#8217;t sound out a single word in the Thai script or even say a complete sentence in Thai that we hadn&#8217;t memorized first. We&#8217;re also hoping that a year from now will continue to see more and more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking Class</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/21/cooking-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/21/cooking-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday we had an informal cooking lesson from a few of our good friends. We learned to cook a fish dish, a shrimp dish and a pork dish&#8230; three of our favorites. Here are a few pictures. Go to our web album to see all of them. From Cooking Class From Cooking Class]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Pics and Video</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/20/latest-pics-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/20/latest-pics-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Com fai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doi Tao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re always posting new stuff to our Picasa web albums and to our Youtube account too. Here are  a few highlights lately: Last night we went with some of our Karen friends to Hoi Geaow and sang a bunch of Karen Christmas songs with them- Here are pictures on our Picasa account of our trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy to the World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/19/joy-to-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/19/joy-to-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy to the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we visited our Thai church&#8217;s sister church in Turtle Mountain (Doi Tao) Thailand. Though there are not many members the church was very warm and welcoming. It was a joy to join them for their annual Christmas celebration. Here they are singing Joy to the World in Thai.]]></description>
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		<title>General Update</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/17/general-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/12/17/general-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life around this time of year is nuts. Whether it&#8217;s caroling all night, preparing special songs, or passing out tracts our friends hardly sleep this time of year. It&#8217;s true that we work hard but sometimes it seems like we &#8220;play&#8221; even harder with our friends. Unlike back home, people don&#8217;t get work or school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting a &#8220;Kom Fai&#8221; Lantern</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/27/lighting-a-kom-fai-lantern/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/27/lighting-a-kom-fai-lantern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Mai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival of lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kom fan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loi Krathong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mae Nam Ping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Night Bazar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[november]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ping River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November is one of our favorite months in Thailand for a few reasons: it&#8217;s beginning to get cooler at night, it&#8217;s almost Christmas and Loi Krathong. Loi Krathong is one of our favorite Thai holidays. People let hundreds of these lanterns float into the sky. Here&#8217;s a video of us adding to the chaos:]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Requests</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/25/prayer-requests-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prayer Request]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motorcycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redemption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/?p=3761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A good friend sent us this prayer request list. Here&#8217;s how he&#8217;s lifting us up these days: That God would find favor on Ric and Sharon granting them good health and full healing for Sharon&#8217;s leg from her motorcycle accident. For them to create a good study routine for the next few weeks before Christmas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loi Krathong 2011</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/09/loi-krathong-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ntm.org/ric-bruce/2011/11/09/loi-krathong-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric and Sharon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiang Mai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loi Krathong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navarat bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thapae gate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thapae road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Loi Krathong (sometimes referred to as the &#8220;Festival of Lights&#8221;) here in Chiang Mai is a sight to behold. There&#8217;s more culture in town this time of year than you can shake a stick at. On the agenda are several things that people who saw last year&#8217;s pictures will remember: releasing thousands of lanterns into [...]]]></description>
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