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	<title>One drifter, off to see the world.</title>
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		<title>New blog, people!</title>
		<link>http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/new-blog-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birds flyin&#8217; high, you know how I feel. Sun in the sky, you know how I feel. Breeze driftin&#8217; on by, you know how I feel. It&#8217;s a new dawn. It&#8217;s a new day. It&#8217;s a new life, for meeee&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/new-blog-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=278&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being taken care of&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of showing someone you care. Over the past week of being back home I&#8217;ve been absolutely amazed by people, mostly family and friends, who want to do everything in their power to make me feel comfortable. &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/being-taken-care-of/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=271&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There is a reason for every season.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 02:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” I&#8217;ve spent four months in a strange place. I&#8217;ve been away from everything familiar for a third of &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/there-is-a-reason-for-every-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=261&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soak up the sun.</title>
		<link>http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/ive-got-the-world-on-a-string/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; this is it. It&#8217;s almost over. I&#8217;ve spent sixteen weeks battling African heat, making my way around Ghana via public transit, volunteering hundreds of hours at a primary school, making beautiful memories with people I&#8217;ll never forget and learning &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/ive-got-the-world-on-a-string/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=257&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The week.&#8221; Day five: Sun rise, sun rise. Looks like mornin&#8217; in your eyes. The final day to our journey.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something magical about waking up when it&#8217;s still dark outside. The world is asleep. It&#8217;s almost like all life is put on pause while the universe takes a moment to breathe. Ruth&#8217;s alarm went off at 2 a.m., way &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/the-week-day-five-sun-rise-sun-rise-looks-like-mornin-in-your-eyes-the-final-day-to-our-journey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=249&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The week.&#8221; Day 4: Suitcase seats. Final destination. Staff canteen. Baboons. Storm.</title>
		<link>http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/the-week-day-4-suitcase-seats-final-destination-staff-canteen-baboons-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three in the morning couldn&#8217;t come soon enough. Walking out of the heat-encased hotel onto empty, breezy Tamale streets was a welcoming event. As dead as the city appeared, the street sellers never sleep. Women stretched out on their benches, &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/the-week-day-4-suitcase-seats-final-destination-staff-canteen-baboons-storm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=242&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Malaria Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;World Malaria Day&#8221; was established and approved at the 60th World Health Assembly (WHA) in March 2007. It replaced &#8220;Africa Malaria Day&#8221; which was commemorated every year since 2001 on 25 April.  The purpose of the day is to raise &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/world-malaria-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=237&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGELA TRAUPMAN!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best mother a girl could ask for. I love you! : ) You&#8217;ve always been there for me no matter what decisions I&#8217;ve made, and for that I am forever thankful. You&#8217;re the strongest, most caring and radiant woman &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/happy-birthday-angela-traupman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=230&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The week.&#8221; Day 3: Fishing boats. Eye liner. Sweet talking. Sweaty sleep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next morning I awoke to the sound of rain drops on the tin roof. I mean, what I thought were rain drops on the tin roof. It was really a herd of goats and sheep trotting past our window. &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/222/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=222&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The week.&#8221; Day two: Yeji. Rural Africa. Rough waters. Mangoes for dinner.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our day at sea (or lake, rather) was a beautiful one. The landscape served as an immediate source of inspiration as it transformed from lush, forested mountains to flat, barren and rural land. Our boat stopped at several ports to &#8230; <a href="http://amandasanda.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/the-week-day-two-yeji-rural-africa-rough-waters-mangoes-for-dinner/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandasanda.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10626241&amp;post=220&amp;subd=amandasanda&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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