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		<title>Nigeria, land of contraddictions #2</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/17/travelling-in-nigeria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After we left the Consolidated Brewery the real Nigeria finally started to appear. The Nigerian flag has green stripes, probably related to the main colour of the country, which is definitely green. That&#8217;s the first thing you notice when you start driving across its roads. The entire country is covered by a rich vegetation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria, land of contraddictions #1</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/15/overlanding-nigeria-and-its-green-countryside-full-of-contrasts/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/15/overlanding-nigeria-and-its-green-countryside-full-of-contrasts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the border with Benin, where the borders are not properly identified and the two countries mix together in languages, people and cultures, it&#8217;s difficult to say if Nigeria is as scary as we have heard in the last few weeks, when everybody we met on our way suggested us to be careful as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard&#8217;s journey bicycling the world</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/07/richard-and-the-start-of-a-new-life/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/07/richard-and-the-start-of-a-new-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your first impressions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[across Asia byy bicible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking from Holland to New zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by bicicle around the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solo travel by bicicle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We follow Richard in his amazing lifetime trip around the world by bicycle. The adventure is just started and will keep him on the road from Holland to New Zealand for the next 2 years. Richard will share his 1st impressions with us, along his wonderful travel. Last December, Richard wrote about how it all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Benin, where the sun gently shines</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/03/sightseeing-benin/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/05/03/sightseeing-benin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://my1stimpressions.com/?p=4981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaving Togo and its friendly charm was not much of a shock as we got to Benin, which is almost its continuation, both geographically and socially. In Cotonou we finally applied for the Nigeria visa, and with our great surprise, people at the Nigeria House were friendly and polite and we got it after few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your 1st impressions: The Lake District</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/30/the-lake-district-with-the-eyes-of-an-anonymous-2/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/30/the-lake-district-with-the-eyes-of-an-anonymous-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I arrived in this lovely lovely area of the UK late on a Sunday night; not exactly the time of day and/or week you want to do that (I learned that everything completely shuts down at an absurdly early hour and buses are sparse), but as travels have it, shit happens! I only got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lomé and the smile of Togo</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/27/in-togo-and-beautiful-lome/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/27/in-togo-and-beautiful-lome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if it&#8217;s one of the smallest countries of Africa, Togo has been able to pleasantly surprise me and leave a trace in my heart. It&#8217;s certainly because of its amazing people, less lazy than the Ghanaian, and much more honest then the Benin ones, where I am currently. Lomé is an amazing town that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day at the voodoo fetish market of Lomè</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/17/togolese-voodoo-fetish-market/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/17/togolese-voodoo-fetish-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a bit of everything at Lome voodoo fetish market; there is what you expect, like cows&#8217; head bones or horses hair tails, and there is what you don&#8217;t expect, like dead cats&#8217; heads, or even what you have never seen in life, like cobras&#8217; or antelopes&#8217; heads. Once you enter it, you enter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shantaram,  a book for travelling Africa</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/15/a-review-of-shantaram/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/15/a-review-of-shantaram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I left Italy, early in January, I was looking for a book to bring with me to Africa. I didn&#8217;t have a lot of space and I knew I could bring only one, so I had to choose the one, the book who would have enlight my Africa days of dreams. I spent almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elmina, lights and shadows of African history</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/08/elmina-southern-coast-of-ghana/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/08/elmina-southern-coast-of-ghana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[air conditioning in africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t seem possible that this tiny lovely fishermen village in the Southern coast of Ghana, in front of blue open ocean, with the most colourful harbour of the entire West Africa, has been the scenery of the darkest chapter of history of the entire Africa, of its people, of our history as well and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ezile Bay, Ghana&#8217;s step to paradise</title>
		<link>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/03/afterthe-jungle-our-arrival-to-ezile-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://my1stimpressions.com/2013/04/03/afterthe-jungle-our-arrival-to-ezile-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After so many days in the jungle, without having a proper shower, sometimes without showering at all, and often without a lot of food, especially when we were in Guinea, it has been not only a relief but pure happiness to get to Ghana and rest on the peaceful and breathtaking shores of Ezile Bay. [...]]]></description>
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