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<title><![CDATA[Day 5Amberley to Upper Beeding15 miles. Or Amberley to erBrighton - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Top News Story: Memories of playing soccer with Rwandas First Lady - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Okay Ken, I promised Id write about this again so here it is. Among many delights about being back in Rwanda is the string of m...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A vast, expansive beauty - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most people Ive met who have been to Africa describe the same kind of feeling about living, working or visiting it. The people ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Did you bring joy? - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they cou...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ufite Amazzi? Food, Language and Culture - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My first few days in Rwanda, I practised the language a bit in my head in preparation for leaving the capital to visit the more ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Letting the light in - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, thats how the light gets in....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Receive Love. Give love. Repeat. - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Receive love. Give love. Repeat. was written on a church sign at Bloor and Dufferin the week before I left Toronto. Since arrivi...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Badluck goes backpacking - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:32:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaving Rwanda for the last time was a little like entering it for the first time; rushed and confusing. Due to the fire at Nair...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Badluck goes backpacking - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:32:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaving Rwanda for the last time was a little like entering it for the first time; rushed and confusing. Due to the fire at Nair...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Funny ha-has - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[when crossing the street in a foreign country thats not England (where its written in bold print: LOOK RIGHT), its importan...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all. Emily ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bye bye Broccoli...and other reverse culture shock-isms - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am about to board a plane to Africa and I am cognizant of leaving the land of plenty for the land of a thousand variables....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Return to Rwanda - Rebecca in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, I will board a plane in Toronto to return to Rwanda for the first time in 3 1/2 years. I have mixed emotions. I can...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rejoice - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I leave Nyungwe tomorrow and head for Kigali for my last week of work and the shutting down of my Rwandan life. And its tim...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rejoice - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:10:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I leave Nyungwe tomorrow and head for Kigali for my last week of work and the shutting down of my Rwandan life. And its tim...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Light Enough To Travel - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After 18 months of volunteering in Rwanda, I shall soon be tripping off on a five week holiday on my way home. I will gradually ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Light Enough To Travel - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After 18 months of volunteering in Rwanda, I shall soon be tripping off on a five week holiday on my way home. I will gradually ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[are we there yet? - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since I can remember, I have shown little promise in the institution known as saving. As a child, occasions such as...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[are we there yet? - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since I can remember, I have shown little promise in the institution known as saving. As a child, occasions such as...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[everything happens to me - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At over 2300 metres above sea level in a rainforest, and in the rainy season, one cant hope for too much in the way of warmth...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[everything happens to me - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At over 2300 metres above sea level in a rainforest, and in the rainy season, one cant hope for too much in the way of warmth...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[lost in a forest - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:50:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On the day Bosco Ntagandapleads not guilty at the ICC (without being asked), you find me occupied with far more pressing...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[lost in a forest - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:50:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On the day Bosco Ntagandapleads not guilty at the ICC (without being asked), you find me occupied with far more pressing...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Almost finished with VSO but not with Rwanda - Tricia Atherton]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and readers of this blogIm sorry I havent written for such a long time. I have been busy finishing my work for VS...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blue Valentine - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valentines Day is not all hearts and flowers. Certainly not in my case anyway. Although I did have a pink handwritten not...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blue Valentine - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valentines Day is not all hearts and flowers. Certainly not in my case anyway. Although I did have a pink handwritten not...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pretty Good day - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday 9th February 2013 It was such a lovely morning with so many birds in full song swinging from one enormous colourful blo...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pretty Good day - Rebecca Ashwood]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday 9th February 2013 It was such a lovely morning with so many birds in full song swinging from one enormous colourful blo...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All in a Days Work... some snippets - Tricia Atherton]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One day last week I came to work and was sitting at my desk in the office and I noticed something that looked like smoke billowi...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Friends for life - Stephen and Mary in Rwanda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Get together with Returned VolunteersOne thing about doing VSO is it certainly expands your circle of friends and provides you w...]]></description>
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