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<title><![CDATA[Looking Back - Lizs Eritrean Adventure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hi,Its been a long while since I wrote or even referred to this blog but strangely my own blog came up as a result in a google ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Post (from Phil) - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I dont have much more to say except to echo Carolines wishes and to add that I will miss both playing and watching football wi...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Post (from Phil) - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I dont have much more to say except to echo Carolines wishes and to add that I will miss both playing and watching football wi...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Last Post (from Caroline) - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So we reach the time to write a last blog. It doesnt seem that long since the setting up of the blog one afternoon in the UK ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Last Post (from Caroline) - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So we reach the time to write a last blog. It doesnt seem that long since the setting up of the blog one afternoon in the UK ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Schools Solar Power Last Update? - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Firstly, our apologies for not posting very often lately, but our departure from Eritrea is coming up very fast now and we have ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Schools Solar Power Last Update? - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Firstly, our apologies for not posting very often lately, but our departure from Eritrea is coming up very fast now and we have ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Graduation Eritrea-Style - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A scene from a party tentEducation is taken seriously in this country with the emphasis being on getting as many children into s...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Graduation Eritrea-Style - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A scene from a party tentEducation is taken seriously in this country with the emphasis being on getting as many children into s...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our 2008 Christmas Appeal Thanks to all our contributors - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well it started off as an appeal to buy a (dangerous-looking) motorised tricycle for Dawit a friend of ours who is confined to a...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our 2008 Christmas Appeal Thanks to all our contributors - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well it started off as an appeal to buy a (dangerous-looking) motorised tricycle for Dawit a friend of ours who is confined to a...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Walk on the Wild Side - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All cities have their murky, seamy side; their raw, dark underbelly and these need to be visited sometimes in order to get an id...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Walk on the Wild Side - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All cities have their murky, seamy side; their raw, dark underbelly and these need to be visited sometimes in order to get an id...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Intake of Breath - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ive referred to the Tigrinya language and its strangulated, choking sounds before  essentially a lot of it comes about ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Intake of Breath - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ive referred to the Tigrinya language and its strangulated, choking sounds before  essentially a lot of it comes about by ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The End of Summer Training - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well its late September and everybodyreallyshould be back at school and so summer ICT training has come to an end for this ye...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The End of Summer Training - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well its late September and everybodyreallyshould be back at school and so summer ICT training has come to an end for this ye...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ive worked this morning to the accompaniment of loud squawking complaints coming from a bag under my bosss desk.  The chic...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ive worked this morning to the accompaniment of loud squawking complaints coming from a bag under my bosss desk.  The chic...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bits - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We were stopped on the way to work by a taxi frantically blowing its horn, turned out to be a friend who, in spite of passeng...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bits - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We were stopped on the way to work by a taxi frantically blowing its horn, turned out to be a friend who, in spite of passeng...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rain - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Its been raining almost constantly here for 48 hours, unusual compared to the rainy seasons of the last few years but Im a...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rain - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Its been raining almost constantly here for 48 hours, unusual compared to the rainy seasons of the last few years but Im a...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Eritrea Festival - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This week is the week of the Eritrea Festival at the Asmara Expo ground. Its a week in which Eritrean companies and organisatio...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Eritrea Festival - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This week is the week of the Eritrea Festival at the Asmara Expo ground. Its a week in which Eritrean companies and organisatio...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who is the anonymous person? - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Im very grateful to the anonomous person who has just sent me a parcel of assorted chocolate, but I wish I knew who you were. T...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who is the anonymous person? - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Im very grateful to the anonomous person who has just sent me a parcel of assorted chocolate, but I wish I knew who you were. T...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eritrea Wildlife - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We find ourselves noticing quite a bit of wildlife, mainly birds, around just now maybe its the lack of other volunteers to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eritrea Wildlife - Phil and Caroline]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We find ourselves noticing quite a bit of wildlife, mainly birds, around just now maybe its the lack of other volunteers to ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[its wet - Phil and Caroline with VSO in Eritrea]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, the rain has finally come and spirits have definitely lifted. Not something youd ever hear said in the UK but it really...]]></description>
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