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		<title>Muzi Pan Canoeing - Zulu Culture, Hippos, Wetland Creatures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rob and Janet Cuthbertson (from Leopard Walk Lodge) work very closely with their local Zulu communities. They believe that low-impact tourism is an excellent way to provide much-needed employment in the area and to preserve the magnificent beauty of Zululand.
During our stay with them, they organised a guided canoeing trip for us with Temba, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with local Zulu communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February 2007, Janet Cuthbertson from Suni-Ridge Org. ZA (013-525 NPO) contacted us asking if we&#8217;d promote Leopard Walk Lodge in Zululand, KwaZulu Natal. At the end of the e-mail, there were a few paragraphs about how they rehabilated an old pineapple farm and gave it back to nature, forming a wildlife reserve. Among other things, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Tips for Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We moved to The Netherlands in 2001 from South Africa and after setting ourselves up (again), we have started exploring this continent. The more we see, the more we realise just how much there is to experience. Each country has a different culture, different landscape, and of course a different language.
The greatest challenge for travelling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to do &#8230; an introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We&#8217;re often scouring the net and asking family, friends about the different things that can be done around the world (towns, cities and countries) and figured that there are others who&#8217;ll also be interested in what we&#8217;ve discovered / experienced.
All travel journals are actual, in other words, the author has experienced it personally. 
If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A change is as good as a holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the latest version of Tours and Tales. Yes, people who know us will probably be giggling or shaking their heads in disbelief, knowing that this is the umptienth version of our site since we began in 2002. We thank you for your patience and interest in our endeavours, your support is very much appreciated.
For new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kawaza Basic School and Reforest Nsefu in Zambia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kawaza School Fund is a private fund started by Robin Pope Safaris in 1988 to assist in improvements at Kawaza Basic School, one of the local schools in the Nsefu Chiefdom. They sent us this article in the beginning of January 2008.
Huge improvements have been made at Kawaza since this time and the school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toursandtales.com/responsible-travel/zambia-kawaza-reforest-nsefu</link>
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		<title>Environmental Cost of Consumerology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all need to eat, have shelter, wear clothing (there are some who would argue this) and travel around. To do this, we buy clothes, houses, furniture, gas, water, vehicles, and the list goes on and on. However in undeveloped countries, this list is much shorter. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got warmth and sunshine&#8221; I&#8217;ve heard in rebuff as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Festive Season, As It Should Be</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oldenburg in Germany is some four hours away from us, but we took a drive there on the 16th of December, to meet up with our cousins for just a few hours at the Christmas Market. These German markets are renowned for their festive spirit and good cheer. It was worth the effort and we found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FlevOnice 5km Outdoor Ice Skating Course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The outdoors, ice skating in nature, wafting along reed beds, freedom. That&#8217;s the intention behind the multi-functional outdoor recreation centre that opened in December 2007, called &#8220;FlevOnice&#8221; or &#8220;Ice World&#8221;. We visited the course on a very busy Boxing Day (2007).

The winters in The Netherlands are becoming milder and milder. Much to the dismay of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brief glimpse into ice sailing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands experienced another record warm year in 2007. But in the week before Christmas, the temperatures plummeted. On the 21st of December, it even dropped to minus 8 deg Celcius. Brrr. Winter water sport enthusiasts were enthralled. 
Hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into &#34;hard water sailing&#34;.

We live next to the Oostvaardersplassen in The [...]]]></description>
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