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	<title>Francesca McLin</title>
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	<description>Vagabonding! Cycle Touring! Terrible Ideas!</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>GVMSS Project Update 2: Construction Has Begun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our benefit Wednesday night was an unqualified success. we raised 4,000 INR and got a lot more people interested in the school. Several party-goers are planning to visit the school on Saturday and may even donate some more money. Work began yesterday with the laborers preparing the walls for cement.  A whole section of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GVMSS Roof Project Update: First estimate is way low</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/gvmss-roof-project-update-first-estimate-is-way-low/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With typical Indian optimism, the school officials had assured me that 15,000 INR (~$300) would be enough to install a new roof. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a woefully low estimate. This morning, we went in search of the contractor who had built the original structures on the property. We found him at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help me raise money for a school in the Jaisalmer slums</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/help-me-raise-money-for-a-school-in-the-jaisalmer-slums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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A couple of weeks ago I decided to raise money for a local school that serves Untouchable and low-caste kids in the Jaisalmer slums. I built them a website, which you can see here, and we&#8217;re hosting a benefit where we hope lots of tourists come and donate money. We&#8217;ve got live Rajasthani music, beer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In India, there&#8217;s a sucker born every second</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/in-india-theres-a-sucker-born-every-second/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, my friends, I got rooked. I mean fleeced in the most embarrassing way. My host Dhanna says that Indians will cheat you with a joke and a smile. In my case it was a cup of chai and a good story. I am a complete sucker for a good story. I take small comfort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Delhi, Monkeys, and Pickpockets</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/old-delhi-monkeys-and-pickpockets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Housekeeping note: I apologize for not posting sooner, I was hampered by the lack of public wifi which I had intended to use to upload posts and pics. Although everyone I meet assures me that there is free/paid wifi in Delhi, I have yet to find it. I invested in a USB stick and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: First Impressions of Delhi</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/india-first-impressions-of-delhi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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The first condition of right thought is right sensation, the first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. 
- TS Eliot

The first thing you notice about Delhi is the smell. It&#8217;s a multi-layered stench of exhaust, smoke, pollution, and the unique stink of 16 million people piled on top of each other. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Way is Shut</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[And although I hope the dead don&#8217;t keep it, I&#8217;m going by another road. Guymon, OK is the farthest west I will have gone on this trip. It&#8217;s melancholy, but after checking elevations on my route through NM and realizing how quickly the weather changes out here, I&#8217;m retreating. I&#8217;m now moving east and south [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tortoises versus Rabbits</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/tortoises-versus-rabbits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Current location: Fort Scott, Kansas. For anyone keeping up with my twitter feed, it&#8217;s clear that my route has deviated majorly from the original plan to head north and west. Watching the weather in Wyoming these days, I&#8217;m pretty glad I&#8217;m not there.  My current plan is to continue heading southwest into New Mexico and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C&#038;O Canal and Great Allegheny Trail Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/co-canal-and-great-allegheny-trail-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/co-canal-and-great-allegheny-trail-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ I wasn&#8217;t able to find any recent trip reports of the C&#38;O and GAP online before going, so here&#8217;s mine for future cyclists. I biked the trail, fully-loaded, between DC and McKeesport in August 2009.
The total distance between Mile 0 of the C&#38;O in Georgetown, DC and Mile 130 in McKeesport, PA (the trail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C&#038;O Canal Day 1 Meeting a cycling vagabond</title>
		<link>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/co-canal-day-1-meeting-a-cycling-vagabond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.francescamclin.com/blog/co-canal-day-1-meeting-a-cycling-vagabond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesca</dc:creator>
		
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August 16, 2009: Georgetown to Mile 30. Daily mileage: 35 miles
After my false start on Saturday, my Sunday departure goes off without a hitch, as I pack up Yawp, bid V a fond farewell, and hit Rock Creek trail to the C&#38;O in Georgetown. A few passersby wish me luck and ask my final destination. [...]]]></description>
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