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		<title>What information should be in a good travel guide?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Grumpy Traveller guides I’m still working on getting the redesign for the new look Grumpy Traveller done (see this post for explanation), but one major thing I plan to concentrate on is offering genuinely useful city guides. By this, I don’t mean generic blather about the main attractions that seems to pass muster on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About THAT Jordan piece</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I wrote a post that was intended as a satire. Many people seemed to miss what the satire was about, but the conversation spread to other blogs and over Twitter. I hate having to explain jokes. It’s generally a sign of a failed joke, but it seems as though some explanation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On safari in Jordan: The world’s new wildlife-spotting hotspot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our guide puts his finger to his lips. We mustn’t disturb them in case they run for it. “They’re very sensitive to intrusion,” he says. “The slightest disruption can make them squawk in anguished pain. And if the herd starts stampeding, they can start lashing out wildly without any rhyme or reason.” We’re huddled behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grumpy Traveller: A (slightly) new direction</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/11/10/grumpy-traveller-a-slightly-new-direction/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes coming I’m writing this down and publishing it, partly to inform, but mostly to force myself to actually do what I’ve promised myself for a long time. Over the next few months, I’m going to be making a few changes to Grumpy Traveller. &#160; How online publishing will change A couple of days down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Blog Camp 2011: A few random takeaway thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the more enjoyable parts of two shop-talking days, I sauntered along to Travel BlogCamp 2011 on Tuesday night, with the heavy elephantine feet of a man who had spent a day talking to irrelevant people on big flashy stalls. I’m still working out my overall impressions, but here are a few things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The perfect press trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent times, I’ve encountered a few press trip frustrations that, from my point of view, just didn’t need to happen. It got me thinking – what would my ideal press trip consist of? Well it obviously depends on the stories I’m going to research, but this little lot just about covers it&#8230; &#160; A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A night at the opera</title>
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		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/23/a-night-at-the-opera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You shall visit us next time you come to Tampere. We have four saunas.” By this stage, I want to crawl through the floor into a little grubby hidey-hole. There are some times in life where we do something because we feel we ought to rather than because we want to. In my line of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience versus freshness in travel guide books</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/18/experience-versus-freshness-in-travel-guide-books/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/18/experience-versus-freshness-in-travel-guide-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I wrote a review of the Munich guidebook I&#8217;ve been using. It brought up bigger issues of experienced authors perhaps remembering a place they once knew rather than a place it currently is. For some reason, the comments aren&#8217;t working on that page, so if you&#8217;d like to discuss the issues brought up, please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why private tours don’t work (for me)</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/17/why-private-tours-don%e2%80%99t-work-for-me/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/17/why-private-tours-don%e2%80%99t-work-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One-on-one tour On the e-mail, the words I secretly dread appeared. “We can offer you a guide for three hours,” it said. My heart sank. In many ways, having a personal, one-on-one guided tour around a city should be the ideal way to discover it. They can show you the best bits, explain the history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How not to promote your product on travel sites and blogs</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/12/how-not-to-promote-your-product-on-travel-sites-and-blogs/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2011/10/12/how-not-to-promote-your-product-on-travel-sites-and-blogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An approach&#8230; I want to share an e-mail I received last night with you all. It went as follows (with the odd bit of evidence blanked out): &#160; &#8220;Sorry for the unannounced email. The reason I am contacting you is because we are running a competition for [redacted product aimed at 16 to 25 year [...]]]></description>
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