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	<title>Spiritual Journey &#124; Confessions of a Cruise Director</title>
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		<title>A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 3 of 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another morning I follow the signs that say “nature walk”, down the steep mossy steps to a stone Balinese bathing fountain, past a splashing waterfall, along the river which marks the edge of the Maya property.  I walk past plants whose leaves unfurl so large over my head that I could take shelter in a rainstorm.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 2 of 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course a spiritual vacation is not all the earnest work of devotion.  We are staying at the Maya Ubud, and a more integrated balance between luxurious four star service and raw nature I cannot imagine.  The whole property is a lush tropical garden, set among the rice paddies of Ubud, itself the artistic heart of Bali, as well as where Liz Gilbert stayed when she wrote the Bali part of Eat Pray Love. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/spiritual-vacation-to-bali-part-2/</link>
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		<title>My First Book Review: Forgiving Ararat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, something comes along that profoundly affects you enough to need to talk about it... a lot.  I read a book that I think, in addition to being highly entertaining, also had a profound spiritual impact on me, and on my own spiritual tour as I careen through this thing we call life.  So I thought I would share it with you. Forgiving Ararat is, without a doubt, the most original book I have ever read. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/book-review-forgiving-ararat/</link>
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		<title>A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 1 of 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding Balance in Bali
This is part 1 of a 4 part series about a recent trip we took to Bali
 



A Bale For Resting and Relaxing in Bali


I am sitting in the stunning, airy bar of my gorgeous Balinese hotel and I am sweating… a lot. I’m on a spiritual tour that I’m leading and I’ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/a-spiritual-vacation-in-bali-part-1/</link>
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		<title>The Camel Jockeys of Cairo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of finishing my first draft of my book Travels Through Egypt I am posting a section on the guys who rent the camels, which is a favorite story &#8211; enjoy!
Everyone visiting Egypt wants their picture taken on a camel.  There is therefore no shortage of enterprising young men who hover as close as the Pyramid police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
is sharing some fun insight on Eat Pray Love filming in Bali, which just wrapped. http://ping.fm/dXnXk #
is sooo tired! Have been working all day, but also getting ready to go camping in the AM for Greg&#39;s birthday! #
Happy Thanksgiving! Interesting article: U.S. couple from Georgia experiences Hajj pilgrimage &#8211; http://bit.ly/7SFxpT #cnn #
Had the most wonderful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-29/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22</title>
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is in the Century City News with our Eat, Pray, Love Bali tour (in May). Please repost! http://ping.fm/a7JcZ #
has had a new article posted on Self-Growth.com Top 10 Reasons to Take a Spiritual Tour: http://ping.fm/TBAGv #
As if the airlines PR wasn&#8217;t bad enough already: Continental, American expand surcharges; US Air implements, too &#8211; http://bit.ly/1KAkzw #cnn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-22/</link>
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		<title>Finding Spirituality Everywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa.  Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a "meat hangover" by Sunday evening.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/finding-spirituality-everywhere/</link>
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		<title>Enjoying Ramadan in Cairo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo.  Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/enjoying-ramadan-in-cairo/</link>
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		<title>Eat, Pray, and Love Bali</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an &#8220;Eat, Pray, and Love Bali&#8221; trip in May, 2010.  And in honor of that trip, let&#8217;s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali&#8230;
Gulingen&#8230; about a half [...]]]></description>
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