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	<title>PLAY it Forward Adventures&#187; voluntourism</title>
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		<title>Peru &#8211; Machu Picchu!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLAY it Forward’s largest group just returned from Peru on an amazing 10-day adventure.  This was our first trip to the Sacred Valley region of Peru and it couldn’t have gone better!  We started off in the village of Taray to work at an elementary school.  Taray had been badly hit by the mudslides in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random Acts of Kindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holding the door open, smiling at a stranger, and lending a hand seem like pretty simple things, maybe even common sense.  However it doesn’t happen as often as it should.
“If we all do one random act of kindness daily we just might set the world in the right direction.”
                                                                                                                           &#8211; Martin Kranfeld
In our busy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of Teamwork</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOW DO YOU FLATTEN A MOUNTAIN?
The Task: Haul hundreds of pounds of building materials thousands of feet up a narrow mountain path, and get it done before lunch.  Loads become drastically lighter when you have someone to share it with.  A little piece of a task is easier to conquer than the whole thing.  Soon, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving No Trace While Traveling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;ALWAYS LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT&#8221;
  
That was my dad&#8217;s adage whenever we went anywhere.  It&#8217;s a simple call of duty and applies to travel, work, and other things. It&#8217;s especially relevant in a volunteer vacation like PLAY it Forward Adventures.
There are two components to this mantra that are worth detailing.  
The first is recognizing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Life an Adventure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“…make things happen and do things that fire you up and life is too short. What you don’t know is, How much life do you have? Right? You don’t know if you going to live till 80 or 104 or 30.”
                                                                                                                                -Andy Miller
http://www.incomediary.com/andy-miller-interview-lifes-bucket-list/
I want this to be the story of my life and I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes PLAY it Forward different?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of time on the internet looking at travel sites and researching companies. Many companies have similar offerings but with all these companies adventuring around the globe, how does one choose who to go with?
All this research really makes me appreciate the factors that set PLAY it Forward apart.
Differentiators: 
ALL-ENCOMPASSING. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT KILIMANJARO TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pifadventures.com/what-kilimanjaro-taught-me-about-life#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising to Kilimanjaro’s Stella Peak, elevation 18,000’, I’m reminded how life is a journey, not a destination.  I may not have reached Uhuru Peak, but the success of that journey wasn’t defined by a summit.
Not three months prior I lie in my bed paralyzed by symptoms of Lyme Disease that interfered with my life for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT INSPIRED ME TO START PLAY IT FORWARD ADVENTURES?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pifadventures.com/what-inspired-me-to-start-play-it-forward-adventures#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most frequently asked question I get is:  “what inspired you to start PLAY it Forward Adventures?”  The answer is never an easy one so I’ll try to sum it up in a page.
The short answer… I was inspired by my own travel experiences and wanted to bring safe, all-encompassing travel experiences to people who’d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilderness First Responders</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pifadventures.com/wilderness-first-responders#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adventure means going to the edge, pushing your physical and mental limits.  There is an element of danger and suspense, not knowing what lurks behind the next curve. Any adventurer probably has his or her fair share of stories of close calls, and likely has the scars to prove it. In this extreme environment, things can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything was different. The language, the people, the money, the landscape, the housing, the food- all of it was different.
Being immersed into a new culture was an intimidating blur.  It was a rush to the senses feverishly trying to decipher the panoply of sights and sounds.
Eventually, I found the Rosetta stone. Just as the storm of [...]]]></description>
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