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table.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0249.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0249</image:title><image:caption>to grill...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0245.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Kenneth...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0235</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0229</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0225-e1506385309260.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kenneth and Me</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0224</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0216.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0216</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0214.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0214</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170115_133748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170115_133748</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-26T03:58:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2017/01/13/road-tripping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0229</image:title><image:caption>The road we drove to get there</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0228.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0228</image:title><image:caption>Another lodge somewhere by Queen Elizabeth National Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170113_113410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170113_113410</image:title><image:caption>View of a crater lake from the pool deck</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0195.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0195</image:title><image:caption>View of another lake</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0192.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0192</image:title><image:caption>Sunset through the haze of the smoke</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0972.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0972</image:title><image:caption>Souvenirs</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0953.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0953</image:title><image:caption>The walkway at Kyaninga Lodge connecting the rooms</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0708.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0708</image:title><image:caption>The other side of the lake</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0621</image:title><image:caption>End of the day commute</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0536.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0536</image:title><image:caption>A crater lake and a controlled burn</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-28T04:12:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2017/01/11/oot-and-aboot-in-kampala/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0097.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0097</image:title><image:caption>Because the lake flies LOVE them</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0084.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0084</image:title><image:caption>On Lake Victoria in Entebbe</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0169</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170106_203129.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170106_203129</image:title><image:caption>Why are there no lights?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_01681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0168</image:title><image:caption>My apartment on the ground floor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0128</image:title><image:caption>A beach in the city, Munyonyo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0127</image:title><image:caption>Bad lighting but great chicken</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0116</image:title><image:caption>The stream is a convenient place to throw trash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0104.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0104</image:title><image:caption>View of the patio and Kampala below</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0101</image:title><image:caption>The restaurant from our seat on the patio</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-28T07:08:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2017/01/05/jinja/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0067.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0067</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0066</image:title><image:caption>All things to all people</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0062</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0061</image:title><image:caption>Pilings from the Bujagali Power Station diversion</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0060</image:title><image:caption>Trees and birds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0059</image:title><image:caption>On the island, fishermen to the left</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0054</image:title><image:caption>The island right at the source</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0049</image:title><image:caption>Fuel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0048</image:title><image:caption>Boat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0039</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-14T01:12:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2017/01/01/murchison-falls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0018_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0018_2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0023</image:title><image:caption>Grossest toilet on the trip</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0021</image:title><image:caption>Missed the boat</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0021_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0021_2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0019</image:title><image:caption>Dead battery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0018</image:title><image:caption>Flat tire</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0015</image:title><image:caption>Back walkway</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0013</image:title><image:caption>Sitting area</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0013_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0013_2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-09T01:58:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/09/12/the-un-city/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3290.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sparkles</image:title><image:caption>All that glitters is not gold...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3288.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Up, up</image:title><image:caption>Before the spectacle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>La tour</image:title><image:caption>Gorgeous night out.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rainbows</image:title><image:caption>and the unexpected money shot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3266.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunset</image:title><image:caption>the way the light turned everything to gold...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3263.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Behind</image:title><image:caption>Everyone was there for the Eiffel Tower, but if they just turned around they would have seen a beautiful sunset...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3259.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunshine</image:title><image:caption>Sunlight</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3257.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Progression</image:title><image:caption>On the bridge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Going crazy</image:title><image:caption>Pretty much done by this point, out of focus and out of touch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Graffiti</image:title><image:caption>You could get your point across better if you used spell check.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-09T01:23:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2015/09/20/half-way-there/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cow-block.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cow Block</image:title><image:caption>Little Cow Block aka Selena Moo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New family</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150801_1627451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150801_162745</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150801_162745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Desert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150702_211605.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Methow River</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150703_093238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stumpy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150912_125247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beautiful BC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150801_202330.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Campground</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150801_2021071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dusk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150801_202107.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20150801_202107</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-09T01:22:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2016/12/30/first-time-in-africa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0023_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0023_2</image:title><image:caption>From the apartment veranda and God's sign this is where I should be</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20161230_133257.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161230_133257</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20161230_142311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161230_142311</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20161229_163509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161229_163509</image:title><image:caption>Idi Amin's armoured car at the Uganda Museum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0168</image:title><image:caption>My apartment</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-08T05:41:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/09/05/why-men-say-what-they-say/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-04T05:23:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2015/10/03/dharavi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img-20151003-wa0011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG-20151003-WA0011</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_170403.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20151003_170403</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_160027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20151003_160027</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_155621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20151003_155621</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_155604.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20151003_155604</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_155559.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plastic</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/20151003_155543.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20151003_155543</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-04T11:21:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/09/03/african-waterfalls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ourika Valley Waterfalls</image:title><image:caption>Waterfall 1 of 7 at Setti Fatma, Ourika Valley, Morocco</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-17T03:06:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/09/01/at-long-last/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_000002591.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_00000259</image:title><image:caption>The door to my hostel.  Marrakech Rouge 2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_00000256.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lantern Shop, Marrakech</image:title><image:caption>The ultimate lantern shop.  Marrakech</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-17T02:27:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/05/26/the-windy-city/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/14.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/13.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stained Glass</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Floor Tiles</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Escher's Inspiration</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/09.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rorschach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/08.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The End is Nigh</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/07.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Bean</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking Up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/05.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wavy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-17T02:04:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/09/02/my-birthday-suit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>As it began, so it ends.  My favourite scene at night.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3244.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Writing down my questions and the answers from the men I spoke to, trying to figure out why they hit on women so insistently.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3239.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me and Mouhsine, watch for him in the 2020 Olympics, boxing for Morocco.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arches at the Saadian Tombs, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beautiful carvings in the Saadian Tombs, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One of the fountains inside the garden, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Berber Museum inside the garden, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3193.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A serene walkway in the Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3190.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One of the pop-up dinner kiosks in the Djema al-Fna, Marrakech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3185.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chilling out</image:title><image:caption>Me and the Berber mountain goat enjoying "close time", Setti Fatma, Morocco</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-14T22:22:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/08/st-petersburg-part-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/59.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Night spire</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kazan Cathedral</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/57.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sphinx</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/56.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/55.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blinis on the 6th Line</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/54.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In transit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mobile toilets</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/52.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peter and Paul Cathedral</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Evening out</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/50.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Spit</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T20:04:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/08/st-petersburg-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>After midnight</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Done</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/491.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Almost there</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>and up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/472.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cruise</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deliriously happy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Packed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/431.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/421.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dinner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T20:03:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/me-alone3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hanging out with me</image:title><image:caption>Hanging out with myself at the Gothic Cathedral in Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-12T20:40:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/24/mongolia-album/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/382.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_00000142.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Toilet #3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Onto the Transsiberian and heading to Russia!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marlene, me, &amp; Robert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/491.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tough as nails</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>You gots big feet</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/471.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monk &amp; robe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monk &amp; friend</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monks &amp; kids</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flower girl</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T19:28:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/22/beijing-album/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/52.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Let 'er hang</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Feel the Breeze</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/50.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Male Air Conditioning</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ahh, so beautiful.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/49.jpg</image:loc><image:title>When Words Are Not Enough</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/48.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hong Enough</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mmm mmm good!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ATM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trekkies Not Welcome</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/44.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Signs</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T19:27:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/26/siberian-album-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/picture-314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>No pics allowed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/432.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Surprisingly warm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/422.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The end of the line</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Baikal</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/402.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beauty</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/392.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Through the granite</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/383.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking ahead</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/372.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking back</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/362.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cultural garden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/352.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arts and Cultural Centre</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T19:24:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/01/moscow-album/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/59.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Комсомольская 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Комсомольская 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/57.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Новослободская 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/56.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Новослободская 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/55.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Таганская</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/54.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Комсомольская 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Арбатская</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Unfortunate rainbow</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Church bathroom green</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/502.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Less minty</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-17T19:22:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/05/one-more-word/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:12:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/08/25/oh-the-people-youll-meet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth, Wind &amp; Fire</image:title><image:caption>Earth, Wind &amp; Fire on stage.  They may be old but they still know how to put on a show.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BC and Tricia</image:title><image:caption>Our new BFFs, BC and Tricia, hanging in the parking lot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kai-jacket.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kai's Jacket</image:title><image:caption>Cover art for Kai and the Magic Jacket</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:09:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/26/irkutsk/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:08:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/22/next-stop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000148.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Walk</image:title><image:caption>The temple is the white dot to the right of the pole.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000158.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hotel</image:title><image:caption>View of the city from the hotel room.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000146.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View</image:title><image:caption>This is at the temple looking back to where we came from.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000140.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Breakfast spread</image:title><image:caption>This will be for breakfast.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000139.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Squirrel</image:title><image:caption>We will not be eating this.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000137.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diced</image:title><image:caption>Lunch is being prepared.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000132.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Temple</image:title><image:caption>An autumn shot of the entrance to the temple.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:05:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/23/mongolian-traffic/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:05:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/24/train-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:04:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/25/train-part-ii/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/27/russian-101/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:03:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/30/connections/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:03:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/02/last-stop/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:03:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/10/05/romanticism/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T23:02:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/03/19/hussein-al-farakh/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hussein-al-farakh1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hussein al Farakh</image:title><image:caption>Hussein al Farakh, d. March 17, 2012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hussein-al-farakh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hussein al farakh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-21T22:59:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/08/04/why-the-chicken-crossed-the-road/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T22:57:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2013/01/02/a-view-of-2012-from-syria/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-22T00:08:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/28/my-backyard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_00000195.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wpid-IMG_00000195.jpg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-17T01:52:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/28/hey-ladies-and-fred/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_00000196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wpid-IMG_00000196.jpg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-28T15:32:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/22/beijing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brave souls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Really</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Below</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000064.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Night</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-23T03:38:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/20/that-got-weird/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-21T05:25:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/20/ambiguous-pics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000072.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Going up</image:title><image:caption>Going up, maybe down...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dome</image:title><image:caption>Hyperbolic Geometry</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy</image:title><image:caption>On vacation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alleyway at night</image:title><image:caption>Alleyway at night</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_00000016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waiting</image:title><image:caption>Waiting</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-21T05:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/19/hike-to-the-heavens/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-20T06:55:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/18/feet-still-attached/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-20T11:27:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/17/walk-til-you-drop/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-19T16:06:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/16/beat-the-censors/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-19T15:50:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/09/be-my-travel-buddy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/silhouette.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>silhouette</image:title><image:caption>This could be you!!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-09T16:46:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/06/20/mrs-williams/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mrs-williams.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Georgina McInnis</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-08T17:04:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/11/21/the-word-from-pakistan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/ak47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Target Practice</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/sufi-drummer-and-friends.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sufi Drummer and friends</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/brothers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brothers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/sufi-guys-e1346903926689.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sufi Watchers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/tribes-of-the-khyber-range.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tribes of the Khyber Range</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/to-afghanistan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Road to Afghanistan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/on-our-way.jpg</image:loc><image:title>On Our Way</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/lahore-wiring.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lahore Wiring</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/lahore-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lahore Street</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/lahore-gate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lahore Gate</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T04:04:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/12/06/and-about-india/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/jaipuri-elephants.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elephant Transport</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/jaipur-old-lady-e1346903406663.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Old Lady</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/jaipur-monks-e1346903389437.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/jaipur-flower-seller-e1346903372513.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flower Seller</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/india-highway-ferris-wheel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ferris Wheel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/delhi-last-supper-e1346903303723.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Last Supper</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/delhi-birla-hindu-temple-e1346903289597.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Birla Hindu Temple</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/delhi-bahai-temple-e1346903254147.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Lotus Flower</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/bahai-temple-babies-e1346903211408.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baby Visitors</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/amritsar-temple-e1346903180241.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Golden Temple</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T03:53:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/11/13/on-the-way/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/persian-gulf-bath.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clean at last!!!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/persepolis-columns.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Columns</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-zoroastrian-temple.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zoroastrian Temple</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-spice-grinder-e1346901632959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>THIS is a Spice Grinder</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-me-cam-zoroastrian-temple.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zoroastrian Temple</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-me-arnout-cam-sayid-e1346902104768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hanging at the local tea house</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-ladies-e1346901571159.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Ladies</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-hand-stamping-e1346901551521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hand Stamping</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-grand-bazaar-roof-e1346901539927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grand Bazaar Roof</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/esfahan-cemetary-photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T03:31:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/10/31/there-are-computers-in-iran/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/turkey-iran-border-e1346900501248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turkey Iran Border</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/to-tabriz3-e1346900454171.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lush &amp; Lovely</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/to-tabriz2-e1346900432793.jpg</image:loc><image:title>On the way to Tabriz</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/tehran-us-embassy-e1346900594198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Before and After</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-tanks1-e1346900221290.jpg</image:loc><image:title>And tanks to our right</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-mount-ararat-e1346900189538.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Ararat to our left...</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/img_3143.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Khomeini</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/night.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alborz Mountain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/masule1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Massouleh at Night</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/iran1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Headscarf shot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T03:06:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/10/19/in-turkey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-cappadocia-rocks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More Fairy Chimneys</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-cappadocia-hives-e1346899843956.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cave City</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-cappadocia-hike-e1346899807787.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fairy Chimneys</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-cappadocia-group-e1346899734400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tour Group</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/e-turkey-e1346899691490.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What's the name of this place?</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/bekaa-valley-alison-weed-e1346899156992.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alison and the "Plants"</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/baalbek-rock-e1346899180125.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Rock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/baalbek-liz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baalbek Pillars</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/baalbek-eco-warrior-e1346898980343.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baalbek Eco Warrior</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/baalbek-alison-martin2-e1346898907754.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bacchus Temple</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T02:51:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/10/08/back-from-jordan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/petra-liz-and-donkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liz and the Donkey</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/mount-nebo-view-e1346898404102.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What Moses Saw</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/mount-nebo-cross.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cross</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/dead-sea-troops-e1346898342508.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Entertaining the Troops</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/wadi-rum-scape2-e1346898267532.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wadi Rum Entrance</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/wadi-rum-flocks-e1346898216763.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wadi Rum Flocks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/wadi-rum-fellah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My Guide</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/wadi-rum-adam-saluki-e1346898152853.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Royal Dog of Egypt</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/img_1938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snorkeling</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/img_1679.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Siq</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T02:32:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/09/29/1336/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/halabiye-ruins-e1346897570761.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3rd Century BC Ruins</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/euphrates-e1346897531915.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Euphrates by Night</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/desert-camels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camels</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/ar-raqqah-kids1-e1346897466389.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rasafa kids</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/palmyra-canada-dry-e1346897434808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canada Dry</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/palmyra2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Valley of the Dead</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/palmyra1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Palmyra</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/deirezor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rasafa parking lot</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/rasafa1-e1344995028391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boys in Rasafa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/img_1451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me &amp; John</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T02:19:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/09/26/994/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/road-to-damascus-e1346896968810.jpg</image:loc><image:title>I'M ON THE ROAD!!!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/aleppo-sisi-bar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beit Sissi Entrance</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/aleppo-float-e1346896865170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Parade Float</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/syrian-kids-e1346896832131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Syrian Kids</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/turkey-waterfront-at-night-e1346896399196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Full Moon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/turkey-beach-alison-e1346896236748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ali on the Beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/troy-really-e1346896343511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Troy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/troy-entrance-e1346896332223.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Troy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/oludeniz-sunset-from-up-e1346896323794.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/09/oludeniz-ocuz-me.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Man &amp; Me</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T02:05:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/05/one-more-pre-trip-hint/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-06T16:12:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/09/03/on-the-road-again/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-15T15:07:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/enter-pakistan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trucks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trucks</image:title><image:caption>Trucks caught in the headlights, Taftan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/truck2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Front view</image:title><image:caption>Same truck, front end, Taftan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/truck1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rear view</image:title><image:caption>The rear of one of the trucks, Taftan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jim-truck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jim &amp; Truck</image:title><image:caption>Jim with a truck and its driver, Taftan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/18truck1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stained glass truck</image:title><image:caption>Vehicles of beauty.  Somewhere in Pakistan. photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12fuel-shopping2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gas station</image:title><image:caption>Desert gas station.  Somewhere in Pakistan.  photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/10tribal-chief-of-fuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tribal chief</image:title><image:caption>Local tribal chief and petrol negotiator.  Somewhere in Pakistan.  photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/19truck2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Truck</image:title><image:caption>Same truck. photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-06T08:30:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/a-town-of-weapons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/darra-kids.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Darra Kids</image:title><image:caption>Happy we're here.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/peshawar-tuktuk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peshawari Tuktuk</image:title><image:caption>A Peshawari tuktuk.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ak47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AK47</image:title><image:caption>On to an AK-47.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/peshawar-girls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peshawari Girls</image:title><image:caption>The three little girls.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/daara-kids-rocks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Darra Kids &amp; Rocks</image:title><image:caption>Throwing rocks in happiness?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/daara-kids-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Darra Kids 2</image:title><image:caption>Kids of Darra.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/daara-girls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Darra Girls</image:title><image:caption>The little girls of Darra.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/chinese-gun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese gun</image:title><image:caption>The Chinese handgun I fired first for practice.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cams-big-ass-gun.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cam's Big Ass Gun</image:title><image:caption>Cam and a gun, not one that we chose to fire.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/als-bullets.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Al's Bullets</image:title><image:caption>Getting my bullets.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-03T19:35:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/11/15/disappointed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/jim-truck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jim &amp; Truck</image:title><image:caption>Jim with the driver of this beautiful truck.  Taftan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/truck2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Truck2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/15village-traffic1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Village Traffic</image:title><image:caption>This is not rush hour, this is the usual traffic backlog in any village en route to Quetta. photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/11/20quetta1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quetta</image:title><image:caption>photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-27T02:48:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/07/11/billy-idol-weird/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/billy.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>billy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-27T00:45:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/08/canada-day-at-the-bandshell/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-27T00:45:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/contact-me/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-26T03:37:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2010/04/15/im-a-1-fool/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-24T19:36:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2010/12/05/bloody-finger-2010/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_0961.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blood</image:title><image:caption>Blood, blood everywhere</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_0960.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bloody cupboards</image:title><image:caption>Bloody cupboards</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_0959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bloody fridge</image:title><image:caption>Bloody fridge</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-24T19:36:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/24/its-cooking-and-i-am-a-well-done-steak/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0463.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camel dinner</image:title><image:caption>Camel dinner time, Camel Breeding Centre.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0442.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arches</image:title><image:caption>Arched hallway, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0437.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Don't!</image:title><image:caption>Why not sniff the basil?  That's my favourite thing to do at the grocery store, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0430.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ceiling</image:title><image:caption>I can't think of a better way to wake up than to open my eyes to a glittering ceiling, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0428.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More arches</image:title><image:caption>The fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0422.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Door</image:title><image:caption>I'm going to try to replicate this in my apartment when I get home, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0413.jpg</image:loc><image:title>English</image:title><image:caption>I'm the English speaking tour group, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0410.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Toilet</image:title><image:caption>A very lovely modern toilet at the fortress.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stairs</image:title><image:caption>One of those optical illusions that makes your eyes bug out if you look at it took long, the fort.  Bikaner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rat Temple</image:title><image:caption>Click here for a movie of my feet in the temple.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-23T14:40:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/08/22/welcome-to-the-new-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/down-a-block-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Down a Block Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-23T19:33:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/12/varanasi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0117.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Swimming</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silk</image:title><image:caption>What I think paradise looks like.  Silk factory.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0088.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More colour</image:title><image:caption>What would India be without all the colour... Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>From the water</image:title><image:caption>View from the Ganges of early morning activities on the ghats. Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Swimming club</image:title><image:caption>Despite the legendary toxicity levels of the Ganges, swimming is a huge past time for local residents.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boater</image:title><image:caption>Out on the ghat in the early morning light.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0067.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hot</image:title><image:caption>The opposite of sticking your tongue on a frosted post, resting your arm on an iron railing in 40 degree weather.  Just as you take the shot.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Steps</image:title><image:caption>Steps down to the water.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Colours</image:title><image:caption>Flags on the ghat. Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ghat 1</image:title><image:caption>First view of the ghats.  Varanasi</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-19T19:30:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2002/10/24/almost-there/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/img_2765.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ishak Pasa</image:title><image:caption>Ishak Pasa, building completed in 1784</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-18T17:54:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/07/06/mom-and-dad-forever/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mom-dad-1958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dating</image:title><image:caption>Mom and Dad on a date in 1958</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0581.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Family</image:title><image:caption>My sister and nephews on the train in Skagway</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0560.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turquoise water</image:title><image:caption>Turquoise water at the Sawyer Glacier</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0559.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sawyer Glacier</image:title><image:caption>Up close and personal with the Sawyer Glacier</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0546.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sawyer Glacier</image:title><image:caption>People crowding on deck to check out the glacier</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0541.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ice chunks</image:title><image:caption>Ice flows on the way to the Sawyer Glacier</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0534.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juneau</image:title><image:caption>Old Juneau</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0532.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ketchikan</image:title><image:caption>Ketchikan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0530.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Andrew</image:title><image:caption>Andrew.  Ketchikan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_0529.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ketchikan</image:title><image:caption>What Andrew saw.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-18T17:35:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/18/long-way-down/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1400</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1398</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1404.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Girl</image:title><image:caption>Girl on the steps at La Padrera, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1342.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mmm, shisha!</image:title><image:caption>The Three Musketeers doing what they did best, somewhere outside Copenhagen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T05:10:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2006/03/28/the-best-city-in-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1490.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reunited</image:title><image:caption>Arnout and me reunited at the train station in Zwolle, probably the cleanest we'd ever seen each other.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zwolle</image:title><image:caption>Correct me if I'm wrong, Arnout, but I think this is the view of the church in Zwolle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1486.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sidewalk</image:title><image:caption>A sidewalk in Canada is a main street in Holland.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1475.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canals</image:title><image:caption>Another canal in Bruges.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1473.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canals</image:title><image:caption>A canal in Bruges, possibly the one where Colin Farrell jumped out the window in "In Bruges"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1459.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gerla's tree</image:title><image:caption>Snapping shots of Gerla for her upcoming missions journey in Madagascar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/214_1424.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Old friends</image:title><image:caption>Rosemary, 2m Pieter, me, Anneke, and Henni in the cafeteria of the Shelter.  The mural was painted by Jessica in the time I worked there.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/215_1509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Powerlines</image:title><image:caption>Speeding by power lines on the train to Zwolle.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T05:03:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2010/02/12/opening-ceremonies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1258.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Torch</image:title><image:caption>The torch up close.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1257.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oh Canada</image:title><image:caption>Spontaneous bursts of "Oh Canada" everywhere.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1254.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Torch</image:title><image:caption>Our first view of the outside torch just after Wayne lit it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Granville Street</image:title><image:caption>Crowds gather on Granville Street at the end of the night.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T04:38:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2004/05/25/final-assignment/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-17T04:27:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2006/09/05/boston-cape-code2006/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/220_2035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The birthday girl's beach look</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/220_2017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Breakers</image:title><image:caption>Newport, Rhode Island</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/220_2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Breakers</image:title><image:caption>Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/219_1990.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Outside</image:title><image:caption>At least I know my name.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/219_1988.jpg</image:loc><image:title>THE Sign</image:title><image:caption>The real reason I came to Boston.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/219_1986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marriott Custom House Tower</image:title><image:caption>Marriott Custom House Tower</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/220_2031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Cod</image:title><image:caption>The beach closest to our apartment.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T04:23:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2010/07/12/our-sponsors-take-us-to-new-york/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1666.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Obama Art</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brooklyn Bridge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1588.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wall Street</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1584.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Penn Station</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1549.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Empire State Building</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1544.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Our sponsors</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Friendly Invite</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_1667.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View from Brooklyn</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T03:48:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2010/03/24/old-friends-reunited-2010/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1414.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Andrew</image:title><image:caption>Andrew's not sure what to make of this.  He seems rather disappointed to see it again.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1415.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me</image:title><image:caption>So proud of myself for finally getting the bike back!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T03:18:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/06/20/my-other-mother/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/suman-auntie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Suman Auntie</image:title><image:caption>Suman Auntie, d. June 18, 2012</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:28:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/09/24/accordions-are-confusing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0910.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Geoff Berner</image:title><image:caption>Geoff Berner and Diona Davies killing it on stage.  photo:  Sara McIntyre</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0905.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Don't know</image:title><image:caption>Not sure, but that guy's underwear is so clean!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0903.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What?</image:title><image:caption>What is this?  What is going on???</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0911.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bikes</image:title><image:caption>Party goers bikes locked up outside the Waldorf.  Van East Side  photo: Sara McIntyre</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:27:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/23/gibraltar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>End of the Runway</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1505.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Money shot</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bad monkeys</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1495.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Death drop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1479.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gateway</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stealthy Mummy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_1513.jpg</image:loc><image:title>R.I.P.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_1503.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drunk monkey</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_1497.jpg</image:loc><image:title>On top of The Rock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_1493.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Concert Setting</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:26:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/21/lost-in-translation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1465.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rooftop view of the fortress</image:title><image:caption>Rooftop view of the fortress</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1463.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leftovers from the Norwegian curling team</image:title><image:caption>Leftovers from the Norwegian curling team</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Street sign</image:title><image:caption>Doesn't need an explanation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1457.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Path around a water supply</image:title><image:caption>Path around a water supply</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One more beautiful thing wandering through the grounds</image:title><image:caption>One more beautiful thing wandering through the grounds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1447.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beautiful moss covered fountain.  Why is everything so lovely here?</image:title><image:caption>Beautiful moss covered fountain.  Why is everything so lovely here?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Granada from above</image:title><image:caption>The city of Granada.  It looks very simple from up here, no?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1470.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Climbing the romantic stairways</image:title><image:caption>Climbing the romantic stairways</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_14661-e1337748947997.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dancing water</image:title><image:caption>A fountain at Al Hambra in Granada</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:25:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/13/fruits-and-jewels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1287.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Palau de la Musica Catalan</image:title><image:caption>Exterior of the Palau de la Musica Catalan, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1239.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1239</image:title><image:caption>I remember posing for this but not giving my permission to be displayed in public.  Now you know what I look like when I'm thinking while I'm naked.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1283.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More meat!</image:title><image:caption>More meat!!!! Mercat de Boqueria, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1281.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fish</image:title><image:caption>Fish, Mercat de Boqueria, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1279.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fruit stall</image:title><image:caption>Fruit drink stall, Mercat de Boqueria, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1284.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meat</image:title><image:caption>Mmm mmm meat!  Mercat de Boqueria, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:24:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/12/garbage-and-romance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Assuming "Moreover" equals "Entrees"</image:title><image:caption>Assuming "Moreover" equals "Entrees".  Restaurant menu, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_11872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Romantic flowers</image:title><image:caption>Hey wait, I've seen this before in your other post.  Yes, but it's romantic and deserves to be put in here twice.  Flowershop, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1250.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gothic Cathedral under scaffolding</image:title><image:caption>Gothic Cathedral under scaffolding.  Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fresh smelling street in the Gothic Quarter.  Uh, not really fresh.</image:title><image:caption>Fresh smelling street in the Gothic Quarter.  Uh, not really fresh.  Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gothic Quarter</image:title><image:caption>Gothic Quarter, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rooftop view from our apartment</image:title><image:caption>Rooftop view from our apartment, Les Eixamples, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1264.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking down into the crypt in the Gothic Cathedral</image:title><image:caption>Looking down into the crypt in the Gothic Cathedral, Barcelona</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:23:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/26/last-day-in-delhi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0474.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tomb</image:title><image:caption>Tombs in the middle of the Lodi Gardens. Delhi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_0484.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gates</image:title><image:caption>The gates to the Presidential Palace.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_0482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lodi Gardens</image:title><image:caption>Beautiful architecture takes you out of the mayhem and into the quiet, Lodi Gardens.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_0480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lodi Gardens</image:title><image:caption>View from inside a tomb at the Lodi Gardens.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_0494.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sami and Anil</image:title><image:caption>Sami, on the right, was my tag-along the last day in Delhi.  His little buddy, Anil, joined us at the end for an ice cream.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_0488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>India Gate</image:title><image:caption>India Gate.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:20:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/14/the-not-so-nice-train-ride/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/train2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A field</image:title><image:caption>You see lots of fields when you hang off a train.  Somewhere in India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0165.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Building</image:title><image:caption>Some building, don't know what it is because I was the only one hanging off the train, no one else to ask.  Somewhere in India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0164.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tree in my face</image:title><image:caption>Up close and personal when you hang off a train.  Somewhere between Varanasi and New Jalpaiguri, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/train.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blurry</image:title><image:caption>Notice the blurriness indicating the truth that I am hanging on the outside of the train.  Somewhere in India.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:16:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/14/darjeeling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0249.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lovely</image:title><image:caption>Tree branches bending over perfection. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mist</image:title><image:caption>The mist that seems to constantly move across the mountains.  Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0178.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View</image:title><image:caption>View of the terraced slopes that are quickly being overtaken by residential sprawl. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View from street</image:title><image:caption>The city is terraced, this shot was taken from one street level above the main street. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View</image:title><image:caption>View from the hotel balcony.  Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Across the way</image:title><image:caption>Mountain valleys. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tea Plantation</image:title><image:caption>Happy Valley Tea Plantation. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:16:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/17/super-fine-tippy-golden-flowery-orange-pekoe-one/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lion</image:title><image:caption>Don't taunt the lion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Howdy</image:title><image:caption>Up close and personal.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clear</image:title><image:caption>The mist clears for a beautiful look at the shrine.  Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mist</image:title><image:caption>Mist creeping over the temple. Darjeeling, India.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0270.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Temple</image:title><image:caption>Temple Dome</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0279.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gardens</image:title><image:caption>Temple Grounds</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0269.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me &amp; the boys</image:title><image:caption>Dave, Me, Andrew</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0286.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stairmaster</image:title><image:caption>Crossing the street or climbing it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_02421.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drying the tea leaves</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:14:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/19/kolkata-first-impressions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0292.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rear view of the Victoria Memorial</image:title><image:caption>Rear view of the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0291.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Entrance to the Victoria Memorial</image:title><image:caption>Entrance to the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_02901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View of the Victoria Memorial from The Midan, Kolkata</image:title><image:caption>View of the Victoria Memorial from The Midan, Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0295.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Horse on Arch</image:title><image:caption>Horse arch thing at the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0297.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My upper class accommodations</image:title><image:caption>My upper class accommodations</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:14:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/22/im-in-heaven/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0360.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monkey Temple</image:title><image:caption>The golden monkey.  Monkey Temple, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0346.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy again</image:title><image:caption>Happy and healthy again inside my beautiful, wonderful room.  Hotel Pearl Palace, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0382.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Outside hallway</image:title><image:caption>The hallway outside my room.  Hotel Pearl Palace, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0381.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Restaurant</image:title><image:caption>The rooftop restaurant at my luxurious hotel.  Hotel Pearl Palace, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0374.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ahhh, bliss!</image:title><image:caption>THIS is a proper toilet.  Hotel Pearl Palace, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0367.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More monkeys</image:title><image:caption>Monkeys everywhere.  Monkey temple, Jaipur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_02961.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ablutions</image:title><image:caption>The heavenly bathroom in my high-end hotel room at the Maria Hostel.  This is where the chow mein forced me to hang out for about 9 hours.  Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My downfall</image:title><image:caption>The chow mein cart.  It looked so very, very tasty and wonderful.  It was evil.  Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0318.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ferry</image:title><image:caption>The ferries cross the river all day.  A lovely way to commute.  Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View from the river</image:title><image:caption>Looking back at the Howrah Bridge from the river ferry.  Kolkata</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:13:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/04/15/a-good-old-fashioned-bus-whipping/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ultrasound.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ultrasound</image:title><image:caption>This is not a baby.  This is what the inside of my neck looks like.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_1175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me &amp; Matt</image:title><image:caption>This is Christmas Day, 24 days after the accident and you can barely see the remains of the burn.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_1148.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Swelling</image:title><image:caption>After the infection caused the swelling.  I think this was after 2 IV treatments to get rid of it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_1144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Underneath</image:title><image:caption>View from below.  You can see where the cable ended it's journey on the right side of my neck.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/100_1142.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Side shot</image:title><image:caption>The day after.  Pretty 1st degree burns.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:05:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/08/24/san-francisco/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/100_0587.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bonita Cove</image:title><image:caption>North of San Francisco in Bonita Cove.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/100_0584.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tower</image:title><image:caption>Another architectural shot.  Can't remember what we're looking at here.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/100_0582.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mask</image:title><image:caption>There's always something odd to be viewed by the water.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/100_0595.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Horror show</image:title><image:caption>Horror of horrors, my rental car for the weekend.  Nothing screams "Tourist" louder than a pumpkin orange HHR.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/100_0600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conservatory</image:title><image:caption>Flowers at the conservatory in Golden Gate Park.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T02:01:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/09/05/1500-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/227_2749.jpg</image:loc><image:title>living room</image:title><image:caption>Living room, unfurnished, unfinished as yet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/227_2735.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drawers</image:title><image:caption>Free chest of drawers found on a front lawn.  Must be made beautiful.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/227_2751.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bedroom</image:title><image:caption>Bedroom, unfurnished, unfinished as yet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/alisons-35th-birthday.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Birthday</image:title><image:caption>Happy Shower to meeeee</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/06/09/a-day-in-the-south/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2664.jpg</image:loc><image:title>226_2664</image:title><image:caption>Front part of the amphitheatre, beautifully restored.  Bosra</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2662.jpg</image:loc><image:title>226_2662</image:title><image:caption>The seats of the amphitheatre.  At one point they were completely buried under the sand.  Bosra</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2651.jpg</image:loc><image:title>226_2651</image:title><image:caption>Under the ruins, Bosra</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2665.jpg</image:loc><image:title>She's so pretty.  She loves the camera.  Bosra</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/227_2705.jpg</image:loc><image:title>227_2705</image:title><image:caption>An afternoon on the water, Daraa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2696.jpg</image:loc><image:title>226_2696</image:title><image:caption>A young shepherd, Daraa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2692.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yarmuke River</image:title><image:caption>Yarmuke River flowing into Jordan, Daraa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/227_2702.jpg</image:loc><image:title>White horse and rider, Daraa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/226_2685.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pet cow, Daraa</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:57:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/03/22/a-few-days-in-war-country/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/223_23251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hotel</image:title><image:caption>The bomb blast which killed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri heavily damaged the building's surrounding the blast site. Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2421.jpg</image:loc><image:title>City view</image:title><image:caption>View of the city from the water, Holiday Inn in the background. Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2417.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fishing</image:title><image:caption>Fishing on The Corniche, Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2416.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Corniche</image:title><image:caption>The Corniche. Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2415.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nour, Sonya, Me, Sally</image:title><image:caption>Hanging out at the American University in Beirut</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2414.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CAT</image:title><image:caption>Caterpillar on The Corniche. Lebanon, Beirut</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_2412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Khatam al Ambiya</image:title><image:caption>Khatam al Ambiya Mosque. Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/223_2329.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alibaba</image:title><image:caption>At the Pigeon Rocks.  Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/224_24261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bridge</image:title><image:caption>Bridge under repair after the 2006 Israeli aerial bombardment.  Somewhere between the Lebanese border and Beirut.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/223_2326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hotel</image:title><image:caption>The damage closer up. Beirut, Lebanon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:55:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2005/08/02/taking-a-bite-out-of-the-the-big-apple/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/113_1336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lady Liberty</image:title><image:caption>The Statue of Liberty at dusk.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chrysler-reflection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reflection</image:title><image:caption>A reflection in Washington Square.  New York</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/113_1398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chrysler</image:title><image:caption>My favourite structure in the city after dark.  New York</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/113_1360.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At dusk</image:title><image:caption>New York City, circa 2005</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/112_1293.jpg</image:loc><image:title>U.N.</image:title><image:caption>The U.N.  New York</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/112_1291.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chrysler</image:title><image:caption>My favourite structure in the city.  Chrysler Building</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hey-hey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hey hey!</image:title><image:caption>Finally in New York!  Times Square</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:53:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2005/08/25/1000-islands-no-dressing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1467.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lampstand</image:title><image:caption>Lampstand.  We didn't get to see the castle lit up at night but I'll bet it is stunning.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alster Tower</image:title><image:caption>Alster Tower, aka "The Playhouse"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1456.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Other side</image:title><image:caption>Coming around to dock.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1455.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boldt Castle</image:title><image:caption>First view of the castle from our boat.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1452.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boat house</image:title><image:caption>Even the boat houses are bigger than my apartment.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1451.jpg</image:loc><image:title>House</image:title><image:caption>Wish this was my summer cottage.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Church</image:title><image:caption>Lovely little church on the river.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/114_1472.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boldt Castle</image:title><image:caption>Boldt Castle</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:52:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2004/12/06/cbs-with-a-bonafide-fisherman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0763.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boat yard</image:title><image:caption>A boat yard in Conception Bay South.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0760.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Building a boat</image:title><image:caption>A view of the massive scaffolding up the side of a boat in repair.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CBS Bluff</image:title><image:caption>One of the bluffs we drove on during the tour.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0765.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conception Bay </image:title><image:caption>On the northern end of Conception Bay.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:49:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2004/11/15/on-the-eastern-edge-of-the-country/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/105_0533.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wherever you are, there ye be!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/105_0542.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Approach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/105_0540.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking south</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/105_0539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lighthouse</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/105_0534.jpg</image:loc><image:title>On the edge of the continent...</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-17T01:48:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2004/10/16/a-walk-up-to-signal-hill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/105_0505.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quidi Vidi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/105_0504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cabot Tower</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/105_0502.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Still some way to go...</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0499.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fort Amherst</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0493.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trailhead</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0490.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Door</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0489.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red House</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Battery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/10/104_0482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Battery</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-16T02:32:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2004/12/04/driving-the-irish-loop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cold</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0739.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St. Mary's Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ferryland Fair</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>St. Mary's Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0716.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shack</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0714.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mystery Place #2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Village</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0711.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Molly Ann</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/106_0663.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Partying</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/107_0746.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boats</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-16T02:30:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2005/11/06/hangin-at-the-mall/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/213_1334.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capitol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/213_1327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>National Mall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/213_1319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capitol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/213_1317.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/213_1301.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jefferson Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/212_1291.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capitol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/212_1290.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snipers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/212_1285.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The White House</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/212_1275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lincoln</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/212_1271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Autumn light</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-16T01:10:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2005/11/05/a-quick-side-trip-to-maryland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coral</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1259.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Water tubes 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1257.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Water tubes 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1256.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Water tubes 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aquarium</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/inner-harbour.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/at-night.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At Night</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/212_1268.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baltimore at Night</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-16T01:07:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/reviving-a-dying-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/artinisat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Artisanat</image:title><image:caption>The Artisanat.  Damascus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Loom threads</image:title><image:caption>The hundreds of threads on the loom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2528.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Loom</image:title><image:caption>Top end of loom feeding into the pattern guides.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2527.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Loom</image:title><image:caption>The loom and shuttles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2526.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pattern guides</image:title><image:caption>Pattern guides.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Inside shop</image:title><image:caption>Inside the shop.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2520.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bolts</image:title><image:caption>Silk bolts.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2517.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2517</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2516.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2516</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2515.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2515</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-13T00:06:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2005/03/12/cuba/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/109_0988.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Car</image:title><image:caption>Outside the tobacco factory, a car seen through the chain link fence.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/109_0985.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PR</image:title><image:caption>Advertising your leaders.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/tobacco-factory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tobacco</image:title><image:caption>The tobacco factory on our tour.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/the-morro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Morro</image:title><image:caption>The Morro.  Santiago de Cuba</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/sdc-revolutionary-square.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SdC revolutionary square</image:title><image:caption>Revolutionary Square.  Santiago de Cuba</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/holguin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Holguin</image:title><image:caption>Random street.  Holguin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/holguin-university.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Holguin University</image:title><image:caption>Holguin University</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/holguin-laundry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Laundry</image:title><image:caption>Laundry blows in the wind.  Holguin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/car.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lovely</image:title><image:caption>Old car.  Holguin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/03/110_1064.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Just hangin'</image:title><image:caption>Boys on a front step. Holguin</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-12T23:43:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Road to Iraq</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2545.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2545</image:title><image:caption>Kinan Tafish outside his weaving shop, Damascus, Syria</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-12T23:01:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/06/17/is-it-safe-yet/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-12T18:17:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/04/07/quest-ce-que-le-fuq/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-12T17:43:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/08/welcome-to-delhi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Delhi morning</image:title><image:caption>First view from my hotel room in the Pahar Ganj.  Delhi</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-12T17:42:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2003/09/23/snapshot/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-12T02:55:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/26/the-end/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1541.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Firing up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1529.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The parents</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1527.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olympic Torch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1526.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clouds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1525.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olympic Stadium</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reverse view</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1565.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fountains at night</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-11T19:28:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/10/21/not-so-different/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2784.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Breakers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2786.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2782.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vizcaya</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2781.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2778.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alligators</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2774.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huts</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Everglades on drugs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/227_2757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Land Truck</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/228_2802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vizcaya</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-11T19:14:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/dreams-at-the-red-sea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aqaba.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aqaba</image:title><image:caption>Our campsite in Aqaba, Jordan, looking across the Red Sea to Taba, Egypt.  photo: Eric Baxter</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-11T18:22:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/four-years-old-again/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_2765.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Palace</image:title><image:caption>Ishak Pasa, Dogubeyzit, Turkey</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-11T18:11:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/04/02/what-not-to-do-at-a-shia-wedding/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/223_2357.jpg</image:loc><image:title>me &amp; abu osama</image:title><image:caption>The father the groom, Abu Osama, and me.  Wow, he looks really little.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-20T05:13:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/07/18/prayers-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/222_2242.jpg</image:loc><image:title>222_2242</image:title><image:caption>Minaret of the Umyyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria (2007)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-20T05:06:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/11/barcelona-first-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1192.jpg</image:loc><image:title>closer...</image:title><image:caption>The first views of Gaudi's Cathedral...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peaks &amp; cranes</image:title><image:caption>The first views of Gaudi's Cathedral...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_11891.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home!</image:title><image:caption>Our first apartment in the Eixample</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_11871.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the most beautiful smell in the world</image:title><image:caption>The first thing I saw coming out of the subway and walking to the apartment</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mmm, hammm</image:title><image:caption>First meal in Spain</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-20T05:03:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/07/14/copenhagen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/img_1299.jpg</image:loc><image:title>I've waited a long time to come here...</image:title><image:caption>Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-20T05:01:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/01/21/howdy-denver/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1729.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gotta git me summa that</image:title><image:caption>Colorado's State Capitol building with 24 carat gold leaf dome</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-27T17:20:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2012/07/19/a-foreigner-at-home/</loc><lastmod>2012-07-20T04:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/16/lions-tigers-bears-oh-my/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Cow Story</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tea packing crates</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0244.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Processing machines</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0243.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Processing machines</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tea fields</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_02291.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Valley Tea Plantation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0259.jpg</image:loc><image:title>It grows, and grows...</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0220.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Himalayan Black Bear</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0199.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dude at the Mountaineering Museum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/100_0260.jpg</image:loc><image:title>and grows...</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-30T02:30:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/08/canadian-girl-missing-in-syria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/nicole.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nicole</image:title><image:caption>Nicole Vienneau, missing in Syria since March 31, 2007.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:42:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/04/off-again/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:28:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/07/17/meaningful-lyrics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/def.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meaningful Lyrics</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:21:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/09/10/free-stuff/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:19:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/01/08/my-neighbourhood/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:17:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/03/08/refugee-food-distribution/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-30T01:14:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/09/04/immigration/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:30:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/01/08/public-pool-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:25:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/01/10/public-pool-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:24:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/09/22/mother-daughter-fingers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/mah_79515b15d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mother &amp; Daughter Fingers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:23:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/07/13/verbing/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:22:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2009/05/20/poverty/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T19:21:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/02/05/aids-test/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T18:57:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/02/02/prayer-time/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T18:56:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2011/01/13/moving-new-beginnings/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-29T05:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/party/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-28T04:35:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/iraq-and-back/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_25781.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2578</image:title><image:caption>The Syrian gate to the 7km stretch of No Man's Land and the Iraqi border</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2593.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2593</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2592.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2592</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2591.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2591</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_25902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2590</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2589</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2587.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2587</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2586.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2586</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2585.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2585</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/225_2584.jpg</image:loc><image:title>225_2584</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-28T04:34:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2008/01/14/vancouver-winter/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-28T02:41:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/07/05/no-suvs-please/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T22:16:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/06/19/noticing-things/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T22:12:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/06/06/change-in-my-pocket/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T22:09:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/29/iraq/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/225_2590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>highway</image:title><image:caption>On the highway to Iraq.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-03T22:07:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/18/my-students/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://downablock.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/225_2556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>teacher &amp; students</image:title><image:caption>Me with some of my students.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-03T22:01:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/07/mmmmmm-real-hotdogs/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:51:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/06/text-messages/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:50:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/05/04/lets-play-its-mumkin/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:49:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/04/09/the-most-important-relationship/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:47:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/03/26/followed/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:36:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/03/10/the-best-bakery-in-the-world/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:34:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/03/02/first-visit-to-the-hammam/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:33:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/03/01/sandstorm/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:33:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/02/22/marriage-update/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:32:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/02/12/bidding-wars/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:32:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/2007/01/23/clean-tasty/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-03T21:31:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com/stories-2/a-different-kind-of-scrabble-player/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-28T06:40:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://downablock.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2023-10-06T16:31:12+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
