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		<title>Arenal Oasis Eco Lodge in La Fortuna VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/03/arenal-oasis-eco-lodge-in-la-fortuna.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arenal Oasis Eco Lodge is located about 2 miles from the center of La Fortuna Costa Rica.Arenal Oasis is a GREAT option when you love nature and don't care about having a flat screen in your room.  It's got 7 'rustic-style 'cabinas' with comfy beds and...]]></description>
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		<title>Pure Trek Canyoning in La Fortuna a MUST DO!</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/02/pure-trek-desafio-canyoning-rappelling.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pure Trek Canyoning in La Fortuna Costa Rica.Pure Trek Canyoning in La Fortuna Costa Rica is bar none, ONE of the BEST adventure tours around. Our Video Review below.There's plenty of adventures in La Fortuna Costa Rica that probably shouldn't be misse...]]></description>
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		<title>First Trip to the Big Lake &#8211; Part Final</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Dull Roar</dc:creator>
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The slow, but long hike at Hanging Bridges whetted our appetite for some lunch and the German Bakery looked even more inviting in our minds' eyes than it had when we'd passed it up in Nuevo Arenal. So, we headed back that way, passing the wood carv...]]></description>
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		<title>First Trip to the Big Lake &#8211; Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Dull Roar</dc:creator>
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The drive to the other end of Lake Arenal from Tilarán is steeped in scenery on both sides of the road. It's narrow and winding, but generally in good condition. Being a tourist area there is substantial traffic, so the driver can't spend too much ...]]></description>
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		<title>First Trip to the Big Lake &#8211; Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Dull Roar</dc:creator>
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Back in late October when we visited Keko Diez (TI5KD) in Alajuela so that Sean could take his ham radio test, we met Rich (TI7/AA2UP) and his wife Penny who invited us to plan a trip up to their part of Costa Rica for a visit some time. Before Sean...]]></description>
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		<title>Villa Hermosa Guest House in La Fortuna</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-fortuna-guest-house-villa-hermosa.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Villa Hermosa is a guest house/bed &#38; breakfast just outside La Fortuna Costa Rica and D'Angelo and myself made a video, here's us eating lunch between video shoots.Porch area at Villa Hermosa.When someone says, "...a little slice of PARADISE." they...]]></description>
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		<title>FUN Things to do La Fortuna Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/11/things-to-do-la-fortuna-arenal-costa.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arenal Volcano aside, there's TONS of things to do in La Fortuna Costa Rica.Here's just a few of the adventures and tours you can experience in the La Fortuna/Arenal area.  There's many more and we'll be posting videos of those as we do them, but these...]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Nicaragua Border Crossing at Los Chiles UPDATE</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/11/costa-rica-nicaragua-border-crossing.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crossing the border from Los Chiles Costa Rica to San Carlos Nicaragua.  NOT to be confused with the more popular and EXTREMELY busy border crossing between the 2 countries at Penas Blancas, although we do have video of that border crossing as well.  *...]]></description>
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		<title>One of the BEST Things to do in La Fortuna</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/11/rappel-canyoneering-hiking-tours.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rappelling in La Fortuna Costa Rica but technically it's called canyoneering.There's many adventure tours in La Fortuna Costa Rica and canyoneering is one the BEST.  Why you ask?  Because it combines rappelling, hiking, trekking and quazi ziplining all...]]></description>
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		<title>A Promo Video for Vamos 4&#215;4</title>
		<link>http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2011/11/costa-rica-car-rental-vamos-4x4-alamo.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doin' Costa Rica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Costa Rica NOW does a promo video for Vamos 4x4 Car Rental Agency.Vamos 4x4 is a Car Rental Agency based in San Jose Costa Rica.  If Alamo, Hertz, Thrifty, Budget  and other BIGger, nationally known agencies are McDonalds, Vamos is the hamburger...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Embassy Produces Video with Travel Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/07/u-s-embassy-produces-video-with-travel-warning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees of the United States embassy in Costa Rica put together a video on the topic of personal safety in Costa Rica. Anyone who has ever lost their U.S. Passport in Costa Rica has to deal with paying a visit to the consular services embassy in order to get a replacement. The folks at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Phone Rental In Costa Rica No Longer Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/06/cell-phone-rental-in-costa-rica-no-longer-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private companies market cell phone rental to English speaking travelers despite the fact the local telephone company sells a five dollar prepaid phone plan. Anyone can pick up the SIM card at the airport in San Jose and be able to make local calls for seven cents a minute. Sending text messages costs less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitarte Festival This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/03/transitarte-festival-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend the municipality of San Jose will host the 2011 Transitarte Festival, which is also known as the Festival de Verano or summer arts festival. Each year the event tours Costa Rica, however the festival in San Jose is the largest. Last year Transitarte included free concerts in Morazan Park, art exhibits at CENAC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Express Bus to Jaco Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/01/express-bus-to-jaco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of promises and delays its now possible to go from downtown San Jose to Jaco beach in just an hour and half by way of public transportation. Garabito buses on the express schedule recently made the switch to the new highway, which at least during the dry season is turning out to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Adventure Race</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/08/adventure-race-costa-rica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trekkers from a dozen countries will compete this week in an adventure race across the Costa Rica. Racers organized into four person teams will begin Monday in Sarapiquí and traverse 550km of landscapes that include beaches, warm ocean, dry forests, rain forests, cloud forest, volcanoes, lakes, and rivers. Participants provide their own bicycle, and guide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Cafe in San Pedro Longtime Favorite</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/07/jazz-cafe-san-pedro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jazz Cafe has for a decade been a popular night spot on the east side of San Jose in San Pedro. The location, when coming from downtown is just before the San Pedro Mall and taxi fare usually runs under $4. There is another location in the western suburb of Escazu, however San Pedro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/05/calling-costa-rica-pura-vida/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 05:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recently as a decade ago Costa Rica was an expensive place from which to place an international phone, and while the Internet changed that for many people there still was a large group who couldn’t make an inexpensive phone call to the United States from the comfort of their home. This is because broadband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Paz Waterfall Garden and Butterfly Observatory</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/04/la-paz-waterfall-garden-butterfly-observatory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first tourist activities I enjoyed in Costa Rica was a visit to the La Paz Waterfall Garden and Butterfly Observatory, which is a 45 minute drive from the airport in Alajuela. There are two miles of walking trails, and impressive waterfall, enclosed butterfly observatory, and hummingbird bird garden. At the time I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Orchid Show in San Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/04/video-orchid-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you didn’t get a chance to check out the orchid show in San Jose the video will show you most of the flowers and give you an idea for what the event is like for next year. The location is the old customs house from the Caribbean train line that has been remodeled as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown San Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/03/st-patricks-day-san-jose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately there are no remaining Irish Pubs in downtown San Jose for alas their owners have drank themselves out of business, however this afternoon there will be no lack of St. Patrick’s Day cuisine. The New York Bar is offering corned beef and cabbage dinner for c4,500. Unfortuantely, there is no mention of the free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts Festival Opening and Video of Fireworks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officals from the municipality of San Jose inaugurated the Seventh Annual Transitarte Festival in Morazan Park on Friday evening. The opening act was a concert performed by the municipal band, which concluded with a fireworks show above Morazan Park. The mayor of San Jose wasn’t available, however acting mayor Gonzalo Rameriz gave a speech to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitarte Program Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official opening to the Transitarte or Summer Art Festival in San Jose was Friday night, however the majority of the events are programmed for Saturday and Sunday. Download Transitarte 2010 Agenda]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Arts Festival in San Jose is This Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Summer Arts Festival starts on Friday morning, and this year the Transitarte festival promises not to disappoint. While the temperature in San Jose topped 75 degrees today the weather report for the weekend calls for some rain. Hopefully that won’t be enough to spoil the festival, which continues through Sunday evening. The agenda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maple Cafe Fills Gap Left by Nashville South Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/02/maple-cafe-nashville-south-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look just beyond the southwest corner of Parque Morazan and you will notice the Maple Cafe, which occupies the building that formerly housed the Nashville South Bar. Of course the Nashville Bar was a famous North American watering hole that gasped its final breath in April of last year. Ask around and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Festival of Chinese Culture in San Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/02/festival-chinese-culture-san-jose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks the beginning of a festival of Chinese Culture in San Jose, Costa Rica. The festival opened with a ceremony at the National Auditorium, located in the San Jose Childern’s Museum on Monday. The purpose of the festival is to promote Costa Rican Chinese Relations. CENAC (Centro Nacional de la Cultura Costarricense) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variedades Theatre Shows First Run Movies for $2</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/02/variedades-theatre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>expatcostarica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constructed in 1892 as a theatre for live performances, and making the switch to film in 1920 the Variedades Theatre has long been a fixture in San Jose. The location just off the Plaza de Cultura makes it easy to find, and if you live downtown it’s perhaps the easiest theatre to reach on foot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Columbian Gold Exhibit at BCCR Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2010/02/san-jose-gold-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Jose Gold Museum as it is commonly referred to in English is technically the Museum of the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR), and the Pre-Columbian Gold Exhibit (Oro Precolombiano) occupies the bottom floor. The two other floors consist of an art exhibit and numismatic exhibit of Costa Rican money and coinage. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of Roda de Capoeira in Morazan Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday afternoons a group of young people come to Morazan Park in downtown San Jose to participate in a Roda de Capoeira. The park is popular with young artists many of whom come from the nearby CENAC or &#8220;Centro Nacional de Arte y Cultura&#8221;, and the dome structure is called the Temple of Music, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Fly a Kite in San Jose, Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parque de La Paz or “Park of The Peace” is located just south of downtown San Jose and provides a green space with hills and lakes that is perfect for among other things flying a kite. Of course the central valley is known for its robust gusts of wind and a year round daytime temperature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas Calypso Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you enjoy this song which was performed at CENC in downtown San Jose, which is just next to Parque Espana. The event was part of the annual Christmas Festival.]]></description>
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