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  <title><![CDATA[Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0609809830]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780609809839]]></isbn13>
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  <default-description>From salsa dancing in a rum-induced haze and struggling to exercise in Colombia (&amp;#8220;the guerillas were using the track again today&amp;#8221;), to crossing international borders unconventionally and dodging bombs in Lebanon (&amp;#8220;the good news was that they were &amp;#8216;small bombs&amp;#8217;&amp;#8221;), Wendy somehow manages to find herself in the midst of hysterical, adventurous, and often illegal situations. Case in point&amp;#8212;every time she heads to Costa Rica, she is forced to visit another prison. Although a jail may not be everyone&amp;#8217;s idea of a place to ?nd a date, Wendy soon falls in love with a man, a country, and its people and risks everything she has to clear his name. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals &lt;/b&gt;is a bumpy and hilarious ride in which Wendy discovers that a successful vacation&amp;#8212;much like that elusive thing, happiness&amp;#8212;can be found in some of the most unlikely places imaginable.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-day type="integer">27</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">5</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2003</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals: Adventures in Love and Danger</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Wendy Dale]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 21 13:58:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 21 14:00:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book...ask the author to lend you money, she is very trusting.<br/>I'm hoping that this book is in some part fiction.  I hope she's not really that gullable, and I hope those aren't really her parents or she's adopted.  Traveling the world is one thing...<br/>So I guess what I'm saying...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16020491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52307354">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 11 11:47:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 11 12:01:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>Once</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Wendy Dale has a lot of guts.  She details the good, bad, and ugly of her journey and doesn't hold back even when it's less than flattering to herself…and one could argue that there are many of those moments.<br/><br/>There's a lot of humor in the book.  I particularly loved the &quot;latte&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52307354">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6841615">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[chick lit fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 26 12:30:13 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 26 12:41:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I generally shy away from travel literature penned by women as, in my experience, a lot of it gets into the author's personal romantic trysts and angst and strays from the adventure and information I find worthwhile in travelogues. This book purported to be different: a tale of fulfilled wanderlust ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6841615">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73747381">
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    <location><![CDATA[Boulder, CO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 07 10:04:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 10:07:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting autobiographical book.  I enjoyed it and was entraced by it, but also frustrated by the author's seeming to take for granted things that were handed to her that others would have given their right arm for.  I won't fault her - or anyone else's - naivete, though.  I could rela...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73747381">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54315147">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lauren]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Phoenix, AZ]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 28 20:13:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 20:14:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember much of this book except that is a insider's perspective on being an expat in Columbia and that I really enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <review id="46950556">
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 20 07:54:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 07:55:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like her voice - very funny. But it seems like her description of one vacation after another. Somewhat weak story arc.]]></body>
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    <review id="69689394">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 10:15:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 01 10:16:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easy read, makes my travel adventures seem like guided bus tours in comparsion. ]]></body>
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    <review id="4070114">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 04 09:05:29 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 14 18:50:56 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of COURSE I have a bookshelf titled &quot;Quirky and Fun&quot;---and this book fits the bill. Keep in mind, however, that this is coming from someone who has a long history of meeting people on airplanes and then getting to be good friends with them. I have never, however, dated anyone I've met on v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4070114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54284803">
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    <location><![CDATA[Victoria, BC, Canada]]></location>        
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    <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 28 15:42:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 15:42:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It looked interesting but was a little disappointing.]]></body>
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    <review id="60169560">
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    <name><![CDATA[molly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 08:52:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 03 08:53:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[what bothered me about this was that i could see the terrible decisions coming about a mile away.]]></body>
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    <review id="2429261">
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    <name><![CDATA[April]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Newport Beach, CA]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 26 21:28:20 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 14 20:52:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[H.E. lent me this book. The author is one of his friends and gave him a signed copy, and like him she's smart, world experienced, political, and very funny. The book reflects all that and more.<br/><br/>I found myself laughing out loud in a lot of places, so if you like travel, writing, and humor,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2429261">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31285008">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 26 19:48:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting novel. I'm not sure it was funny, although it's touted as humor. It was more vulnerable and painful than funny. I finished it on the plane, coming back from another state which will be my new home in two months, and I thought home really is where you are internally as much as externally....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31285008">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27869530">
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 21 11:43:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the perfect summer read. It is more of a &quot;what not to do on vacation&quot; travel guide and does so with hilarious and unbelievable happenings to the main character. I would definitely recommend it to those who love to live vicariously through the crazy (and not-recommended) travels of...]]></body>
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    <review id="680459">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 11 17:19:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 12 10:43:03 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[funny book written by an American woman with wanderlust. she ends up stuck in south america with no money and no passport, but eventually finds her way back to the States. it's a great read for anyone who has ever felt the siren call of far off destinations and other ways of life.]]></body>
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    <review id="11917304">
  <user id="659370">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Durham, NC]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 20:39:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't really enjoy the author's personality (and at some points, her sense of humor) so I had a difficult time getting into this book. However, the sections pertaining to the legal system of Costa Rica and the general state of affairs in Colombia are engrossing.  ]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="24046913">
  <user id="60908">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[River Falls, WI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 05:34:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 16 05:20:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book at first, but she made some decisions that I thought weren't that great. We all make foolish choices in the game called love, but there were a lot of red flags that I think she missed. It was okay, but the last part really dragged on.]]></body>
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    <review id="4205623">
  <user id="227721">
    <name><![CDATA[Cheri]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Osos, CA]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who are depressed because their friends have such adventurous lives]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 07 09:04:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 07 09:07:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book made me laugh out loud. I enjoyed the smart writing and biting humor. <br/><br/>My friend gave this to me to read after I felt small and insignificant next to the great travels and deeds of some of my friends. Maybe it's great to be stuck at home after all!]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="39056628">
  <user id="668127">
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    <body><![CDATA[It started out great, but eventually I grew tired of her general ditziness and diatribes regarding past vacation experiences. It felt like I was reading a travel journal where I wanted to punch myself in the face afterwards for reading it. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reintroduced me to the fun of travel essays. Although the book is not quite as funny as Bill Bryson's most famous, it held its own. Wendy Dale helped me go to places I would not likely go on my own and then she reminded me why. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was living/teaching English on an indigenous reservation in Costa Rica. I identified with so many things she was speaking about both as an ameriacan and someone living in another country. I loved this book. ]]></body>
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