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	<description>Travel addict, international educator, freelance writer</description>
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		<title>Award Nomination for Teaching Excellence</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/03/30/teacher-of-the-year-nomination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when I had to go to London for a one-day black tie event? I was a finalist at the Cognita Awards for Excellence as a secondary teacher. Cognita is a network of international schools that includes ISHCMC American Academy in Vietnam. While the majority of Cognita schools are in the UK, they also have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expat Packing List: Moving to Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/03/28/expat-packing-list-moving-to-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often contacted by people wondering what to pack for a move to Vietnam. Here is a list to get you started. At the bottom of this post, you&#8217;ll find a printable, editable Excel sheet packing list you can use. If you&#8217;re moving abroad with a toddler, check out my more extensive list of 50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Abroad with a Toddler: 50 Things we Packed or Shipped to Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list is directed toward expats moving to Vietnam with toddlers, however you may find it a useful starting point for other destinations. In July 2012, my husband and I moved from the US to Vietnam with our 18-month-old son. Here are some of the things we&#8217;re glad we packed OR we wish that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Van Lan Riviera Villas in Hoi An</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/03/28/review-van-lan-riviera-villas-in-hoi-an/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When booking family vacations, I obsess over finding good value accommodation that&#8217;s both interesting for adults and practical with young children. I found Van Lan Riviera Villas on Agoda, where it had high ratings but only 3 reviews, one of which was in German. The property had no website and no contact email listed, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoi An Toddler Activity: An Bang Beach</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/03/27/hoi-an-toddler-activity-an-bang-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hoi An]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Bang Beach is about a 10-minute drive from Hoi An. With older kids, you could take bicycles, however I decided to save my two-year-old&#8217;s &#8220;sun time&#8221; for the beach as the road from Hoi An to An Bang doesn&#8217;t offer much shade. A taxi ride should cost between 100,000 VND ($5) and 150,000VND ($7.50) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots from Hoi An, Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/03/25/snapshots-from-hoi-an-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hoi An]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had booked a family vacation to Hoi An before my husband tore his ACL and ended up spending school vacation in Bangkok for surgery. It was going to cost too much to change the tickets to another date when we could all go, and nobody was interested in buying them, so I asked our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saigon to the U.K&#8230;.for One Night? What to Wear?</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/02/27/saigon-to-the-u-k-for-one-night-what-to-wear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday after school I headed off to the Saigon airport for a 2-hour flight to Singapore followed by a 14-hour flight to London. Upon arrival, my boss and I were picked up by a chauffeur and driven to Whittlebury Spa Hotel in Northamptonshire, about a 90-minute drive north of London. We arrived at the hotel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Travel in the UK: Family Travel Ideas</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/02/12/budget-travel-in-the-uk-family-travel-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://expatheather.com/2013/02/12/budget-travel-in-the-uk-family-travel-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been to the U.K. three times as a budget traveler, but during all of those trips, I was single and spent my time at hostels. However, since we now have a two-year-old son, we’d now be looking for family friendly destinations that won’t eat up our entire annual travel budget in a week. Travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tet Flower Festival at Tao Dan Park, Saigon</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/02/11/tet-flower-festival-at-tao-dan-park-saigon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam, so we ventured out to the city center in Saigon to see what people were doing. The roads were quiet. It took about half the time it usually does to get to the corner of Truong Dinh St. and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewed on Expats Blog</title>
		<link>http://expatheather.com/2013/02/11/interviewed-on-expats-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Carreiro</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed on Expats Blog, a blog site that curates the best expat blogs from around the world. Expats Blog has published more than 180 interviews with expats from around the world. Check mine out here: American Expat Living in Vietnam]]></description>
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