<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post1566149006897260092..comments</id><updated>2008-10-06T15:31:17.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Yallah 2 Istanbul: The Final Push</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/feeds/1566149006897260092/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html'/><author><name>Chad Hamre</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02541800409326855180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-3728069840622401580</id><published>2008-10-06T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T15:31:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations you two!!!  I'm so excited to hear...</title><content type='html'>Congratulations you two!!!  I'm so excited to hear you finished in one piece.  Your journey was very inspirational, now you have to do something else cool so I can still read your blog!!  High Five!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/3728069840622401580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/3728069840622401580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223332260000#c3728069840622401580' title=''/><author><name>Sarah Kathleen Pooler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02994042368257437475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-3543561130195583666</id><published>2008-10-04T19:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T19:18:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>congrats</title><content type='html'>congrats</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/3543561130195583666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/3543561130195583666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223173080000#c3543561130195583666' title=''/><author><name>donpavo02</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13730623398964759918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-4082475081463100771</id><published>2008-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bravo Chad and Ramsey!!! Some day when you are 80 ...</title><content type='html'>Bravo Chad and Ramsey!!! Some day when you are 80 years old you will reminise and perhaps give advise like the old frenchman.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I honestly think you should try and publish this story, it could be an award winning novel. Do you know any publicists??&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Love Mom and Dad</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4082475081463100771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4082475081463100771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223169360000#c4082475081463100771' title=''/><author><name>Mallory</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09159697188563130812</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-4774148627329435786</id><published>2008-10-03T21:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T21:30:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Awesome, awesome stuff.  Well done!</title><content type='html'>Awesome, awesome stuff.  Well done!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4774148627329435786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4774148627329435786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223094600000#c4774148627329435786' title=''/><author><name>Bryn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12940870864125535405</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-121809981484524138</id><published>2008-10-03T00:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T00:23:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Superb! I am sure this trip has provided you lot o...</title><content type='html'>Superb! I am sure this trip has provided you lot of insight about life and people; several countries; several cultures; I would want to do something similar sometime for sure. Can't waitt o know - What next?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/121809981484524138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/121809981484524138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223018580000#c121809981484524138' title=''/><author><name>AJEYA RAO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15770471904480140472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-6397464516777123604</id><published>2008-10-02T20:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T20:12:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet journey my friend! Glad to see you out there...</title><content type='html'>Sweet journey my friend! Glad to see you out there soaking up the world...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6397464516777123604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6397464516777123604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1223003520000#c6397464516777123604' title=''/><author><name>Shane Russell</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-5117200753713414732</id><published>2008-10-02T14:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T14:30:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thankful and proud are the 2 words that stick out ...</title><content type='html'>Thankful and proud are the 2 words that stick out in my mind when I think of you Chad.  I am thankful that I had a chance to get to know you and that you will be a person who shares some of my fondest memories.  I am also extremely proud of the determination, humility, kindness and energy that you posses and without it, you wouldn't have made it through this journey in one piece.  I've been reading your blogs to my Grandmother and she was so excited that you made it to Turkey.  Hopefully we can meet up in the Tdot sometime soon and hear more of your stories in person over a pint or 2 :D&lt;BR/&gt;Well done Chad and Ramsey, well done!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/5117200753713414732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/5117200753713414732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222983000000#c5117200753713414732' title=''/><author><name>Erin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10293136306007499194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-4598758940780966363</id><published>2008-10-02T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T14:00:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What an amazing finale! Although this journey is o...</title><content type='html'>What an amazing finale! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Although this journey is over, others are bound to begin. In the meantime I hope you guys are enjoying a well deserved break at the European border. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Much respect from a proud Dutchman, and we better keep in touch!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4598758940780966363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4598758940780966363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222981200000#c4598758940780966363' title=''/><author><name>Maarten van Doornmalen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18275456054915466087</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-8638156470157856210</id><published>2008-10-02T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T13:12:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HOLY CRAP GUYS!  I can't believe it!!!  YOUR THERE...</title><content type='html'>HOLY CRAP GUYS!  I can't believe it!!!  YOUR THERE!  what a trip that must have been.  I am sitting in my bloody office cubicle now, a world apart, re-reading all your postings starting from the beginning.  (I am supposed to be working, but this is just too amazing)  What an experience.  Am SERIOUSLY jealous, and incredibly impressed with your determination!   Im looking forward to hearing all the stories. Wish I could have done it too. I still think back to the day you left and I rode the first few kilometers with you.  If only I just  made a left onto that bloody highway and kept pedaling!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, a SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/8638156470157856210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/8638156470157856210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222978320000#c8638156470157856210' title=''/><author><name>Nicholas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242481418297218493</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-905120442726506509</id><published>2008-10-02T13:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T13:10:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arr...</title><content type='html'>“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor”&lt;BR/&gt;-Robert Louis Stevenson-&lt;BR/&gt;congrats and hugs from the two crazy germans that finally arrived in germany ;-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/905120442726506509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/905120442726506509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222978200000#c905120442726506509' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-657743112271447181</id><published>2008-10-02T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T12:52:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, that was a great story! Please don't go back ...</title><content type='html'>Hey, that was a great story! Please don't go back to real life! or if you do make it as dramatic and appealing as it has been so far!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/657743112271447181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/657743112271447181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222977120000#c657743112271447181' title=''/><author><name>Pooya</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16139499819860278255</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-6090585859709335429</id><published>2008-10-02T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T12:34:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guys, I can say at times i laughed uncontrollably ...</title><content type='html'>Guys, I can say at times i laughed uncontrollably and at times my eyes filled with tears reading each post with great satisfaction. What a journey.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6090585859709335429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6090585859709335429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222976040000#c6090585859709335429' title=''/><author><name>Thoughts and Meditations</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14226493230557813110</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-4136711749592027938</id><published>2008-10-02T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T12:20:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>guys!! congrats!!! I am quite sad the stories are ...</title><content type='html'>guys!! congrats!!! I am quite sad the stories are gonna end actually!! Truly proud of you!!&lt;BR/&gt;:D</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4136711749592027938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/4136711749592027938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222975200000#c4136711749592027938' title=''/><author><name>Mira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17560749657412523949</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-6666171293905549829</id><published>2008-10-02T10:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T10:31:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations! What a great ending!</title><content type='html'>Congratulations! What a great ending!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6666171293905549829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/6666171293905549829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222968660000#c6666171293905549829' title=''/><author><name>Caitlin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-8796307183935116677</id><published>2008-10-02T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T09:15:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats guys!!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>Congrats guys!!!!!!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/8796307183935116677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/1566149006897260092/comments/default/8796307183935116677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html?showComment=1222964100000#c8796307183935116677' title=''/><author><name>Cassidy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02296039001530508494</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://yallah2istanbul.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-push.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62124529299676777.post-1566149006897260092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/62124529299676777/posts/default/1566149006897260092' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>