<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:46:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@globallocal/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Collection of thoughts and photos from Bangkok.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photography is one of the fine things in life. One can switch off using a camera almost as if performing some form of meditation. Thoughts are often switched of for the eye to catch the best possible angle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/collection-of-thoughts-and-photos-from-bangkok</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/collection-of-thoughts-and-photos-from-bangkok</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[globallocal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi7Yq4CEXPmpetD8vqSGxQjF9mGd8hASKVReEr2TQp9LMc9XTnrWKQHjmeJ1wiG3Bpo16ADcwFx25nmkvQpLT4zr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Lost Myself in Bangkok instead of reaching Japan - True Story.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This will be quite an embarrassing travel journal, but it needs to come out regardless. Not every story has a happy ending - even if it comes from Thailand (ask your party boys friends). So, yes let's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/how-i-lost-myself-in-bangkok-instead-of-reaching-japan-true-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/how-i-lost-myself-in-bangkok-instead-of-reaching-japan-true-story</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[globallocal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:30:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwSnXKoJFGgsjgaUH4bZAa2SGcZc5tprXWZHUGhYu9Loer4tqBzoRe8TdccNj64kLZrLrFRsV5kCEQKHYuzAe8kxfhuv8yBS6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passing through Istanbul in style again. (You can't even do otherwise)]]></title><description><![CDATA[God (or the devil himself for the lack of a better word) brought me to Istanbul. Passing through this magnificent metropolis is never easy. Not only that it is so big you could easily walk your whole life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/weekend-in-istanbul</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@globallocal/weekend-in-istanbul</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[globallocal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwSnXKoJFGgsjgaUH4bZAa2SGcZc5tprXWZHUGhYu9LoeCCVM8KFiPRRWu913M5cBzFm4v4iMJ97xmJz2Tq1G9QVqBRmqD7mx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mother of all Urbex - Tskaltubo, Georgia.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something magical about abandoned buildings. It is almost as if time has stopped and people suddenly vaporized, however I am not an expert on Urbex by any chance, I just happened to be lucky enough]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@globallocal/the-mother-of-all-urbex-tskaltubo-georgia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@globallocal/the-mother-of-all-urbex-tskaltubo-georgia</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[globallocal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:01:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi7Yq4CEXPmpetD8vqSGxQjF9mGd8hASKVReEr2TQp9LMc9X4Yk99KmQzzy2LnmUbDtq35Ck87S1EuFMVqgTSQri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open zoo with street pigs in Tkibuli, Georgia.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back to my Georgian business journal. Today I will take you to a place like from another world. 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