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A Journey Through Golden Fabric

It took 32 hours and three different flights to get to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Being born into the United States Military, travelling long distances was no new experience for me. Except this time it...

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Dirtied Innocence

There was a time when I thought all law enforcements were good. There was a day when I thought they would help me when I was in trouble. There was a time…that I trusted them, but it all changed...

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Las Islas Encantadas Translation: The Enchanted Islands

I am not really a nature-lover person, just the thought of insects crawling up my legs and stepping on gooey mud when hiking up a mountain grosses me out, but this trip was an exception. Seeing volcanic...

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Holding on to our good old times

It was the summer of 2011 when some of my family members arrived in New York City.  They live in Colombia and our only chance to spend time together is for a couple of weeks every other summer....

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Compassion in a Foreign Land

Night had fallen when 20 of us found ourselves in the middle of excited chaos

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Awakening the Soul

I arrived in South America with the understanding that as an exchange student I would be filled to the brim with memorable experiences. Little did I know at the time that one of my adventures would...

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Vacation Takes You.

“You don’t take a vacation, vacation takes you”. Such accurate words to describe my experience during my travels away from home July second through the seventeenth. I...

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A Trip Back in Time

My family doesn’t travel very often and by extension, I don’t travel often either, but with the trips I have taken, I’ve learned one thing. You don’t have to travel to the...

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The Journey to My First New York Skyline

            With city lights below me and the pitter patter of rain on my window, I was ready to see it. I wanted a beaming welcome....

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