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Passport to Nowhere

All my worries seemed so far away. I was walking with Bernadette while holding...

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Skyline Drive

Canon City, Colorado. To me, it’s home. It’s a small town by most standards, but it’s grown a lot as the years have passed. Still, for most travelers, it’s...

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One Month in France

A burst of pain shoots down my leg as I reach the top of the steps of the Sacré-Cœur. The view from the top is breathtaking. As I glance across the Paris skyline, the familiar strumming of guitar chords...

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Keep a Straight Face in Ko Pee Pee

Spent three days in Koh Lanta and was looking forward to bluer, less rocky waters in the coveted island paradise of Koh Phi Phi. Unfortunately, the transit between islands took a lot longer than expected....

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Puerto Iguazu

The first thing I did when I found out I was going to Argentina last year was pick my number one. I knew that my focus there was going to be studying, since it was a study abroad program, and I didn't...

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Sugoi desu ne! Student Travels in Tokyo

Tokyo is a city of contradictions and contrasts; a delicate balance between ancient and modern, native and global, traditional and subversive. I've never encountered a city like it in all my travels,...

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Moonwalking on the Shore

We got into the island from Karabi, which was a little longer of a trek out than expected. We were picked up by a breezy truck from the bungalows that picked up travelers together headed out to the...

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New Years or Paper and Heads on Fire

And what a New Year’s it was. We walked down to the beach, which I thought was called Ao Nang. Turns out it goes by much longer name, which I can only remember as starting with an N. Luckily,...

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A Taste of Marrakech

           Birds are softly chirping in the courtyard garden beneath me as I sit looking up at the pink sky stretching in all directions above the rooftop garden where I‘m sitting. The...

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