My Enchanted Islands
My Enchanted Islands Imagine yourself walking through white, sandy beaches. You can hear the splash of the waves against the volcanic rocks at your feet....
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La Vita Bella
Many traveling experiences include people like parents, family and friends. In my case, my experience was shared with 17 high school students that I knew through class;...
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One Precious Moment
The brilliant sun almost blinded me that first day. Walking out of the airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, my senses were bombarded by the glare and the heat. Modern buildings were interspersed with...
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Sawdust
“Hola chico/chiquita! Como te llama?” I say the words hesitantly, and my tongue feels like it is covered with sawdust as I speak the few Spanish words I know. To say that I am loud would...
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An Amateur Wanderlust
I had never left the country without my parents. I live minutes away from the Mexican border yet I've never crossed it. The last intercontinental voyage I embarked on was to the Philippines with...
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Becoming Beijing
Sticking needles into my arm, they told me not to tense up. I shivered, the pins sitting in my skin. The Chinese nurses seemed to know what they were doing though, claiming their techniques would...
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Capturing Liberties
I wrote this post over the summer during my one-month stay in Uganda, Africa. As a seventeen-year-old photographer, I had the opportunity to live in an apartment on site...
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My Journey
My Personal Journey & Adventure My family and I had been dreaming about visiting the Grand Canyon in Arizona since before I was born. It was always...
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