Best Trip Ever
About 6 years ago me and my family went to a trip to El Salvador located on Central America, this was a special trip for me because I was going to go see the place where my parents grew up and were...
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When Your Toilet Is Called “The Groover”
When you can wake up on a piece-of-junk cot on a beach with a beetle the size of your palm crawling up your arm and do nothing but scrunch your nose, shake it off and roll back...
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The Wonderstruck Floridian Goes To New York
My parents gave me the best birthday present I have ever received, for my 16th birthday: a trip to New York. My mom and I went for five days, and it was a life-changing experience. Once there, I...
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Taj and Temples
It’s been seven years since I stepped on this soil, there was no feeling of a missing memory, my presence was always here. Yet, I needed to regain the knowledge of my roots. Upon arriving in...
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El Salvador
As I made my way off the plane, I was more than a little relieved that the excruciating flight to El Salvador was at an end. We...
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Texas by plane, Florida by car.
Traveling is a great experience; it is a way to get outside of the town you are used to and see new things. I love to travel just as much as anyone else; especially to Navarre...
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My Eye-Opening Experience in Mexico
During the summers of 2009, 2010, and 2011, I traveled to Mexico to visit my family and spend some time with the side of my family that I get to rarely see. I had great fun...
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My Experience in El Salvador
One of my most recent trips was to El Salvador during the summer of the year 2011. It was just a trip to visit my family over there in El Salvador. The trip lasted for about two weeks,...
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Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
During summer, after completing my freshman year in 2010, my mother’s boss invited her and me to enjoy a week off in Costa Rica. My mother is from El Salvador, which we noticed that the climate...
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Since Jamaica…
The fat white man gave us the last bit of advice: “Rule number three: In Jamaica time is not of the essence. Every meal will be in the morning at noon, and in the evening. The...
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My Indescribable Journey
Many young people take advantage of their travels, looking at the sights and soaking up all that location has to offer. My trip to Laos was a trip that I'll never forget and it changed my life...
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Paris&Ireland
Day 1: April 4, 2012 The other 16 students and I arrived to school with our luggage ready to head to JFK, but not before reluctantly attending the first two classes of the day while the...
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Adventures in Taradise
I viewed the ruins of the Forum in Rome with awe. It was breathtaking, everything I'd imagined it to be. It was a step back into history that I had taken, one I thought I'd...
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My Trip to Cameroon
“So where are you from?” Growing up, this was a question that I was asked regularly: it was also a question that I never quite knew how to answer. With stereotypes circulating around...
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The Big Brown Bear
Maneuvering and traveling the streets of Mumbai are extremely challenging tasks to accomplish. Imagine trying to evade the potholes, deranged auto-rickshaw drivers, and cows, all while carrying a...
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The Amazing Celebration
A recent trip that I took with my family was back in the year 2007, July 23 to be exact. We went to our home town back in Mexico. But this year was different. We were going because it was my grandparents...
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Questions?
Even through a thick layer of smog-laden clouds, I could feel the heat baking my skin. Clouds of dirt rose every time I took a step. Even though sweat rolled down my back and my hair was plastered...
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The Dumb GPS
My family and I went to Arkansas one summer for about two weeks. It was a typical vacation for my family, because on our third day there we had quite the adventure! That morning my mom yelled at...
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The Wild Heart of Cambodia
It was the size of my palm, and it could have eaten me. Well, that’s an exaggeration. But the spider was enormous, marked with war stripes, its black legs poking at the metal roof...
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Appalachia: Just Because It’s Different
Appalachia? Appalachia Kentucky? You’ve got to be kidding me. I can’t imagine anybody in their right mind spending their entire Thanksgiving break there. I mean…it’s just mountains and shacks and...
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My African Escapade
A foreign place is not something one can simply imagine or feel through a book or movie. In order to grasp the true meaning of "foreign," one must experience it first hand. During...
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A Vacation of a Lifetime
The summer of 2011 my family and I boarded the Carnival Liberty cruise ship and sailed towards Grand Cayman; Cozumel, Mexico; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. It was the very first time any of my family members...
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My Trip to Buffalo, New York
05/15/12 We left at 6 in the evening. The 18-hour journey to Buffalo, New York gave me plenty of time to think. My family...
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The Fireman, the Tourguide and the Red Truck
My grandparents wanted to take a cruise through the caribbean and decided to take my brother and I along. Our first tour guide was amazing, his name was Raymond. Raymond is unique....
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Ashley’s Life Changing Adventure
My experience in Japan was more than just a fun time in another country....
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School trip in Dublin
My junior year I took a trip to Ireland towards the end of May. It was a wonderful and interesting experience. I had never been anywhere like it nd was so excited I got the chance to go. It was for...
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This is South America, My South America
Eight weeks before one of my dreams actually became reality, I found out we were leaving to the country where half of the blood running through my veins belongs; Ecuador. The images and words could...
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Best Trip of My Life
This past summer I was able to do something many kids can only dream of. My family and I were able to experience the amazing cultures of both Germany and France. Now, as amazing as this trip was...
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Disneyland Adventure
When I was ten years old, my family went to Disneyland as an extension of my dad's business trip. It was special; both of my parents went to Disneyland with their parents when they were...
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Kimball, Nebraska: A Country Girl at Heart
Every summer my family and I take a plane to Denver, Colorado and drive three hours through the bare country in order to reach our destination to a small, barren town of Kimball, Nebraska. Many...
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Almost Ireland
“Hello?" "Hi Honey, come straight home from school with Sajina. They won't let Grandpa on the plane..." Her voice tapered off. 3:00 AM. I finally let myself cry....
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Finding half of my roots in Europe
Medieval castles, winding river valleys, and literary poignant tours! Sound exciting? I had the privilege to visit my mom’s side of the family in Belgium and tour London in fifteen and a half...
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Road trip to Mexico
I would first want to thank you for taking the time to get to know me and my family a little more by sharing with you great moments that we have had together while...
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My Nicaraguan Experience
If you wish to take your family on a one-week adventure that will affect not only your lives but the lives of thousands of children and their families, I have just the trip for you. Last...
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Memories that will last
My family and I have traveled a lot over the last few summer. We went on all these kind of fun adventures like to Poland, to Paris, Niagara Falls. These...
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San Francisco, Spring of 2011
Every year, my mom and I take a trip- just the two of us. For almost 12 years now, I've suffered from OCD, anxiety, and dermatillomania (skin picking). Trichotillomania Learning Center...
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The Road Less Traveled
It seems like nearly every vacation I’ve been on, I’ve mostly known what to expect. While I’ve been on too many trips to count, they’ve...
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Jamaican Paradise
It was the Summer of 2008. My family and I had boarded the Carnival Sensation cruise ship. I could here the Jamaican band playing tunes...
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Night and Day
They’re as different as night and day”. I’ve heard those words throughout my life, but they never seemed truer than when I worked on a service project on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. I...
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The Museum
We had finally arrived at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Only minutes after entering the museum, I spotted my strong, impenetrable father next to a stone plaque with his head buried in his hands,...
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“A Fire That The World Cannot Explain”
I. Getting There As a junior in high school, sixteen years old, I decided to go on my sixth trip to the state of Kentucky. I had begun taking these trips...
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My First Visit to Monterrey
It was a rather warm summer morning here in Fresno, as I stepped onto my dad's truck. It was around 6:00 am, and my father seemed extremely...
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An Asian New York City
In an embarking journey through a Thailand, I experienced many traditions that are not common in the United States. Bangkok had...
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Indiana Discoveries
I have discovered that Indiana is an awe-inspiring state, the scenery, the weather and the people will all make you want to stay. I decided to make my visit to Indiana in April 2012, it was supposed...
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Worry-Free Southern California
During the summer, my family and...
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Reacquainting Myself With The Mediterranean
Most teenagers are on a constant search for who they are and with me, it was no different. But adding two countries, one transatlantic migration and three cultures fused together never made my search...
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Goodbye’s Don’t Last Forever
We had finally arrived to the Belfast International Airport in Ireland after traveling for six and a half long hours from Atlanta Georgia. Though we had our house in...
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One Trip to Rule Them All
My family doesn't get to go on very many vacations. We are limited by many things, money being one of them. Another notable thing...
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