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29 08, 2016

Travel Missteps: ¿cómo se dice “Hangover”?

By |August 29th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The first night's hotel. Wonderfully big beds! My first night in Costa Rica was in a 5 star hotel because my original hotel was overbooked. Fluffy big beds, clean sheets, fresh flowers in the room, AC; that hotel was heaven. The breakfast was amazing and the hotel's decor natural but also stylishly modern. Weird Egyptian themed hotel room art in Costa Rica. My last night, was in the original hotel...was quite the opposite. For one, the room was strangely decorated in an Egyptian motif. The beds small and uncomfortable.  I also drew the short straw and got

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25 08, 2016

Botanical Gardens Around the World

By |August 25th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

I love spending time in Botanical Gardens. They usually are less crowded than other sights, more peaceful, and have plenty of beautiful photography opportunities. Here are some of the best Botanical Gardens Around the World and what to see! Source Every other week Travel Thursday brings you travel tips and information on the amazing sights and activities the world has to offer.

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22 08, 2016

Museum Monday: Archaeopteryx

By |August 22nd, 2016|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I once saw a replica of the Berlin Archaeopteryx in a friends house. It was so beautiful. I later stumbled upon this replica at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Archaeopteryx was one of the oldest fossils that showed the feather plumage that dinosaurs had. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

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20 08, 2016

Souvenir Saturday: Maho Bay Glass Blowing

By |August 20th, 2016|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

There once was an amazing echo-campground on St. John, USVI. You could stay in these canvas tents in the trees. And you could watch glassblowing artisans use recycled glass to make beautiful things all night long. Sadly, the campgrounds lost their lease and the land was sold a few years back. Which makes Maho Bay Glass souvenirs rare. This is an example of their beautiful work, of a purple fish ornament. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

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16 08, 2016

July 2016 Recap

By |August 16th, 2016|Categories: Blog Recaps and Roundups|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

This month was a quiet month at home! Recommended Reading Lili on the Loose I didn't write much this month. I had grand plans to do so, but just didn't have the energy. Thus most of my favorite posts this month are mostly photography related: Crack in the Shadows of Xibalba Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Colors of Ancient Egypt Other Blogs I feel like other bloggers have been busy traveling and so there haven't been as many articles that caught my inspiration. But here are the ones that I did enjoy: Math + Churros = delightfully funny (and craving

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15 08, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Fast Felucca

By |August 15th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

After a long night train from Cairo, we finally reached Aswan. To hit the ground running, I immediately took a taxi to the Unfinished Obelisk. Afterwards, I was so tired, and so decided to swim at the hotel pool, which overlooks the Nile. Typical to the "service" standard that was in Egypt, no towel attendants were in sight. Due to the lack of tourists the cafe was shut down. (We ordered lunch with a lone employee who had appeared, but it took over 2 hours for us to finally see them again with that food!) And the pool was missing

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11 08, 2016

Cooling off at Ik Kil Cenote

By |August 11th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

There is something scary and a bit mysterious about venturing into a cenote.  Staring down into the dark abyss, I was a bit apprehensive. It looked so deep. It also was much bigger than I had thought it would be.  Those were my first thoughts of seeing the Ik Kil Cenote. After traversing the winding path 85 feet below the earth I looked back up. Small waterfalls decorate the walls, and roots from the plants above dive below the water. I shivered a bit in the darkness, no longer afraid but due to the temperature change for being so far below the

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