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31 12, 2014

2014 The Year of Changes – Part 1: Work

By Lili|December 31st, 2014|Categories: Year in Review|Tags: 2013, 2014, changes, Denver, St. John, USA, USVI, Wayin, work, year in review|0 Comments

When I wrote 2013’s Year in Review my only plans for 2014 included another trip to St. John, USVI and work more on the blog. As you can surmised from the blog - neither of those plans happened because I had no idea how different my life would be this year. So instead of doing my favorite travel memories of 2014 I’ll share the big changes that happened this year. And as I started writing, I realized that there were so many changes that I needed to break the 2014 Year in Review into multiple posts. So here is Part

14 04, 2014

Travel Missteps: The art of Dim Sum

By Lili|April 14th, 2014|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2008, California, Dim Sum, food, Good Food, Good Food in San Francisco, North America, San Francisco, USA|0 Comments

San Francisco is known for its food culture and one type of dining is truly unique: Dim Sum. Dim Sum is a type of Chinese food style, where bite sized portions of foods come to you already cooked and you choose what you want to order. It is fun and a different type of experience to eating. And if you aren’t sure what is going on, you are certainly up for some surprises. We had Dim Sum twice. The first time was in a fancy restaurant that my sister and I happened upon. We at were the only people there

3 03, 2014

Travel Missteps: Celebrity Interruption

By Lili|March 3rd, 2014|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2012, celebrity, coffee, crowds, North America, North Pacific Coast 2012, Pike Place Market, Seattle, The Campaign, USA, Washington, Will Ferrell, work, Zach Galifianakis|0 Comments

Sometimes your travel plans are foiled by crowds. And sometimes your travel plans are foiled by…Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. On a nice July day in 2012 I was in Seattle for a business trip. After my coworker and I settled into our hotel we decided to do a little site-seeing while we got lunch before our first meeting. We headed down to Pike Place Market. After we had lunch, we noticed there were a lot of people…and more people streaming in. It became hard to shop and move about the market, and the sellers at first had no idea

1 01, 2014

2013 Year Highlights and 2014 Upcoming Travel Plans

By Lili|January 1st, 2014|Categories: Travel, Upcoming Travel, Year in Review|Tags: 2013, 2014, Actun Tunichil Muknal, Antigua, Belize, blog posts, Caye Caulker, Central America, CES, chocolate, climb, food, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, golf cart, grandpa, group, Guatemala, highlights, hike, Las Vegas, Mayan, Mayan Encounter 2013, meetup, museum, mythbusters, Panama, Pyramid, racing, rum, savings, shark, Smithsonian, snorkeling, St. John, swim, Tikal, tour group, travel plans, triceratops, upcoming, upcoming travel, upcoming travel plans, USA, USVI, Washington DC, work, year in review|0 Comments

Goodbye 2013! You were a good year. Here are some of the travel highlights: I went to Las Vegas twice for work, and had the opportunity to experience the craziness that is CES first hand. My favorite food experience was learning the history and how to make chocolate in Antigua, Guatemala. There is a 3 way tie for the “I never thought I’d…” Climb to the top of a Mayan Pyramid at Tikal, Guatemala Hike over a mile into the earth and free climb rock formations to see Mayan sacrifices at Actun Tunichil Muknal in Belize. Swim with sharks near

14 10, 2013

Travel Missteps: Disney Dash

By Lili|October 14th, 2013|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2010, All Work and Some Play, Anaheim, business trip, California, castle, Disney, Disneyland, Ewok, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones, lightsaber, North America, parade, Pirates of the Caribbean, PMA, roller coaster, Star Wars, USA, work|0 Comments

In February 2010 I had already had a busy travel month by getting delayed twice in St. John, and once I arrived home I only had a few days to pack and get ready for a work trip to Anaheim, CA. On my first day in Anaheim it turned out I had a free afternoon. It was suggested I could "swim at the hotel" or go to the "welcome drink reception." But nagging me from my window was Disneyland. I worried if I headed to Disneyland that I'd get a call from my co-workers asking where I was, or some other emergency would

22 07, 2013

Travel Missteps: In the cockpit

By Lili|July 22nd, 2013|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2010, airplane, Cape Air, cockpit, fear of heights, flying, Lake Placid, Lake Saranac, New York, North America, NY, The Quiet Life, USA, work|0 Comments

In May 2010 I was tasked with my first solo business trip, which was to Lake Placid, NY. As a seasoned traveler, planning a trip isn't hard. But I ran into a road block. To get to Lake Placid I could choose between 3 different airports to fly into and then rent a car and drive 3+ hours to Lake Placid or I could fly to Boston and then take an expensive regional flight into a nearby town, and then take a 30 minute taxi to Lake Placid. Both options were expensive. As I was under 25 so it would

4 06, 2013

Upcoming Travel Plans: Summer 2013

By Lili|June 4th, 2013|Categories: Travel, Upcoming Travel|Tags: 2013, Capitol, Henderson, itinerary, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, plan, planning, road trip, upcoming travel, USA, Washington DC, work|0 Comments

I'm the type of person who is always planning my next trip. But after my last few trips in Central America, I've decided to focus a more on the good old USA. And what represents America the best than the capitol! That's right, I'll be going to Washington, DC for a week. I'm really excited as I love museums! I've already got tickets for a tour of the Capitol building and the National Archives. I don't have set plans but just wanting to experience the monuments and maybe some food trucks while I'm there. But as soon as I get back