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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

Travel Missteps: Stuck in Paradise

By Lili|March 18th, 2013|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2010, Caribbean, eruption, paradise, Snowpocalypse, snowstorm, St. John, St. John 2010, stranded, stuck, USVI, volcano, work|0 Comments

View overlooking Trunk Bay, St. John USVI In February 2010 I visited a paradise known as St. John USVI for the first time. Nearly 3/4th of the island is national park land and it is beautiful. I stayed in an eco cottages (pretty much tents in trees with geckos and frogs as roommates) and snorkeled every day. I didn't want to ever leave this paradise. But as with all trips the end seem to come too soon and it was time to go home. A day before I was supposed to fly out, I started hearing rumors that flights into the USVI had been cancelled and no