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To and at Chicago

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1126]

26 th Tuesday To Chicago We packed up in the morning to catch our train, only to find that someone had pinched a set of our rechargeable batteries. We had an idea who it was, may he meet a grizzly bear. The weather was just starting to get nasty, ... Read more >

Tags: chicago

Pre-Trip MADness!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By missy_carrie_gee | Views [950]

So, apparently, it's A LOT of work to put my life on hold for 6 months. And a lot of pressure to do it all before I go, b/c I don't want to remember 2 months from now that I never turned off my electricity... or didn't update the contact info my ... Read more >

Tags: cat, lasik, vaccinations

Hitchhiking the West Part 1

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 | By jack282323 | Views [796]

Quite frankly, I was scared.  Hitchhiking was a new prospect to me.  Did it even work?  Did it EXIST?  Was it just something people joke about in movies?  Was I going to fall victim to a Fear and Loathing type proposal where my ride would be two drug-... Read more >

Tags: arizona, broke, cheap, colorado, denver, free, hitchhiking, phoenix, random, southwest

Transit, snow and reunions

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By nvogelpoel | Views [715]

Outside everything is white. The underneath hasn’t seen the sky for many months, hibernating beneath a horizontal curtain. I can’t quite see through my eyes. Time has begun to lose its pace. There is no day or night, only a tick-tock. I think we have ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, gay travel, snow, snowboarding

Ancestry Lost

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By courtyardjester | Views [637]

Ancestry Lost By Matthew Abrams   The sun held a creamy gold as it hung like a fiery sickle over the mountain’s edge.   A vulture’s screech echoed through the North Country highlands.   And the colors of the late Montana sky were ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Packing up a bag

Wed, 13 Aug 2014 | By schmodude | Views [583]

Today I finished my packing list and went out to buy a few missing items. As it turned out, I don’t need much to survive. Most days my bags are full of textbooks for school or documents for work. It was refreshing to prep a bag and leave space ... Read more >

Tags: gopro, packing, rei, selfie, shopping

One Week and Counting!

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By missmelissa | Views [536]

Today marks the one week countdown until I'm heading back to Spain. Now that the trip is almost here I feel nothing but excitement and gratitude. The time for stressing about money or prepping to be the best TA on record has passed. Although I'm still ... Read more >

WHAT? A Beach Day

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 | By kimswim | Views [535] | Comments [2]

We visited a pretty little beach town a few miles away yesterday called Houlgate. The beach was easily accessible so we took a peek. Amazingly, it was pretty crowded for a very cool and mostly cloudy day. It turned out the hordes were the local school ... Read more >

Roadtrippin' Texas

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By harriettatham | Views [531]

Texas is a land of juxtapositions. Of fresh bright Mexican foods, and fried fried fried Southern food. Of $500 leather cowboy boots and novelty sombreros. Of cheap fuel and cars as big as caravans. I found it difficult to really grasp the cultural existence ... Read more >

Tags: food, roadtrip, texas, usa

We LOVE Guatemala!

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [529]

We made the one hour flight to Guatemala City in unexpected ease – we ended up in Business class, only to wish it was our flight to Europe that will have all the comfort instead of this short flight.  We have been very surprised by the ease ... Read more >

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Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By jamag | Views [463]

The previously arranged Blue Airport Shuttle arrived pretty much on time and whisked us away from the Itte Lane home, for the last time this trip.   We made it in good time to National Airport, and coincidentally (?) were dropped off outside the ... Read more >

Got my name on the page

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 | By dus11886 | Views [370] | Comments [1]

So I was talking to my mom on the way to school this morning and to my wonderful surprise she told me that my name was on the Peru misson website. (perumission.org) Now it isn't directly on the page, but it can be found under the tab Giving. I am EXTERMELY ... Read more >

Thanks for the memories DC

Fri, 2 Mar 2007 | By kealexis | Views [351]

So I neutralized the goalie, packed my stuff, and lived it up for one more night.  In Boston for four days and then off to Athens. I'll miss the Russia House.  

Tags: The Planning Phase

A 'place' I have visited

Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By will_lounsbury | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Photography is a tool to better understand and relate to the world around us. Many photographers feel that the camera operates as a wall between themselves and the world, however for me it acts more as a conduit. I use photography to convey my view of ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Photos: My Scholarship entry - Wandering Adventures

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 | By brittneyreynolds | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

When my mom left my Dad and I shortly after I was born, I didn't know it at the time, but I was destined to spend the next 17 years of my life being raised by a single father who was too poverty stricken and emotionally drained to do anything but get ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship


 

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