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home again jigidy jig

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 | By djswanson | Views [1392] | Comments [2]

WELL WE MADE IT BACK HOME TO RAINY PARADISE, HAWAII. GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN. WE SPENT THE LAST 2 MONTHS TRAVELING TO TWO INCREDIBLE COUNTRIES, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS ADVENTURE AND VERY THANKFUL TO EXPERIENCE ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Re-Texanifying Myself All Over Again

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 | By rachelina | Views [952]

The last time I wrote, I was impatiently awaiting my connecting flight to LAX which was going to bring me one step closer to Austin, my adopted hometown. Now that I'm sitting in a dreary airport hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida awaiting my flight ... Read more >

Tags: austin, exchange, happiness, texas

Only Three Weeks to go!

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 | By rebeccarenee | Views [726]

I don't know what I was thinking with my first entry where I said "only a few more details and I'm ready to go!" HA! I packed my bag for the first time the other day, I'm really glad I did. I repacked it tonight but this time I packed EVERYTHING ... Read more >

Tags: backpacking, getting ready, pack, peru

Looking Back

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By johnandconnie | Views [661]

We are resting up from our trip to Central America (11/07-3/08 - journals.worldnomads.com/connieandjohn ) and taking care of all the mundane matters of civilization like taxes, doctors, dentists and such. We also have been thinking of some trips we ... Read more >

The Sins of The Father . . . And The Mother

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [627]

Jim and Cathy have been friends and partners in crime for 20 years. We have shard campfires and condos, skied countless thousands of vertical feet together and belayed each other on rock walls throughout the Rockies. Their family has adopted ... Read more >

rain and the river

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By christyindominicanrepublic | Views [534] | Comments [4]

I heard the thunder before I left my house, but knowing I had to do a few things in town, I packed up my umbrella and took off. The clouds were already starting to roll in and the sky to darken. I rushed through town, did my errands, ... Read more >

Sipi Falls

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 | By rlaipply | Views [455]

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Day One Hilarity

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 | By linsthompson2 | Views [432] | Comments [1]

Hello all! No trip abroad would be complete without debacles on the very first day. Yesterday was no exception. I arrived at the airport in Guatemala City to chaos. Absolute chaos. There were hoards of people holding signs up and yelling at the ... Read more >

You gone to Uganda?

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By rlaipply | Views [242] | Comments [1]

Say the title out loud... as weird as it sounds in two days (give or take a couple hours) my answer to that question will be yes. For at 6 am on Thursday the 5th my best friend Jamie Roupp (jamieroupp.blogspot.com) and I will begin our journey that will ... Read more >

Day 44: Can u smell what the rock is cooking?

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 | By excellentadventure | Views [178]

Another day of sunshine, ferry trip to San Fran's "infamous", bad-ass island. To my excitement there was an art installation by Ai WeiWei currently showing. His Chinese dragon kite 'With Wind' uses an ancient art form to reference a stark contemporary ... Read more >

White Sands National Monument

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry

I couldn’t do it. After ten hours of driving and six hours of restless car sleep at a Las Cruces truck stop, I wasn’t eager to drive five hours more to Carlsbad Caverns. I flattened my map across the dashboard. If I was willing to drive for an hour—nah, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship