Before my trip to Colombia, I worried about my safety in Bogota. I was headed there for a week — three days on my own (a solo female) and four days with a group of friends. I wasn’t too concerned about whether Bogota is safe as a group, but I had hesitations about traveling solo […]
My first visit to Fort Lauderdale was back in 2006 and at the time, I foolishly thought of it as Miami’s little sister. It wasn’t until many years later when I decided to go back and give the city a second look that I realized it had blossomed into a sightDOING hotspot. I found tons
I was already in Barbados by the time I heard about Tropical Storm Kirk. To be honest, hurricane season in Barbados hadn’t even crossed my mind while I was prepping and packing. Little did I know that I was in for a surprise. It wasn’t that I was naive: Barbados hurricane season just hasn’t been
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It all started with a video. It was the most boring video that ever existed: Mike and I, sitting on our living room couch, talking straight into a camera about why we’d be the perfect contestants for The Amazing Race. Honestly, I don’t blame the producers for deleting our tape without giving it a second thought. There
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Deciding which Sri Lankan safari to include on my trip was one of the most frustrating parts of planning. There are almost too many choices, and never enough information on each one, so I spent most of the research process locked in indecision. Finally, I settled on Wilpattu National Park, which ended up being the
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I’m far from a SUP expert, so getting on a board in Hamburg, Germany made me a little nervous. Unlike where I’ve gone before, there’s nothing tropical about stand up paddling Hamburg style. Falling in didn’t seem like an appealing option, but in a city with so many waterways, it would be a shame not to
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I met two different Hamburgs: on one day, I ran around with a press trip, seeing many different sides of the city and getting the type of context that writes a New York Times article. It was interesting, in an academic kind of way, and I saw its potential as a rising destination. But it
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Growing up, my hometown’s tagline was “Rochester: Made for Living”. And that described it perfectly: a wonderful place to live with lots of everyday amenities, even if it wasn’t a tourism hotspot. Slowly but surely that’s evolved, with more and more things to do in Rochester NY putting it solidly on the travel map. Today,
Morocco dazzles with incredible history, mesmerizing mountains, vibrant cities, and a desert that goes on as far as the eyes can see. There aren’t many countries with that much variety, and you need two weeks in Morocco to see it all. After suffering from information overload trying to plan my own trip to Morocco, I
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