Tag: friends
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363 | Reflection :: Iceland, 2014
After 362 days, and quite a lot of lagging behind and catching up, I’ve finally come full circle. It’s been a pretty cool journey, looking back at all these years through the photos I’ve taken, thinking about the places I’ve been, things I’ve done, people I’ve met. I have come to realize that the best…
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362 | On the Road Together :: Norway, 2018
Of all my travel buddies XX and I have been friends the shortest amount of time, and she’s closer to my sister in age than myself. Given her professorship sometimes people forget how young she is, and doesn’t cut her the slack she probably deserves. We are both super direct, and often say hurtful things…
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361 | On the Road Together :: Antelope Canyon, USA, 2015
Speaking of girl trips, this was definitely one for the books. As with many road trips, there were a few surprises on this one. We got lost on the way to Zion and ended up being too late for a hike I wanted to do. We decided to do a different one instead, and when…
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360 | On the Road Together :: Cartagena, Colombia, 2015
After being roommates for many years, Elaine and I have fully acknowledged our differences. I’m used to checking into a hostel with no particular itinerary in mind, and she’s well, probably the opposite of that. I have to admit I was a bit nervous when we first decided to take a trip to a developing…
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359 | On the Road Together :: Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2012
It just so happened that Dru was doing a stint in Tokyo when I quit my job, so I naturally started my around the world trip there. Given his relaxed schedule, we ended up running all over Asia together, meeting up with other friends along the way. We were those annoying tourists doing inappropriate poses…
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358 | On the Road Together :: Machu Picchu, Peru, 2011
Masha and I were spending practically all our time together in a cramped conference room when we decided to take a break from work. We had been accumulating thousands of Starwood points and had plenty of free nights to use after a year of work related travel. We spent a luxurious two weeks in France…
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357 | On the Road Together :: Sapporo, Japan, 2004
Before I went to Japan, I had never traveled with anyone but my parents, and definitely never traveled by myself. The second day after we landed in Osaka, Lucy convinced me to take me to Hiroshima with her, even though we had never even taken the train before. In that one short year, thanks to…
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355 | We Were Once Strangers :: Sipadan, Malaysia, 2014
My last solo dive trip was to Sipadan, Malaysia, at the recommendation of the same friend who persuaded me to learn diving in the first place. The trip started out a disaster. Through no one’s fault but my own, I missed my connection and had to sleep at the airport, and ended up almost missing…
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354 | We Were Strangers Once :: Guilin, China, 2013
I met Soraya and her then boyfriend on a day trip to the terrace farms in Guilin. She was young and vibrant, eager to learn about Chinese culture and found me to be an interesting intermediary whom she could pose otherwise sensitive questions. Our time together on that trip was short, but we kept in…
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353 | We Were Strangers Once :: Tibet, 2014
As a non-Chinese citizen, getting to Tibet is not easy, so I decided to take that trip before leaving the country. We arrived in Lhasa and joined the rest of our tour group, 3 teachers from an international school in Nanjing and a lone Italian train conductor. There was way more driving than I expected,…