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North America Travel

American Highways, Road Trip Through America’s Heartland

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Day 1: Highway 101 to the 10 Road Tripping through America with a raging pandemic was no easy feat. Businesses are closed, national parks shut down, monuments abandoned. Yet, regardless of the obvious set-backs, many adventures and incredible experiences awaited us, as my girlfriend and I set off on a ten-day highway journey from California to Michigan. Because of Covid we were relegated to visiting America’s small towns and less visited areas, avoiding the cities…

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Greenville, SC: Exploring the Carolina High Country During the Pandemic

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I must confess — I traveled during the coronavirus pandemic. As dicey as it is, I succumbed to the temptations of visiting the low-risk members of my family. They were certain that we could remain socially distant and that everyone would wear masks and maintain strict hand-washing protocols, never letting our guard down, not even for a quick hug. So, without hesitation, I took the chance, and booked my flight to Greenville, South Carolina.  I…

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Santa Barbara During the Pandemic: Reflecting On Our Hardships, Uniqueness, and Bright Future Ahead

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My alarm goes off at 5:30am, on what normally would be an average Saturday. I get up, hydrate, stretch, and run out the door with my surfboard and coffee in hand. Feeling refreshed by the early morning sunrise, I rush down the steep stairs hugging the cliff at my favorite springtime surf break and enter the water, in the present moment, without a care in the world. Immediately, I am reminded that this is not…

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On The Road To The Edge Of The World: Big Sur

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If you’re coming from one of California’s sprawling webs of urbanity you’ve probably ventured, or at least thought about venturing either north or south towards the dramatic coastal landscape known as Big Sur. Dauntingly remote yet jokingly accessible from California’s two largest metropolis’, its draw has been contagious for decades. If you’ve driven the serpentine stretch of highway 1 that hugs the precipitous oceanside cliffs and forested canyons then you’ve probably either fallen in love…

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New York City- A Two Day Stroll

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Winter greeted me as I touched down at JFK airport during an intense February blizzard with high winds and whiteout conditions. Exiting the airport from the AIRTRAIN at Jamaica station I was blasted by the coldest air I’ve felt in a decade. My lungs were weakened by living in warm latitudes for so long. As a first time visitor I felt overwhelmed navigating the old metro system and its impatient crowds. Once seated on the…

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