Tag: travel
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Easter Island

In April of 2025, I went to Easter Island. It took quite a while to get there. It’s a 4-and-a-half-hour flight from Santiago, Chile. But once I got there, I was glad that I had made the trip. I went on Tourradar’s “Easter Island Discovery (4 days)” tour. The first day, after being picked up…
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Galapagos Islands

In September of 2024, I took a trip to the Galapagos Islands. To get there, I went on Tourradar’s “Galapagos Discovery (9 days)” tour. I flew into Quito, Ecuador, and then took a flight over to San Cristobal Island. On San Cristobal Island, I walked down to the beach, where I spotted sea lions, marine…
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Vatican City and San Marino

In April of 2024, my mom and I took a trip to Italy. You can read about that here. While we were in Rome, we visited Vatican City, the world’s smallest country. We were able to see St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest church in the world. We were also able to visit the Vatican Museums.…
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Italy

In April of 2024, my mom and I took a trip to Italy. On the same trip, we visited the countries of Vatican City and San Marino. You can read about that here. While in Italy, we did some exploring on our own, and we also went on a tour throughout the country. We went…
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Panama

When I was in college, my dad, younger brother, younger sister, and I took a trip to Panama. We went to Bocas del Toro. We were living in Costa Rica at the time, so it was only a few hours’ drive away. We stayed there for just a few days. Our hotel was right on…
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USA (Hawaii)

As I mentioned on my North America page, I currently live in and have traveled around the USA. On two separate occassions, I went to Hawaii. While Hawaii is part of the USA, it is so different from the other parts of the country that I felt like it deserved its own entry. I went…
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Mexico

When I was a kid, my family flew to the United States, bought a van, and then drove down to Costa Rica, where we were living at the time. On our way from the USA to Costa Rica, we drove through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. I was quite young, but I do remember the…
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Nicaragua

When I was a kid, my family flew to the United States, bought a van, and then drove down to Costa Rica, where we were living at the time. On our way from the USA to Costa Rica, we drove through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. I was quite young, but I do remember the…
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China

I went to China in 2008, a few months before the country hosted the Olympic Games. It was an interesting place, with a mixture of traditional culture and modern commerce. I stayed there for about a week, in and around Beijing, going on some tours as well as exploring the area on my own. I…
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Thailand

Thailand was the second country I went to in Asia. I went to the city of Chiang Mai. I was there for about a week, going on different tours every day. I visited Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, a large and gorgeous temple. I went to Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand. While I…