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New York
Photo Blog of Christmas in New York 2015
How I use OneNote to Organize my Travels
I never thought I would be such a proponent of a Microsoft product, but here I am: I LOVE Microsoft OneNote (it’s free; I’m not getting any kickbacks) and use it to organize many things in life, including my travel plans. This is how I use it for my vacation planning.…
Kaua’i 2013
Bus ride to Hoa Binh
While in Northern Vietnam, my friend had a classmate from Hoa Binh, a small hill town outside of Hanoi. My friend went in the morning and other three of us were going to join up with her that afternoon (after a doctor’s appointment– see that Misadventure here. Just as we were about to leave…
Nepal
Oct 21, 2014 After a grueling 19+ hours of flying time, we rounded the Himalayas and from the right side of the plane, we got our first view of Mt Everest. How cool is that, to see Everest on the very first day of our trip! They peaked out of…
Cambodia & Vietnam
Jan 16, 2011 Before starting school again, my roommates and I decided to volunteer in Cambodia and then tour some of SE Asia. Our landlord in Australia and his family are major supporters of New Hope Cambodia. This organization has a health clinic, school and farm located in one of the…
Thailand
Oct 31, 2010 My friend and I left on Halloween. It was my first Halloween that I didn’t dress up or celebrate, but I was writing papers all the way up until I had to pack and leave. Thailand is such a nice reward for all of our studies. We flew…
Mean Streets of Paris
French men are different than American men. I wore a knockout dress with a plunging neckline for the fancy rehearsal dinner at a Michelin Star restaurant and took the subway across town. I noticed that French men openly gawked at my low-cut dress, making me feel quite uncomfortable. I’m used…
Tokyo Train Tales
Written March 2003, when I clearly discovered my love of alliterated titles… Trains are the way of travel in Japan. My family and I used them countless times during our week-long trip over Spring Break. We bought a JR Pass (Japan Railway) that allowed us unlimited first class travel…