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I completed my goal of visiting every inhabited continent with my trip to Australia, as I had been to Africa before in 2007 or 2008. At that time, I had secured an invitation to speak at a conference that was originally to be held in Morocco but got moved to Malta after I had already Read more
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I had not included my daughter in any of the trips I had done up to this point partly due to scheduling issues and concerns about safety in a minority of cases (really just South America), whether warranted or not. However, with a summer vacation approaching, and after some discussion with my daughter and her Read more
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I had been to the Grand Canyon before with my brother and his now ex-wife years past, but only went down to the first station on Bright Angel trail before turning around. Hiking to the bottom and back up was something I wanted to do, but also nervous about the idea due to my fear Read more
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Being somewhat safety-obsessed when it comes to travel, and having heard scary stories about safety in South America, I thoroughly researched the safety situation before selecting my South American destinations to find a location that was both interesting enough to make the trip worthwhile and where I would not be looking over my shoulder constantly. Read more
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I chose Singapore for my first Asian destination because it is one of the safest Asian nations and it was one of the first to relax COVID entry restrictions so that testing was not required to enter. Also, one of my friends from my year abroad lived in Singapore. While we had not kept in Read more
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Ever since I was 20 years old and lived in Manchester, England as an exchange student for a year, a goal of mine had been to visit every inhabited continent. As the travel restrictions from the COVID virus were relaxed and removed, I began reflecting on the fact that in the decades since that experience, Read more
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