This is a guest post by Susan Guillory of The Unexplorer. I don’t know about you, but I love taking photos on my travels. At home, I upload them to Flickr, then enjoy a slide show on my tv. It’s a great way to reminisce and feel like I’m back on the road. And yet, it’s taken me […]
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This is a guest post by Susan Guillory of The Unexplorer. If you’re like me, you soak up books about living in other countries. That’s why, when I had the opportunity to review So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam, by Karin Esterhammer, I jumped at the chance. The name of the book, naturally, piqued
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At promptly 11:45 a van for Manuel Antonio Surf School pulls up out front of our home, Villa Oasis, for the last three nights of our 10 day Costa Rican vacation. My boyfriend, Michael, and I are greeted by two locals who help us into the van. Our instructor, Lorenzo, introduces himself and informs us
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As I left the comfort of my air-conditioned bus, I followed a cobblestone street deep into the heart of El Javillar. A trio of young Dominican children laughed and played under the stream of a garden hose, finding relief from the hot carribean sun. Skinny dogs roamed the village looking for scraps of food. I
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This is a guest post by Susan Guillory of The Unexplorer. wan.der to walk/explore/amble in an unplanned or aimless way with a complete openness to the unknown I’d never given much thought to wandering. When I travel, I wander. I amble down streets, unsure of where I’m headed, but excited to find it once I get
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Did you know that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will be a victim of domestic violence? It can happen in hostels and it can happen in luxury hotels. I was a silent witness to domestic violence during a stay at a boutique hotel. I wrote about my experience on this
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