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Join me on a solo trip around the world! I will write about the planning and saving process, logistics, and my personal hopes and fears. Once the trip begins, I'll be posting updates and photos from New Zealand to Brazil.
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Video of the Week – Costa Rican Waterfall Jump
__________________ Back in 2005, I backpacked around Costa Rica for 18 days. In Montezuma, I hiked up to a series of 3 waterfalls. The middle one is a good 30-feet high, but I didn’t have my camera, nor was I ever able to find a decent pho...
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Ascending Sani Pass To The Kingdom Of Lesotho
My companions for the Hodgson’s Peak hike in Lesotho were an an American family from Denver, Colorado. Mark, a geologist, and his wife, Mary Jo, were visiting their daughter Whitney who was finishing up a semester abroad at the University of C...
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Sandboarding
I arrived at Island Vibe in Jeffrey’s Bay after dark, the sounds of crashing waves all around me. The scene was lively, and the setup much bigger than the sister backpackers in Knysna. I felt a bit out of place, ordering food from a local p...
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Dare #16 - Completed - Cage Diving With Great White Sharks
Boarding the Barracuda, I was acutely aware of the potential for seasickness. At the time, I was more concerned about an upset stomach than getting in the cage. A clearly stated rule of the trip was “no vomiting” in the toilet on board, and a r...
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Sunrise On Lion’s Head And Table Mountain
I was spending too much time debating how to get up Table Mountain. The first rule on every advice list I read was not to hike alone, yet the advice from locals was to bring a phone, water, food, hat, sunscreen and I’d be fine going t...
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Day 3 - Whitewater Rafting
I slept better the second night, and we ate a solid scrambled eggs, toast, and watermelon breakfast. Our time spent walking in the forest the final day was all of 15 minutes. I kid you not! It may well have been the most relaxing trek ever. I thi...
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Day 1 - Hill Tribe Trek
Chiang Mai is plastered with advertisements for treks in the surrounding area, especially north and west of the city. Like tubing in Vang Vieng, and visiting the Killing Fields in Cambodia, trekking in northern Thailand is on most backpackers’...
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Mountain Biking And Elephants
8:45 am - Began mountain biking to river - 1.5 hours (16 km) on dirt/rock road - bumpy enough to justify quality bikes. Sun came out. Hot hot. Seat was hard, didn’t have easy access to all 18 gears. 10:15 am - Arrived at a village, rest br...
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The Birthday Rock Climb
I arrived in Vang Vieng the day before my birthday and decided to go rock climbing as a way to celebrate. A mere 14 years earlier, I had my first experience climbing on a friendly 10-12 meter quarry wall at college. It wasn’t until after I bo...
