tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80168930911457371282024-02-20T20:31:27.437-08:00The Travel Weaselcome travel the world with meAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-88611274034674526972015-08-18T17:56:00.001-07:002015-08-18T18:08:05.439-07:00How to be the WORST at Traveling (Specifically via Airplane)<div style="text-align: center;">
Let me start by saying that I know I am privileged. I've been lucky enough to see lots of the world and spend much of my free time taking in new cities and new people. And I love it! Often what this means is that I have to fly. Again, honored that I get to fly at all, because I understand that it's not an option for everyone. BUT, that being said, there's a reason people hate flying. Flying is stressful for a number of reasons - large number of people also traveling at any given time, time consuming, restrictions on what you can bring, etc.<br />
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I just got back from an AMAZING two weeks in the UK with my favorite travel PIC.<br />
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This girl is the bee's knees when it comes to travel. She'll look everything up and plan all activities, but doesn't freak out if things don't go as planned. Everyone needs someone like this in their lives. She can attest that I despise advanced planning. I get bored/frustrated/distracted and inevitably give up on it. Not this girl. This girl is focused AND chill.<br />
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As the self-proclaimed travel weasel, I've had quite a bit of experience with airports and the hell that flying can be. I've been in scary customs situations where people speak a different language, have guns, and are yelling things you don't understand at 3am. Reasonably, that's a little scary.<br />
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However, flying back from this UK trip led to one of the most continuously horrific airport experiences I've been in.<br />
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Flight plan: LHR -> JFK -> ATL. Pretty simple.<br />
People often only know Atlanta from the horrors they've experienced in either the airport or traffic through the city. ATL has nothing on the nonsense that was LHR & JFK today.<br />
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Heathrow - English-speaking airport. JFK - English-speaking airport. My confusion as an English-speaking native and frequent flyer: 10/10.<br />
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Simply, my experience felt like day 1 at the airport for everyone. First time ever at an airport for all travelers & staff and no one has even ever heard rumors of how airports are supposed to work.<br />
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Reason #1 I feel this way: When you get to Terminal 3 of the London Heathrow airport, you're greeted by a combined Delta/Virgin ticket counter area. There are approximately 20 self-serve kiosks for check-in & ticket printing, 20 bag drop lines, 4 physical ticket agent lines, a bunch of weird kiosks on wheels that say "Delta Security Check", and zero direction on where to go or what queue is for which line. So, like the experienced traveler I am, I decided to ask for help. Pro-tip: don't ask only one person for help, chances are they have as much idea as you have as to what's going on. Just keep asking people. Oh, and if you find yourself flying Delta out of LHR, you have to talk to a Delta staff member at the mobile security check kiosks for reasons I still don't understand.<br />
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Reason #2: Baggage drop at Heathrow had lines of ~20 people per kiosk - no big deal, it's a baggage drop. Line should move quickly. An hour later and still in line to drop my bag off, I make it to the front. Hand gate agent boarding pass & passport. She weighs the bag & prints off sticker - all good. Why did it take more than 10 minutes to get though everyone in front of me, no idea.<br />
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Reason #3: The flight I was on notified me while printing my pass that there was a call for volunteers. Knowing that I was flying to a connection, JFK versus directly to ATL, I figured I'd volunteer, only if they could book me direct to Atlanta that day. Go to talk to a ticketing agent about this. They have no idea. They direct me to a single man helping a family of 7 and a queue behind them to find out if this is an option. Wait in that queue for a while - quickly evident that he's going to be a while with the family. Find different info/ticketing agent that looks like same position as this guy to see if other person could maybe do it instead - no. They redirect me to the same guy still with the family and now a longer queue. Okay, willingness to volunteer has passed.<br />
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So, since a growing number of people are first time fliers - I've written up a little list to make sure you travel with ease! Oh and reasons 4-13 why I'm pretty sure today was international fly for the first time day.<br />
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1. Yell. It's irrelevant if you don't even have a reason to yell, yell anyway.<br />
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2. Have your 3 children under 4 years old hover next to you at the baggage carousel with hundreds of other people and the world's heaviest bags after being on a plane for 9hrs. No children? No problem! Borrow some.<br />
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3. Stand up in the plane aisle before you get to the gate, ensuring that no one near you can be comfortable for the next 20 minutes while you wait to deplane. Bonus points if your butt hovers in the face of the person next to you or if you continually elbow anyone.<br />
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4. Turn the volume on your iPad/iPod/radio/cellular device as loud as it can go - do NOT put your headphones in. Headphones are for squares.<br />
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5. Whatever you do, do not read any signs. Signs are mostly confusing pictures anyway, and I'm sure anything important on them will be told to you by a physical person at some point.<br />
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6. But if you are going to stop to read a sign, because you have a lot of free time and want to hone up on your sign interpretation skills, stop in the middle of pedestrian foot traffic in a crowded hall.<br />
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7. Do not pay attention to anyone talking. Customs agent ready for you? Important information regarding how to go through the ever so exclusive TSA-precheck line? Immigration needs your declaration? These are all probably just suggestions. Ignore at will anyone giving you instructions or further directions. You do you.<br />
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8. There will be an arm rest between you and the person next to you, this can go up. Definitely put it up if it isn't already. Extra barriers prevent friendship, and you're sure to bond over the next 9 jet lagged hours.<br />
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9. The Golden Rule - If all else fails, panic. This may combine any number of the aforementioned rules. Personally, I recommend yelling at the other passengers to "Hurry Up" and "Let's go". Especially if they're elderly. Oh, and then comment to no one in particular that the overhead bags should have already been down by now. Even if the plane hasn't reached the jet bridge. Irrelevant. When you finally get out of your seat, push up close to the people in front of you. You have a connecting flight in an hour, it's completely reasonable to panic. I'm sure nobody else has any time sensitive obligations.<br />
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Let me finish by saying, I wasn't the perfect traveler today either. I got frustrated and almost bitched out an entire family for being inconsiderate (see #2 on how to be the worst). When asked where my bag was going, I said Dallas. Um? No, it's definitely not going to Dallas, but for a full 15 seconds I was absolutely convinced it had to go to Dallas. This confused a gate agent which made her double check something which then delayed the line a bit - my B. I accidentally used a curse word with a customs agent. (Him - how was your trip? Me - it was good, but freezing! Him - really?? Me - it was winter, absolute bullshit weather.) No big deal, but there I go holding up a line again.<br />
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More tips on how to be the worst at traveling? I'd love to read them! Comment below.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-84714255612509344992014-07-17T07:49:00.000-07:002014-07-17T08:38:32.324-07:00Fear the unknown (but go anyway)<div style="text-align: center;">
Every time I go <i>anywhere,</i> and I mention it to extended family or friends, I'm confronted with fear.</div>
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Fear of a travel emergency happening to me.</div>
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Fear I'll be abducted, tortured, and killed.</div>
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(At least I'm assuming this is the reason for all the questions)</div>
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And fear (when traveling) is a good thing. </div>
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Fear can keep you safe.</div>
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But it can also hold you back.</div>
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<i>Don't</i> be afraid to <u>try something new</u>, just because you're a little uncomfortable.</div>
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Eat the street food.</div>
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Visit rural areas.</div>
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Carry cash on you for shopping.</div>
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Talk to the locals.</div>
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Take public transportation.<br />
Stay in the part of town off the beaten path.<br />
<i><a href="http://marksrichardson.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/road-less-traveled.jpg" target="_blank">Take the road less traveled by.</a></i></div>
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Get a feel for the area you're going to by diving in and trying <i><b>everything</b></i>.</div>
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But be smart too.</div>
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We fear the above, and our families and friends fear for us, because the above are unknown.</div>
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<i>If I eat the street food, will I get food poisoning?</i></div>
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<i>What if I get stuck somewhere and can't get home?</i></div>
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<i>What if I get robbed?</i></div>
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Yes, these things can happen and do happen.</div>
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You know what else happens?</div>
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We discover the <i>best </i>corn we've ever had.</div>
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And we fall in love with people and a city.</div>
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And the best part? We <b>save money</b> by doing it this way.<br />
Versus falling into tourist traps and putting out the big bucks to build up a false sense of security.<br />
(because you can still get food poisoning from a $200 meal)<br />
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Combat this fear by enlisting a friend whose also afraid.<br />
Be brave together.<br />
Embrace the culture & the experience recklessly.<br />
Combat FOMO by doing it all.<br />
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If you were looking for someone to tell you <i>it's okay, go ahead and do it. </i><br />
This is it.<br />
You can do it.<br />
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xoxo<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-439014383598986282014-07-15T08:00:00.000-07:002014-07-17T08:38:15.883-07:00How to backpack in luxury<div style="text-align: center;">
You may or may not know this about me, but I'm not really the outdoorsy type.</div>
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I mean.</div>
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I love adventure.</div>
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And traveling.</div>
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And experiencing the outdoors.</div>
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But I'm not one to rough it.</div>
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My idea of roughing it usually includes access to running water.</div>
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But I mean, if I have to live in paradise for a few days without, <i>oh darn</i>.</div>
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On that note though, I mentioned <a href="http://thetravelweasel.blogspot.com/2014/06/flying-in-style.html" target="_blank">previously</a> that I'm allotted one personal item for this trip.</div>
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After much deliberation with my travel PIC, Stas, we agreed it made sense to share a checked bag for liquids we wanted to bring.</div>
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(sharing body wash, sunscreen, etc)</div>
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But, we've primarily designated that for liquids and possible souvenirs</div>
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So anyways, I'm back to how to pack for 10 days in a backpack.</div>
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Here's my easy guide for packing.</div>
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<b>One.</b> <i>Know the purpose of your trip</i></div>
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Are you planning on going scuba diving? Downhill skiing? Hiking? City wandering? Exploring the night life? Sleeping? etc. The better prepared you are for activities pre-flight, the easier the trip will be! And the easier to pack!</div>
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For this trip, we're primarily enjoying the tropical climate and praying it doesn't rain (so, swimming), and getting to know the city (so, walking). Which means I need lightweight clothing, good walking shoes, and probably more than one swimsuit.</div>
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I ended up buying these in the light grey/blue option.</div>
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<b>Two. </b><i>Know what you can't live without</i></div>
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Mascara? Your teddy bear? Snapple? Slippers knit by your grandma? Your kindle? Medicine?</div>
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Whatever <i>it</i> is, bring it. You don't want to be miserable for any period of time without it. </div>
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For me this is mascara, medicine, and something to do on the plane. I can't read on the plane, as I get <i>that </i>motion sick, but I can watch movies and listen to music, so forgetting my headphones would be a nightmare.</div>
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I have ones one step down from these, and they're incredible.</div>
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<b>Three</b>. <i>Check the weather. Then check again. And recheck</i>.</div>
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Are you going during prime blizzard season? Are you going to the alps or the equator? Will it rain? Is there even a chance of rain?</div>
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For me, I'm going to Panama during the rainy season. Okay, so close to the equator and probable rain. So light clothing and rain gear. I can "wear" a rain coat onto the plane to save space and double as a blanket for the occasionally freezing airplanes. I could also stick an umbrella into my backpack's cup holder. Try to wear the heaviest items that you want to bring on to the plane to save luggage space. So, for me, that'll be jeans, a sweatshirt, a dress tucked into my jeans (just kidding... probably), and a shirt. </div>
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<b>Four</b>. <i>Roll, roll, roll your clothes</i></div>
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Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.</div>
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I think every travel guide in the history of guides has mentioned that rolling your clothes is the easiest way to save space. And roll <i>tightly. </i></div>
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If you really want to see a pro at work, check this guy out.</div>
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<b>Five. </b><i>Get crafty</i></div>
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Can you lift a ton? Use space bags to reduce the size of your carry on, but just be prepared to get a workout in.</div>
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Do you get cold in airports? Maybe wear three pairs of pants to the airport and double up on socks.</div>
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Pack jewelry and sunglasses either on your body (sorry security) or in your shoes.</div>
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And hey, there's no shame in wearing a mismatched outfit through security if it's everything bulky you're bringing. It's okay to be <i>that </i>person. The non-revs will hate you, but oh well.</div>
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<b>Six</b>. <i>Know your accommodations</i></div>
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Are you staying in a 5-star hotel with towels and pillows? Are you pitching a tent? Are you couch surfing?</div>
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For us, we're traveling through different hostels. Really not too sure if they have towels or pillows for us. Since I know we're spending a lot of time at the beach, I'm going to bring a beach towel. This will double as a bath towel in a pinch. I'll be using the extra storage we bought via the checked bag to store this.</div>
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If you're <i>really</i> unsure of your accommodations, stash a pillow case in your bag. You can fill dirty (or clean) clothes in here to create a pillow and double as a laundry bag. (although, if you're hiking all day and they're smelly, maybe don't do that).</div>
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So these are the tips I'm going to be using. </div>
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Maybe they'll work? Maybe they won't.</div>
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My schedule for the week has me packing Tuesday night & finishing Thursday (because you know, TRIPLE CHECKING THE WEATHER)</div>
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So, I'll let ya know how it goes :)<br />
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xoxo<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-68941692746029047072014-06-13T08:50:00.001-07:002014-07-17T08:38:07.119-07:00Flying in Style<div style="text-align: center;">
So.</div>
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I’m traveling to Panama on one of those budget airlines that makes a 5hr direct flight into like… minimum 24hrs of traveling, but hey, it was cheap. </div>
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What it also means is that anything over a personal item requires some extra dough to get in on board.</div>
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Now that I’m no longer flying non-rev, I have to think about these things… </div>
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like extra luggage. </div>
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I also realized while prepping, that I don’t have a “personal item” to really bring with me… </div>
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So, I came up with some options to purchase.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/AM-Landen-Medium-Canvas-Backpack/dp/B006FDFJDO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1405368332&sr=8-11&keywords=backpack" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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I kind of feel like if it’s strapped to me, they can’t tell me it’s a non-personal item. </div>
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Maybe that’s backwards logic, butttt whateva.<br />
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Ideally, I want something stylish that looks like I’m a super cool globe trotter. But, it also needs to have quite a bit of space (while still being a “personal item”) and having lots of pockets would be excellent for stashing items.<br />
So like, this is super cute.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/JanSport-Right-Pack-Backpack-Aqua/dp/B00CA6Y8EQ/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1405368383&sr=8-20&keywords=backpack" target="_blank">this.</a></td></tr>
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But not really practical…<br />
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I'm also loving these:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gusti-Genuine-Leather-Weekender-R25b/dp/B00DCX5K9I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_a_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=11QPV3BC73DAJ808Y9T1" target="_blank">Ooh leather</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Herschel-Supply-Co-City-Sunsoaked/dp/B00EDFVIKE/ref=sr_1_12?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1405369886&sr=1-12" target="_blank">Herschel - obsessed!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sakroots-Artist-Circle-Rolling-Duffle/dp/B00IRWUHJM/ref=sr_1_16?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1405370166&sr=1-16&keywords=sakroots" target="_blank">sakroots</a>.</td></tr>
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Up next. How to pack for 10 days in a bag this size.</div>
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(hahahaha) <br />
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Which bag would you take on a "personal item only" trip?<br />
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xoxo<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-76960591322090411852014-06-10T14:49:00.002-07:002014-07-17T08:37:45.116-07:00On the Road Again<div align="center">
Well.</div>
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I realize that I left off in the middle of a story and never got back around to finishing it.</div>
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My apologies for being the worst.</div>
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Things that have happened in my hiatus:</div>
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Made it back to the states in one piece</div>
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Cried over the sight of a bagel</div>
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I mean like, bawled. In an airport. In front of people. Over a bagel.</div>
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Was reunited with this guy:</div>
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Moved back to New Orleans</div>
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GRADUATED COLLEGE</div>
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Moved back to Wisconsin in what was the longest solo road trip without reason</div>
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So what's coming up in the next 6 months then?</div>
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Panama. Seattle. Alaska. Canada. Atlanta. London? Paris?</div>
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Oh.. yeah... and working on filling in the blanks from the last year.</div>
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whoops.<br />
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xoxo</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-10502820111446534472013-05-15T05:56:00.002-07:002013-05-15T05:56:46.916-07:00Wait... You're Still Here?<div style="text-align: center;">
Oh hey.</div>
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Sorry for such a long hiatus...</div>
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And for now the world's worst apology post.</div>
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It's not that I haven't been traveling. I've definitely been traveling.</div>
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I just ran out of free time. </div>
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Or I was too busy living.</div>
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Or school...</div>
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Or some other equally lame excuse.</div>
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And now I'm about to again be without internet for the next five or so days...</div>
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Sorry.</div>
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But, rest assured, I haven't forgotten about <strike>all of you readers</strike> (family that may still be keeping track of me)!</div>
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I feel like leaving my last post on the note of essentially binge drinking for a semester would be worrisome.</div>
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So, fear not! I'm still kickin'.</div>
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While I catching up on the last month and a half, enjoy this picture of me chillin' with a monkey...</div>
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Back soon, loves.</div>
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xoxox</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-66900618759765815832013-04-03T06:37:00.003-07:002013-04-03T06:38:55.877-07:00How to Drink your way through a Country.<div>
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First.</div>
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Let me preface this post by saying, I do not condone excessive drinking or alcoholism or underage drinking or drinking under many medical conditions, WHICH MEANS YOU SHOULDN'T ACTUALLY TAKE THE TITLE SERIOUSLY IF YOU FALL UNDER ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CATEGORIES.</div>
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I also fully support abstaining from drinking while also living every day to the fullest. Drinking doesn't mean you'll have a good time, and is in no way necessary to have a good time.</div>
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Anyways, let me continue.</div>
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Living out in Western Australia to some extent is like living in wine country in Napa Valley. When there is so much local variety available, how could one not try all the area has to offer?</div>
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(Again, see paragraphs one & two)</div>
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So here are some photos of vineyards and wineries and cider drinking and such.<br />
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Gambling & drinking with 50 lashes cider.</div>
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A note on cider: if you like apples or pears, this is the stuff for you. Alcoholic, bubbly, and usually reasonably priced pints. But, it's also usually too sweet and bubbly for more than a midi. </div>
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Love honey? Prefer sweet wine? You've come to the right place.</div>
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Full of honey and wine and bee paraphernalia.</div>
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And then there was the cutest darn winery down south of all time.</div>
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It was a little slice of heaven this side of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Barker,_Western_Australia" target="_blank">Mount Barker</a>.</div>
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Welcome to <a href="http://www.gilbertwines.com.au/contact.aspx" target="_blank">Gilbert's Winery</a>.</div>
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This family owned & operated quaint little place was fantastic.</div>
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While waiting to start a tasting, Mrs. Gilbert suggested we wander through the garden and try a fig.</div>
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Easily one of the most delicious pieces of fruit I've ever eaten.</div>
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Does anyone have a fig tree I can bum from them?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Side note: can you tell that we're a bunch of tourists from this photo?</span></div>
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Gilbert's was adorable and delicious. And an incredibly inviting experience.</div>
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Each of us ended up buying a bottle of something sweet.</div>
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Three Lads developed after they had all matured some.</div>
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If you happen to be down south, consider this a must do.</div>
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We stopped at a place where the first red flag should've been a charge on the tasting.</div>
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With each sip, I regretted every (figurative) penny spent.</div>
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Upon first glance, the venue was overwhelmingly beautiful.</div>
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While the wine was overwhelmingly disappointing.</div>
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There were numerous times throughout the tasting where I legitimately started gagging.</div>
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The spit bucket was mostly full by the time our gang was done.</div>
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Beyond that, we were given negative attention by the sommelier. </div>
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There were quite a few other parties looking to try wine, but you could see we were bottom on the priority list of being treated and he didn't even bother asking if we were interested in anything after our tasting had finished.</div>
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A slight rant, but an experience in stark contrast to the others.<br />
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Major photo cred to Anastasia and Kelsey <3</div>
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This last weekend, Mother Goose swept us up, up and away to a land even further down under.</div>
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But, before I go much further, have I introduced Mother Goose yet?</div>
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A brief synopsis: He's our guide to the land down under.<br />
And takes us on all of these fantastic adventures.<br />
His name is mother goose, because we follow him around much like this:<br />
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So, Mother Goose was our guide to Albany, approximately a six hour drive.<br />
In the back of a church bus.<br />
Have I ever mentioned that I get really, reallllly motion sick?<br />
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And let me just tell you, Albany was absolutely gorgeous. If you get a sense from the map and the following pictures, it felt like we were on a cliff at the edge of the earth looking out at the abyss.<br />
So, needless to say we had a fabulous time.<br />
Despite any initial nausea.<br />
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In these pictures it's awfully hard to tell, but Albany was rainy and freezing for our weekend there. And it looks much closer to the coast of Ireland in my mind than the coast of southern Australia. My mind was blown.<br />
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We got to experience some pretty crazy things at the edge of the earth.<br />
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Including the natural bridge and the gap.<br />
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Here's the thing though, we spent a weekend in cold, windy, rainy generally speaking, crap, weather, but it definitely added to the beauty of everything.<br />
It even made a shit photographer like myself make it look like something beautiful.<br />
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After the beauty that was the gap, we wandered over to a wind farm.<br />
Let me just say, coming from the midwest and having to drive through wind farm country every time I want to drive somewhere, I was less than enthusiastic.<br />
I was cold. And it was still gross out. And all I could think was, you want me to go back out there to hike up a hill and look at some windmills?<br />
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But even the windmills were beautiful.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And the view from above was spectacular.</span><br />
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But, we continued on to the Valley of the Giants.<br />
This was... spectacular. Again, these photographs basically took themselves. Because I have negative skill.<br />
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This picture doesn't do the height of the bridge justice. But I love this picture because it captures the energy of the weekend so greatly.</div>
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I'm sorry for such a long, picture heavy blog post.</div>
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Okay. You caught me again, not really.</div>
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I took hundreds of gorgeous photos, and managed to narrow it down to these few, plus a few I stole from my besties that they captured.</div>
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But, for the sake of stopping this before it becomes a three page post, I'll cut it off now. This doesn't give a feel for the whole weekend, or explain the meadery or vineyards, but that's okay, because that'll just give me an excuse to post again :P</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-65387336522763147812013-03-10T20:41:00.002-07:002013-03-10T20:41:40.212-07:00All Good Things Must Come to an End.<div style="text-align: center;">
This is a philosophy that I tend not to abide by.</div>
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Why should good things come to an end? More over, why should they <i>have to</i>.</div>
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Anyways. To those slightly jealous of this crazy adventure, fear not, for there's always a bit of trouble brewing in paradise. </div>
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Reasons why today I'm a negative nancy:</div>
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My phone/connection to the world has stopped functioning.</div>
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This seems like an easy solve: just buy a new phone. But, when your phone was too expensive for words, that's a ridiculous option. This can't be happening to <i>my</i> phone. Surely not.</div>
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But alas, it is. </div>
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And it just makes you feel like an idiot for throwing money away on technology when all this time I could've been working on acquiring a falcon and getting my falconry certification so I could have both a stealth hunter and messenger. </div>
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Due to my over-reliance on technology (to be clear, I'm blaming societal pressure on my generation as a whole for this reliance not me or my particular upbringing), my entire life has gone into shambles.</div>
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I can't coordinate or contact or set alarms or check my calendar or get un-lost. This is most certainly a problem. I'm working on it.</div>
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So, I blame this on screwing up my memorized time for lectures.</div>
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Which means that I thought my Monday morning class started at 10am, but I was way wrong. It most certainly started at 9am.<br />Thankfully, the lecture notes are online, but that's not helping this gut-wrenching feeling in the pit of my stomach as I contemplate how I unintentionally skipped the 2nd week of a 3 hour lecture. </div>
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Throughout this entire mess, I've also meant to apply to grad school.</div>
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Which hasn't happened, because it's like professors don't understand e-mail.</div>
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And without the base knowledge of replying to an e-mail, I'll never get letters of recommendation lined up while abroad.</div>
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So, now I'm behind on that.</div>
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And then of course there's always the cost of living here. Which is high. Much, much higher than the U.S.</div>
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People make a lot more here. Which would be awesome, except job applications aren't panning out.</div>
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So, I'm soon to be the person who can't do anything fun especially traveling as my money comes to an end.</div>
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<strike>So, I don't mean to bitch</strike>. Okay. I lied. I did mean to. sorry. Almost done. Promise.</div>
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It might just be an entire bottle of wine while watching Quentin Tarantino anything kind of night and wallowing in only a little bit of self-pity. </div>
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Only deportation or the threat thereof could make me leave this wonderful country.</div>
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The first few weeks here have been a giant party of meeting people and having an overall wonderful time.</div>
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I've met fabulous Aussies both from the area and from all over the country. I've met wonderful non-Aussies as well from all over the world.</div>
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To anybody that was nervous for me (myself included), have no fear, I'm in heaven.<br />
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Because I get to sit on giant rocks and admire the beach after a full day at work.<br />
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Next to a giant sculpture-esque <strike>crawfish </strike>lobster.</div>
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Even if I don't understand the Metric system (thanks 'merica) or Celsius or the accent half the time, I've irrevocably fallen in love.</div>
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I adore my flatmates (aka the five other fabulous girls I live with plus some other adoptees).<br />
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I adore everyone in this whole living arrangement.</div>
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I adore the other Americans I've met.</div>
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And I most certainly adore every last Aussie.</div>
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So take it from a now sort of moving a long way a way pro: don't be nervous to make a major life change. You can do it. You'll find friendly people. Trust me, if I can do it full of sarcasm, you can do it while being a genuinely nice person too. (I guess this doesn't apply if you're a total jerk. Total jerks, rethink things).</div>
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As part of this whole study abroad program thing I'm on, I get to do some pretty sweet stuff.</div>
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Right after a few other Americans had landed, our program leaders swept us all up and took us up to a couple day surf camp.</div>
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Where there are kangaroos everywhere.<br />
And the Koalas seem keen on making friends while chomping away.<br />
And there's more culture at one Inn than experienced in most places in the world.<br />
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This area was gorgeous. And filled with adventure.<br />
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On to the "Pro" "Surfing" part...<br />
I apologize for the complete lack of photos at my complete failed attempts at learning to surf.<br />
We'll play another imagination game.<br />
Close your eyes and imagine that you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean.<br />
The water here is salty. For the full effect, feel free to throw some salt in your eyes and dump it down your nose.<br />
Refreshing.<br />
(Jokes. Please don't do that. The falling head first part into the ocean and being bombarded by waves was not the best part of the trip... let's move on...)<br />
You see a wave. Try to catch it with the techniques you just learned.<br />
You have approximately five seconds to complete the tasks at hand and stand on the board before hitting shore line. Maybe you're killer at this. Or perhaps like myself, you suck ass at this and are completely incapable of following the task at hand.<br />
That's okay. If you fall into the former category, way to go! You keep on surfing. I'll ring up the press.<br />
If you fall into the latter, just enjoy holding onto the board as a flotation device and bobbing up and down with the waves. There's nothing quite that relaxing.<br />
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Until next time, enjoy this video of a koala eating a leaf while being sprinkled on.<br />
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So, remember way back when, when I <a href="http://www.thetravelweasel.com/2013/01/so-call-me-maybe-crazy.html" target="_blank">mentioned</a> that I was arriving early just to spend an evening seeing my favorite musical combination in a long while?</div>
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I made it here and I saw them.</div>
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From the second I landed in Perth on the 14th, I immediately commenced operation get Taylor a ticket.</div>
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This plan of action pretty much got me no where.</div>
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As of Sunday at 6pm, I was headed to the concert venue from my newly acquired living arrangements on campus without a ticket.</div>
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After arriving at the beautiful venue, I worked on making a few scouting friends to see if they had any tickets. When they didn't, they helped me find more people who might. So thanks new besties!</div>
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**This is the box office. The evening before the concert, I almost talked this lady into overselling the venue for one extra ticket. I was <i>soooo</i> close too. Close, but no shebang. </div>
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This was a message I sent my dad just a half hour before scheduled start time when I thought all was hopeless:</div>
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Sitting outside of macklemore venue now. I've tried everything in my playbook to get a ticket, but no shebang. I'll try to not get arrested."</span></div>
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I really thought I was going to have to figure out a way to jump a wall. The message I didn't send him was going to be asking if credit cards could bail one out of jail internationally. What can I say. A girl was desperate. So sue me.</div>
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So, anyways. At the very last minute, I saw a huddle of guys trying to scrap up a few more dollars. I walked over there, asked what the going bid was, and offered right off $30 higher, cash, on the spot.</div>
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I felt bad for the poor kids when their mouths just dropped. </div>
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Needless to say, the gent quickly ended the sale and I landed myself a Macklemore ticket.</div>
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I almost fainted with how excited I was. I mean... I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming joy that I experienced once I had my wristband on and was walking into the venue.</div>
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The third night in Perth was one of the most amazing nights of my entire life. And I don't regret any of the cost or minimal stress that went into finding a ticket. It was worth every damn penny.</div>
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So enjoy a few blurry pictures of my fantastic view:</div>
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HELLO ALL.</div>
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I AM ALIVE.</div>
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SORRY IF ANY OF YOU WERE WORRYING.</div>
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My B on dropping off the earth there for a hot sec.</div>
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Okay, so I've been in Perth, Western Australia (WA) since Thursday, February 14th. And it's been absolutely glorious since then.</div>
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The first few days, I stayed in a hotel downtown. Compared to the marvelous accommodations I had in Singapore, this was a dinky little hole in the wall. Still wonderful though.</div>
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But unlike Singapore, I didn't sleep until 5pm my first day and miss out on sight-seeing and excitement. Also unlike Singapore, there wasn't any god awful rain. Win-Win. Go Perth.</div>
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So here are some pictures of walking around the first few days...</div>
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So, my first few days in paradise, I spent exploring alone. And it was fabulous. I met wonderful people, got a handle for the super easy to navigate public transit system, and quickly fell in love with a city.</div>
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I'm sorry for such a brief probably less than impressive post in such a long time, but I'm trying!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-16858271739791591862013-02-19T06:26:00.001-08:002013-02-19T06:26:50.281-08:00Singapore, I'm breaking up with you.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's not me, it's you.</div>
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Okay, well maybe it's partly me, but it's mostly you.<br />
Fine, it could be 50-50 you and me.<br />
Ohmygosh, calm down, fine. It's all me.<br />
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It's been <i>fun</i>, Singapore. But, I've got to move on.<br />
I'm over your bipolar temperament.<br />
You're all over the place, Singapore, and I just can't handle it.<br />
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To be fair, I tend to judge cities pretty harshly when my first experience is rain. So don't feel alone, it's why I also don't like NYC.<br />
I had some good experiences, some weird ones, and some less than ideal ones.<br />
And all of that happened in the span of three days.<br />
That's just too much flippy-floppy for me.<br />
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So, what I'm saying is, don't be too upset that I've moved on.<br />
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Let me break it down for you day by day.<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Arrive in Singapore at 2:00am local time.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Check in to the most <a href="http://www.panpacific.com/en/singapore/Overview.html" target="_blank">glorious hotel</a> you've ever seen. Views as follow:</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Enjoy a luxurious bubble bath circa 3:00am.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide I've been up for long enough/way too long, go to sleep.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Re-wake up at 5:00pm.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide to venture outside for food.</li>
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Run into the Singapore Flyer and all of it's glory</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Figure out everything is closed for Chinese New Year.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Note: Everything will be closed for the Lunar New Year for most of your trip. You'll learn to deal with this. You'll enjoy the beauty around you through the celebrations.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></li>
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Trucks like these were driving around the city filled with dragon dancers</div>
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Oranges filled the city in the festive spirit with added touches of red</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Find a Thai place still serving food. Eat there.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Walk around for awhile.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide you should go back and look up things to do/places to go/people to see.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Get back to hotel and decide it's actually dessert time.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Meet the guy in charge of the restaurants, have him lead you around showcasing desserts. Let him talk you into a $8 2x2" piece of cake and a $15 mocktail.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">In all seriousness though, this guy's name is Rafael. And he's amazing. If you ever stay at the Pan Pacific in Singapore, make a point of meeting Rafael. He'll take you on a food tour of the entire facility, which, trust me, is needed. He'll recommend things based on your state of mind, and he's spot on. Even better? He'll remember you the next time he sees you and we'll greet you just as warmly.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Hang out in the bar.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide it's nighttime, technically, so you should go back to bed.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Watch TV/movies until the wee hours of the morning.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Have your bff talk you into just staying up.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Start your day at 530am after not sleeping.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Go to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Okay, if you stay at the Pan Pacific, or even if you visit Singapore and don't stay at the Pan, I would <u style="font-weight: bold;">highly</u> recommend spending a morning at their brunch. First, it's expensive. It's ridiculously expensive, but it's also worth most of the pennies. You get a tour around all of Asia in one morning from the comfort of a classy establishment downstairs. But they have more than just Asian food, they have food from everywhere in the world. Prefer morning crepes? Or pastries? Or eggs any style? Or the lame-o that spends $50 for only a cup of oatmeal? They have it. All of it. It really did just get my morning started off on the right foot, and hey, it worked as a meal for the whole day.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Decide to visit the zoo.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Figure out how to get to the zoo from a combination of google maps, free Singapore maps, and concierge staff.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">You decide on the bus route in order to see more of the city.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">After waiting for over an hour with 3 some buses passing you by, you finally get one to stop long enough to figure out why nobody will pick you up and make X's with their arms while passing you. In the quick conversation, he tells you that this is a drop up only stop. He's not sure where they pick up to go the other way. From the sounds of it, they just don't? How is that even possible you wonder.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide to take the subway/train instead.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Get to bus terminal. Transfer to zoo bus.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Get in line to wait for ticket. Buy ticket. Commence complete downpour by mother nature. lovely.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">But that's okay. You were prepared for this situation. You brought your rain coat with you. Aren't you a thinker.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Again don't figure out how to take the bus home, so get on the subway. It's not that bad of a deal since it goes above ground for much of the journey.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Think you're being clever and you've figured out a short cut on getting home. Take said short cut.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Note: short cut will actually end up being a long cut. You're still completely soaked and now you're lost. Instead of doing the smart thing and going back from where you came to start over, you continue to wander around. The downtown has a scenic sky line with land marks you remember. So, you walk around looking up at the sky until you think you know where you are.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Note to the note: You still have no idea where you are. You're still lost. But, you've found a shopping mall with different things and stores and restaurants. So, you wander around that until you find some decently priced food.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Note amendment: Turns out you sort of knew where you were and via the sky line and some visual cues, you find your way back to the hotel with a dinner still warm.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Because you stayed up the whole night, and you've spent most of the day lost in transit, you're absolutely exhausted.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Crash early without shame. You deserve it.</li>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Day Three</u>:<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Wake up ridiculously early due to an early bed time.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Check in with the world since you don't have much anything else to do at 5:30am local time.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Finally rouse and enjoy a later brunch at the Pan Pacific again. It's delicious. It happens. No regrets.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Per the recommendation of Rafael, you decide to spend the day checking out Little India and Arab Street.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Again, you turn to the magic that is your resources and figure out a train route to get there. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">This time you experience sweet, sweet success in the subway route. Victory.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Walk around Little India for a long while. Here is where you will regret using up every last inch of space in your luggage. Beautiful everything graces your eyes at incredibly reasonable prices.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Based on your map knowledge, you conclude that it would make most sense to walk to Arab St. So, you do.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Arab Street is THE store for aspiring designers. Beautiful fabrics, beads, and jewels of all sorts. If only you were the aforementioned.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">You don't feel like you're so far from your start point, so look into the skyline for details on getting back and start making the trek. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Note: You were wrong. Again. The way back is much farther than it looks. But hey, you're a trooper and technically speaking you have two working feet attached to two working legs, so carry on.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">At this point it's late afternoon and again raining. You feel like you've pretty much done all you can with the time you were given, so you go back to the various shopping malls just to browse the foreign stocked items and marvel at the prices.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Get back to the hotel room after some surprisingly decent mall sushi and get ready to go out.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide that you're now a writer and you must write all the time.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Go the the hotel bar and enjoy over-priced everything while writing.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Decide that you're <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">not</u> actually a writer and you're actually exhausted.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Call it a day.</li>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Day Four</u>: </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">It's pouring rain. It pretty much seems like a tsunami outside. This doesn't bare well for any last minute adventures before your flight out of this country.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Head to the airport after check out. Don't feel guilty about wasting a day. It's disgusting out and you've done quite a bit. Way to go.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Catch plane out of the country. Promptly fall asleep and wake up in Australia. Well done, you've made it.</li>
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A lot of things were spectacularly new. And that was fabulous.</div>
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The fact that English is the language of choice is pretty sweet deal.</div>
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But, even though English is the norm, nobody <i>actually </i>speaks English. Sure, people do when interacting with staff anywhere, but in the day to day everyone is speaking his or her native language. Which is fine and all, but you've never felt so isolated. </div>
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Somehow, I managed to not run into another American my entire stay. Not one, not once, not anywhere.</div>
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I think had it not been raining, had I not been alone, and had I had more room in my luggage, I may not be so keen on breaking up with you. But for now it's just the way it has to be.</div>
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Sorry love, better luck with the next girl.</div>
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XOXO</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-38382115316379856752013-02-13T05:27:00.003-08:002013-02-13T05:27:46.534-08:00One is the loneliest number<div dir="ltr">
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Harry Nilsson said it best.</div>
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One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. </div>
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Being alone gives you a lot of time to think. </div>
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Some things you may realize when you're alone:</div>
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1. Just how boring you are. You don't really realize just how boring you are until you're alone. With yourself. All the time. Just spending time with your own thoughts. </div>
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2. How lucky you are to have friends at all given thought-provoking realization number one.</div>
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3. Just how bad at picture taking you are. Zero talent. Get at me vogue.</div>
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4. Realize you have no idea why you're calling out vogue. You don't even read vogue.</div>
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5. Really, reallllly reflect back on the choices that led you to this position.</div>
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Things that you might do while solo:<br />
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2. In room spa including luxury lotion, Korean foot mask, nail polish, and chocolates of course!<br />
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3. Take a lot of blurry selfies:<br />
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4. Anddd then finally end up with one half decent picture:<br />
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5. Drink alone. Because that's the best.<br />
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Things to help pass the time while solo:</div>
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1. Listen to music. All the time. Now your life has a soundtrack. How cool is that?!</div>
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2. Consider exercising. Working out has never sounded so appealing ever.</div>
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3. Just keep showering/bathing. I mean, for the most part that probably happens solo anyway, right?</div>
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4. Watch every movie known to man ever. Let's be real. Movies<br />
5. Eat. A lot. Maybe just go from restaurant to restaurant, eating your way though a county. A la every host on any food show.<br />
6. Write super obnoxious blog posts in the hotel bar. can't stop me.</div>
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Okay, I promise this wasn't a post just to whine.</div>
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Well. Mostly to talk out loud to myself, but via a different platform that one person in Poland might even be reading too. Heyya Polish brethren. Whaddup. Get at me.<br />
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But anyways, tomorrow is my last day in Singapore, and then I'm on to my new home for the next four months!!!!<br />
Which means, a blog post summing up Singapore and all of my <strike>mis</strike>adventures while here.<br />
And maybe even a crappy picture or two!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-16883790344282483052013-02-11T06:37:00.004-08:002013-02-11T06:37:59.764-08:00Sleepless in Singapore<div dir="ltr">
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Jetlagged (adj.) - the state of being completely exhausted while simultaneously unable to sleep. Characterized by lack of focus, headaches, and a desire for something unknown. May lead to irrational decisions such as buying $15 mocktails and easy persuasion. </div>
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Eventually, once falling asleep, you'll sleep for 14 or so hours and will only wake up in the evening after turn down service continually rings you. You'll wake up dazed, still exhausted, and confused. Time will no longer have meaning.</div>
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This is my current state of being. I am jetlagged. awesome.</div>
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So, anyway, a seven hour flight got me here from Japan. You think it would've been shorter, no?</div>
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I managed to sleep through the meal and then despite my best efforts, stay awake for the latter half of the flight. </div>
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I had the most amazing view flying into the Singapore Airport.</div>
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And since I was awake and had a window seat, I got to enjoy the full experience.</div>
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There were hundreds of ships in this bay all lit up. I couldn't take a picture. But it was incredible.</div>
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Picture the biggest ship you can. Multiply it by 100. Make all of those ships glow. Turn the lights off. Magic.</div>
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But, I made it to Singapore! And more excitingly, all of my bags made it too!</div>
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By the time I got through immigration, exchanged some money, and got my bags, it was close to 2:30am local time. So, I hopped in a cab and was able to snap a quick pic of the scenic view in.</div>
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This is a blurry shot of the world's most magical ferris wheel.</div>
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Upon arriving at this absolutely gorgeous hotel, full on jetlag set in. So, after deciding that sightseeing should probably wait until normal daylight hours, I decided to take full advantage of the spa sized bubble bath.</div>
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And tiny, stuffed Roux approved.</div>
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And then I stayed up. For a really long time. And then I slept. for an even longer time.</div>
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What I didn't realize until today was that all of Singapore is celebrating the Chinese New Year. Yahooo!</div>
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I mean, they're really giant.</div>
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So, almost on the dot, they began boarding the flight for Japan.<br />
Watch out world, this girl has a ticket, and she will quickly find her seat. Get out da way.<br />
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What a lovely surprise for a slight nervous wreck.<br />
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My sleep/seating/movie area for the next thirteen some hours looked a bit like this:<br />
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And they offer a choice of champagne OR orange juice. Please, why not combine for some midday mimosas?<br />
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... and figuring out the complicated automation to kick back and relax<br />
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I think I've officially died and gone to heaven. Brb real world, I'm off to lala-land for the time being.<br />
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And, I finally got excited. Super, excited. About midway through the flight and 3 or 4 movies in, it hit me how awesome this all is. How absolutely incredible this opportunity is. Can't wait, world.</div>
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**I apologize for any grammatical/logical errors. I really am <strike>half</strike> mostly asleep sitting in the airport waiting for my next, connecting flight. Maybe the next flight will have wifi for part of it? Probably not. And probably for the best. A few zzz's couldn't hurt.**</div>
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So, <strike>today</strike> er... yesterday... began my travels.</div>
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I'm half-awake in the Tokyo-Narita airport typing this, running on approximately 5 hours of sleep in the last 48. So, that's <i><strike>awesome</strike></i> something.</div>
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The biggest plane I've ever seen.</div>
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As evidenced by the world's seemingly tiniest truck.</div>
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Followed by the world's most expensive, morning dessert drink. At least it's topped with an impressive amount of whip cream, yes?</div>
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But hey, it all worked out since I'm holding this priority card for first ;)</div>
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Although, hopefully it's not the <a href="http://www.seatguru.com/articles/bulkheads.php" target="_blank">bulkhead</a>. I'm not sure what row 3 is in such a big plane, but I would enjoy frequent access to my backpack aka my lifeline.</div>
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Questions quickly answered: 3J is a tiny hotel room that even giant sized people could find comfort in.</div>
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(Please see next post for details ;))</div>
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Ciao for now.</div>
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It may be way more crap than I planned on or wanted to bring (and hence the problem with being a recovering hoarder).</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Please note tiny,stuffed copy of my cat, Roux, courtesy of my lovely roommate and bestie, Erica)</span></div>
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I may have had to deal with this little screwball all day doing this the whole time:</div>
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I may have somehow misplaced my swimsuit last minute.</div>
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I may have left the house in a complete disaster packing such last minute.</div>
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So, I'll be damned if I'm not halfway around the world this time tomorrow!</div>
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Even if it means <i>leaving</i> this <i>adorable,</i> little screwball.</div>
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XOXO, </div>
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Your bff, Taylor ;)</div>
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So, have I told about my insane-80s-groupie-like-stalker plan yet? </div>
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I'm stalking my favorite band around the globe.</div>
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Just to see these guys.</div>
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Because, I'm in love.</div>
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Magically make every single flight I need.</div>
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Arrive in Perth, WA ridiculously early.</div>
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Bombard the <a href="http://www.perthfestival.com.au/What's-On/Event/Macklemore-and-Ryan-Lewis" target="_blank">Perth Festival</a>.</div>
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Get in to see Macklemore.</div>
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I legitimately tried to buy tickets directly from the site. </div>
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How'd that go? Where'd you find them?</div>
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So, I need your help.</div>
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Because, I'm struggling.</div>
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What would you pack?</div>
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Tips or tricks?!</div>
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Send them my way, I beg of thee!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-66020986940530886712013-01-27T17:50:00.001-08:002013-01-27T17:50:23.876-08:00Weekend Gallivanting<div style="text-align: center;">
The problem with non-rev traveling as aforementioned is that you <i>don't always</i> get on the flight. Not even when you're the self-proclaimed travel weasel. </div>
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My BFF (pronounced biff) and I flew up to MSP (Minneapolis-St. Paul) on Saturday.<br />
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We did everything a seasoned traveler would do: prepare travel bags the night before, wake up at the crack of dawn, get to airport early, breeze through security, sit at gate. </div>
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Unfortunately, even when you do everything right, it doesn't always work out.</div>
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We planned a day-trip earlier this week to visit the <a href="http://www.sph.umn.edu/programs/epi/admissions/" target="_blank">school</a> up there. We thought, sure we could drive the probable five hours, or we could jet set. So, jet set we did.</div>
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The flight looked promising. Twenty open seats. Seven AM. This is a non-rev's dream.</div>
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Until 11:00pm Friday night, when suddenly our 20 non-booked seats became two. TWO.</div>
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But, we stuck to our game plan. When in doubt, <i>always stick to the game plan. </i>(Seriously, don't skip this rule. Don't deviate the night or hours before. Chances are the original well-thought out plan was the best option anyway.)</div>
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And our conversation the night before went something like this:</div>
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Bff: crap.</div>
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Me: crap.</div>
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Bff: Well, what should we do? Should we just sleep in and try the later flight? We could drive?</div>
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Me: Well, it's the first flight of the morning, chances are somebody won't show up, right?! ((WRONG.))</div>
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((Not only wrong, but those two open seats changed to one open seat by the morning. So wrong.))</div>
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So, we went to sleep that night thinking our odds weren't the best, but hey, we might get <i>luck</i>y<i>, </i>right?</div>
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So today's seemingly pointless lesson: patience is key. always. If you don't <i>have</i> to be somewhere, take your time. Keep your cool. </div>
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Sure enough, we didn't get on the first flight of the day. Instead, we enjoyed a greatly overpriced airport breakfast and made the next flight of the morning on seats next to each other.</div>
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Sure, my bff's plan of sleeping in was definitely the way to go, but that's not what happened.</div>
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We stuck to <i>our</i> plan and got there eventually and had a pretty great rest of the day!<br />
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<b>On a side weekend note, I want to hear from you! Do you want more stories of failed travels? Successful travels? What makes a <i>perfect</i> carry-on? How to best prepare for a flight? What to make sure to <u>not</u> forget on your next trip? The best days to fly and why? Guest posts from other travelers? Let me know, yo!</b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-88584419803693809112013-01-25T09:31:00.001-08:002013-01-25T09:31:54.051-08:00And now for the halfway around the world part.<div style="text-align: center;">
At this point you may be thinking to yourself: "So, <em>Taylor</em>, you've started your fancy-dancy little website here, and I still don't even know where you're going yet. jerk."</div>
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How rude of me!</div>
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Let me show you:</div>
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At least that's the <em>plan</em>.</div>
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Here's a strategy e-mail with my ground man. The point player.</div>
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The guy that knows what's what.</div>
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"The 9th is still looking good for the Narita flight. I think we have <em><u><strong>pretty much settled</strong> </u><span style="color: yellow;">((are you also cringing at the prospect of only having something <u><strong>pretty much settled</strong></u> for a flight less than a month away and all the way around the world? k. good. That makes two of us))</span></em> on this route:<br />
MSN to ORD/DFW to NRT to SIN to PER</div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><em><span style="color: yellow;">***MSN = Madison, WI// ORD = Chicago, IL// DFW = Dallas/Fort Worth, TX// NRT = Narita, Japan// SIN = Singapore// PER = Perth, Western Australia (WA) {And my final destination!!}***</span></em><span style="color: black;">You'll be on AA</span> </span><em><span style="color: yellow;">((American Airline and airline of choice))</span></em>to NRT and then Delta for Narita to Singapore and then I'll get<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interline_travel" target="_blank"> ZEDS</a> for you on both Quantas and Malaysia Airlines for Singapore to Perth. WORST case in Singapore if things went all to hell and you were going to be trapped for a week you could buy a ticket on Singapore Airlines (rated best in the world) ...I would get you a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interline_travel" target="_blank">ZED</a> for them but apparently we don't have an agreement with them.<br />
I suppose I should get a "backup" ZED for NRT to SIN on Japan Airlines or Quantas in the off chance the Delta thing would fall through...<br />
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And then some follow-up correspondence while trying to get a <em>firmer</em> answer on if the plan is to first head to ORD or DFW on 9FEB2013:</div>
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"The first DFW to NRT is booked slightly lighter and gets in earlier and there is a second flight out of DFW at 11am. HOWEVER to make the 9:40am out of DFW to NRT you would have to go down the day before to DFW.<br />
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THE issue with the Chicago flight is that if you take it I am not sure you are going to have enough connect time in NRT to make the Delta flight to Singapore....but you could always overnight at NRT and take the flight on Monday.<br />
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I need to check the minimum connect time between AA and DL @ NRT - once I know that I'll know what is possible and not possible.</div>
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So, are you freaking out yet?</div>
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Welcome to my world, partner.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-28090683271106863652013-01-22T14:40:00.000-08:002013-01-22T14:40:14.057-08:00There's a whisper that passes through my family.<div style="text-align: center;">
When your dad works for the airline, you don't travel like the other kids also a 1000 miles away for college, you fly as a <a href="http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Non-Revenue_Travel_(AA)">non-rev</a>.</div>
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When you fly this way, nothing is guaranteed. Not ever. Which, would give even the most seasoned revenue traveler a quiver. It's all I've known for the last five years. Suffice it to say, I'm sort of a pro on the subject. Need to know an airport code? I've got it. Need to know all of the possible routes from Madison to New Orleans? Definitely have that down. Last minute flying problem and need advice? Hopefully you have my number on speed dial. Why am I such a seasoned traveler? Because my flying is cheap, so I get to do a lot of it. </div>
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Here's the catch-22 with flying as a non-rev. You don't necessarily get on the flight. Just because you list yourself for a flight, go through security, and sit at a gate for three hours, doesn't mean you're actually getting on that flight.</div>
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And this is why I'm the <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Weasel</u>. I <strike>always</strike> almost always get on the flight. Not only do I get on the flight, I usually make first class. Dress the part, act the part, get the part--right? Or something along those lines...</div>
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So, I have all of this information and knowledge stored up top, because I have to. And you best believe that I'm hoping you oversleep your 5am flight on Thanksgiving to see your family, so I can get home to see mine. ;)<br />
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So, slowly but surely, I established a name for myself, stemming from a childhood nickname, but bridging on reality. The <strong><u>travel weasel</u></strong> was born. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016893091145737128.post-43801850859162545582013-01-07T17:38:00.001-08:002013-01-07T17:38:52.067-08:00You know you might have a case of wanderlust, when...... your dad buys you this domain name for Christmas.<br />
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A little truth behind the title, coming soon...<br />
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Stay tuned for ridiculous travel stories, random thoughts, and four months on the other side of the world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616442867183810547noreply@blogger.com2