Category: Travels
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Conquering Your Fears pt. 3
After Fiji, I spent a week touring the North Island of New Zealand before traveling to Australia for two weeks. And on the second day in NZ, we were given the choice whether we wanted to do a SkyWalk or a SkyJump from the 630foot (192m) high Auckland Sky Tower.
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Conquering Your Fears – pt.2
Fiji was probably to most adrenaline-based two weeks of the entire trip (which makes sense – the program I was on was called “Pacific Adrenaline”).
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Conquering Your Fears – pt.1
My entire life I have been deathly afraid of heights. Every time I was high off the ground and would look down, my heart would race and my body would cling to the nearest stationary object.
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EuroTrip 2016
My flights are officially booked! As of October 19th, 2016, I will be backpacking around Europe on my own for 2 months (plus 1 month where my amazing parents will be joining me – and helping pay for it). For those of you who may be curious, this giant trip…
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‘Your Happiest Memory Ever’
Earlier today, a very close friend of mine asked me an interesting question – “What is your happiest memory ever?” This got me thinking – what is my happiest memory? In 23 years of life, I have made millions of memories, how can I pin down one specific moment that…
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“The Cherry Blossom Girl and the Ancient Tree”
During senior year of high school, my English teacher encouraged me to enter a scholarship contest called the “Trey Cheek Memorial Essay Writing Contest.” Using a short story I wrote in the 11th grade, I entered the contest and by some amazing twist of fate won the $1500 scholarship (which helped me…
Ginger Without Borders 