Author: Tara
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Sri Lanka: Day 2/Night 3
Having rested up, we were out early to beat the Colombo morning rush-hour traffic to make our way towards Kandy. We drove for about three hours straight passing lots of green views of the land until we got to the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage. The elephants were so cute and I could have watched them play…
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Sri Lanka: Day 1/Night 2
Despite our tired state and plans to eat breakfast, then nap before our city tour, C and I ended up chatting in the restaurant for a few hours and never got our naps…. Unfortunately, that meant that when Anton took us on the city tour of Colombo, we missed much of it being so sleepy…
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Sri Lanka: Night 1
A friend from work and I decided to try out traveling together as we’re both semi-single women who like to travel, but aren’t always comfortable traveling on our own. So, we decided to take our first trip together for a few days at the end of term and before she had to begin summer school…
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Progress!
Here’s my progress report – *At last my Jordan trip updates are done – with pics even! 🙂 I was motivated by the fact that I’m going on another trip today and don’t want to confuse them…. *I’ve completed and submitted at least a comprehensible draft of my dissertation proposal so that I can have…
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Jordan: Day 4 (Night 5)
Truly, four days/five nights is enough to see the best of Jordan. If you want to camp in Wadi Rum or see more of Petra, then adding a few days would be okay, but in general as a tour-guided tourist, I was happy with the amount of time exploring this country. The last day took…
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Jordan: Day 3 (Night 4)
[simage=1555,200,n,center,] [simage=1557,200,n,center,] [simage=1567,200,n,center,] The previous night held entertainment at the Wadi Rum camping grounds with traditional dancing and music. It wasn’t quite like camping as I know it, but it was fairly comfortable despite a few mozzies ruining my sleep…. In the morning, we were up and off to see the sand dunes and rock…
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Jordan: Day 2 (Night 3)
We got up early the next morning to make our way to the ruins of Petra before the heat fully set in. However, being flexible with time is something to be learned when traveling in this part of the world. So, when our tour guide finally arrived, it was already warming up! On the positive…
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Philosophisizing…
Sometimes I feel lost in this crazy world. I wonder if I’m the one who is going crazy or if just nearly everyone else is that way…? Philosophical topics have been going through my mind of late: – Why do I really have a mental block about going home this summer? *Maybe because it represents…
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So Much to Smile About
When I sum up all that makes me happy – The color purple Korean food Teddy bears White roses A beautiful novel Hope in humanity Unity among men Shared joy and laughter My family My true friends My love – The sun shines a little brighter The air feels a little warmer And I smile…
