After traveling the whole day yesterday, today we get to do actual sightseeing. Our first monumentally exciting sight was the breakfast buffet. I had a pancake, jelly donut, and 2 sausages. Once we got into the car, I was pleasantly… Read More
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South Dakota: Preamble
Finally! Time to board the airplane. We walked onto the plane with a sight of first class seats, that we didn’t waste money on. I took the window seat. After 30 painful minutes of looking at the seatback screen with… Read More
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Costa Rica: Treetopia Adventure Park and Night Walk
Our first activity at Treetopia was a guided tour of the Hanging Bridges. The first thing that they showed us on the tour was the emergency Costa Rican toilet paper, a soft plant with shocking resemblance to (prepare to be… Read More
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Costa Rica: Rio Celeste Waterfall Hike
We ate breakfast, got in the car, and drove to the Rio Celeste waterfall parking. We started the hike pretty normally, but there was a lot of uphill, which was paved for the most part. We eventually reached an arc… Read More
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Cost Rica: Proyecto Asis Wildlife Rescue Center
We visited a wildlife rescue center today. We saw a LOT of animals on the tour: I’m going to list the highlights : Monkeys(Howlers, Spider, White-Faced, and Squirrel), Parrots, Macaws, Pigs. I’m also going to list a fun fact about… Read More
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Costa Rica: Volcano, Jungle, and Hot Springs
I’m going to start us off with a checklist that is a description of what we experienced at Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal. The results were mixed: When you combine all of these things, it doesn’t exactly scream exciting. I was… Read More
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Costa Rica: River rafting
Canoa Aventura (Or, you know canoe adventures for those of us who don’t speak Spanish) was the company who took us on the river floating safari trip on our first full day in Costa Rica. So let me start on… Read More
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Costa Rica: The Coffee Tour
Welcome to Costa Rica! Where everything can be described in two words, Pura Vida! The first thing that we did when we got to Pura- Err… Costa Rica, we went to the car rental, picked up our car, and went… Read More
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Turnagain Arm Alaska
Our first day in Alaska began with riding the Glacier Discovery train. Our assigned seats were on the right hand side, which is what we wanted. The weather was great and the view along the Turnagain arm lived up to… Read More
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Balloon Ride over the Pyramids
Waking up at 4 AM while on vacation and getting in a car for an hour ride ? Sure, maybe we have a flight to catch. No one likes it, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. What… Read More
