I have just returned from a trip up to UVA in Charlottesville, VA to see my brother. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend much time with him, but the trip was a lot of fun. I saw friends from all over, and stopped in Elon, Greensboro, Richmond, and UVA. We went to the Foxfield races [...]

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Anne! You won the book. Congratulations. You can thank Excel and its =RAND()*100 function. I haven’t actually put it all together yet, as the final photo count hovers around 6,500 and it takes some pairing down, but it will be done in the near future. For everyone else, they will be on sale soon should [...]

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My entry back to the United States has been anything but slow. Upon arrival, I was so wiped out from the plane flight that I was barely coherent on Friday. Saturday found me cheering on the Elon Lacrosse team (who went on to win the tournament) and enjoying the company of friends I had not [...]

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This list has been online for a while, but it is a great source for packing. You choose how long you’re gone, your bag size etc… and it gives you a list. Women are given more items than men, interestingly enough…  The Universal Packing List

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Sorry it has taken me so long to post something again, but between the the 20+ hours on a plane, the 12 hour time shift, and watching Elon Lacrosse win 9-8 in sudden death over time during the semi-finals of the regional championships today, I have not had much free time. Some people are coming [...]

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I have a challenge for you. I have been thinking about what it is about travel that draws me to it so much, and I have realized that it is the sheer amount of people I get to meet. I am constantly surrounded by new people who challenge my beliefs, values, thoughts, and perceptions in [...]

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Right now it is Songkran, the Thai new year. Also known as the Water Festival, it consists of drenching every person with buckets of water, nailing them with super soakers, or lobbing water baloons around. It is literally impossible to stay dry if you go outside. The tempurature here is brutally hot, so the water [...]

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I said my goodbyes to the Canadian volunteers last night over a hot chocolate and cake with ice cream at a local jazz restaurant. The rest of the night was spent packing my newly acquired “stuff” that seems to build up over time back into my bags before I retired around 1:30 am. I needed [...]

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I know I have been brief the past week, but it is because I have been spending time just hanging out with this incredible group of people in the Basecamp Nepal Volunteer house. There were six of them to start off with, then we – being David the Couchsurfer from South Africa, Brandon from California, [...]

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I lost my phone a while ago, and have been slowly building up a list of people who I need to get number from before i get home. I went to create an event in facebook for it, and was directed to a facebook phonebook. Check it out Didn’t know that this was around…

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We finally got off our lazy bums and took the 5:30am wake up call to go bungee jumping. We walked to the bus, got on and fell asleep. Three hours later we were at “The Last Resort,” an adventure resort with bungee jumping, canyon swinging, rafting, repelling, and many other adventure touristy things. After some [...]

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After I got back from the bike ride, I stopped off at Arjun’s, and met up with David, a guy from south Africa who has just spent the last year teaching English in Korea. He moved out of Arjun’s and we ended up sharing a room for a night. While we were walking around looking [...]

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