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Where I’ve Been
Travel Blog
June – Lima, Yungay, La Paz
June is not necessarily the best time to visit Lima, Peru. However, it is the best time to visit Machu Picchu - which I unfortunately did not do. I chose to visit the Bolivian Salt Flats instead, as Machu Picchu is much easier to reach. Unfortunately, while in La Paz,...
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May – Córdoba
Córdoba was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals in Argentina and lies at the foothills of the Sierras Chicas. It is a student city with one public university and several private universities (4 to 8, I am not sure of the exact number). There are about 360,000...
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April – Buenos Aires
Having danced tango, Buenos Aires was a magical place in my imagination for years. Luckily, the city met all expectations and then some. During our city preview, the local team mentioned that when trying to come up with the "must see" (read: tourist) attractions, it...
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March – Kuala Lumpur, Borneo, Doha
Borneo The first week of Malaysia I spent on Borneo. First we visited Brunei, where we stayed in the Empire Hotel and Spa that the brother of the Sultan had built for his guests - yes, a whole hotel. It was very lavish. We had rented a car to...
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February – Thailand, Laos
Thailand was another country that wasn't on my bucket list. After 5 weeks there, I believe I have had my fill. Thailand is a beautiful country full of friendly people, but in my opinion, tourism is harming it (Cruise-ship tourists will love Thailand. They can get...
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January – Kyoto
As I had never traveled anywhere in Asia before, I was expecting Japan to feel exotic and strange. I was looking forward to feeling completely out of place - within 48 hours, I felt at "home" (currently, that means comfortable and I know how to get around). As a...
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"The best way to travel is to feel" Pessoa wrote, "so feel everything in every possible way." Fernando Pessoa is one of the most famous poets from Portugal. He had 136 alter-egos according to a recent anthology (Eu Sou Uma Antologia - 136 autores fictícios) and...
read moreNovember – NYC, Prague, Budapest, Paris …
This month was more eventful than it should have been. On November first, I flew home for a week because my father missed me so much, he decided to have an emergency operation to make me come back. It worked! He had me for a week to annoy him into recovery 🙂 I...
read moreThird week, Split
The third weekend in Split we traveled to Sarajevo and Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is a 4 hr drive from Split. We left a bit late in the evening and trusted googlemaps ... About 10pm in the pitch black, I am driving a tiny, manual car over gravel roads in...
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The second weekend was filled with activities organized by Remote Year to get to know the local area better. I chose the track with adventure 🙂 We met one of the women (all from Croatia) who made up the first all-women group to climb Mt Everest. Saturday, we went on...
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At one of the pre-remote webinars, a person said: You have never been so busy as you will be on remote year. It has only been one week, and yuppers. Below, I put in headers so you can skip to what you most want to know about my life in Remote Year. Work My biggest...
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