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To Mars and back with your own car ~ Arches National Park, Utah

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July 18, 2012
Arches National Park Utah

  A giant hand is sticking out an enormous finger through the endless, red desert, spinning a terra cotta basketball. Another giant hand gives a huge OK sign. Humongous creatures were involved in creating this land. Pretty sure. We came because of a little sign next to US50 that pointed us to ‘Arches National...
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Coast to Coast – USA cross country with a Ford E150

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June 6, 2012
Kansas

Twinky on the road from East Coast to West Coast. Twinky is a big, blue Ford E150 Camper Van with room for seven sitting people and when we flip the bench, there is enough room for two sleeping guys. We planned to mostly drive but a nap every now and then wouldn’t hurt. We’re...
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Exploring the world one coast at a time

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May 19, 2012
packing boxes

Packing. I seem to be always packing. Packing a trolley for a short business trip, unpacking afterwards, packing a backpack for a weekend trip, and unpacking again, packing kites and other stuff into Twinky, the van, and for the long term stuff I pack boxes. Since I’ve been living in New York I’ve managed...
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Volunteer for a day ~ Santa Emilia, Nicaragua

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May 4, 2012
Painted kids hands

Fun things are happening in the colorful city of Granada in Nicaragua! Travelers from all over the world volunteer for a day to teach kids art in the Project EcoARTE. A family from Israel, a couple from Ireland, an elderly married couple from Netherlands and young bag-packers on their journey through Central-America take the...
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Mondays Around the World ~ House-sitting in Grenada, Caribbean Sea

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April 16, 2012
Nora enjoys Grenada

Nora Dunn is The Professional Hobo; a full-time traveler (since 2007) and freelance writer who travels in a financially sustainable way. She is currently house-sitting on the Caribbean island of Grenada for three months. Monday, April 9th was a standard day in her Caribbean life: 6:50am – Wake up to soft rain on the...
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Comfort zone

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April 5, 2012
Palm tree sunset party

Comfort zone is a snug couch with huge plush pillows. The heart beats with a soft rhythm, the stomach gently digest the pabulum of the day and the brain creatively builds boxes to pass the time and make everything easy, categorized, sorted. Nice! But comfort zone also makes a huge butt and so I,...
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Get your travel companion from overseas on board!

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January 29, 2012
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Planning a group tour with people from different countries can be tricky, especially when the time difference is big. We were planning a kite vacation with a friend who lives in Germany. During the week we barely had a chance to talk directly because of the different timezones. We are in New York and...
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Kitesurfing in North Carolina

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July 20, 2011
Kite Boarding Hatteras, North Carolina

I kept asking the instructor ‘What about this weekend?’ but the answer was for too many weeks ‘Offshore wind, sorry, can’t do it’. Impatiently I was hoping for a change in the wind direction to get the kite boarding beginners lesson. But the wind stubbornly blew from North without mercy. As the 4th of...
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