This is a guest post from Kami Napora. Kami is a Polish girl who tries to balance full-time work with a love of travel. She spends every free moment exploring new places or returning to old ones. She’s already visited 43 countries, but new adventures are still ahead, with Morocco and Canada trips just around […]
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If you’ve been following my journey over the last year and a half, you know I have quite a bit of experience traveling by train – from riding the Trans-Siberian across Russia to partying on an overnight train in Georgia to sweltering in 100 degree heat as I crossed Kazakhstan. Every trip brought new memories
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I walked out of the office and down to the street, trying to sort out my emotions. I should have been ecstatic; I should have been flying high with excitement. It was October 26, just one month and one day after I landed back in Chicago after a thirteen month career break that took me
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Thinking about the past year leaves me with very mixed emotions. After being back in the United States for over three months now, it sometimes feels like the nine months before that didn’t even happen. Not being settled in a single place and spending all my time job hunting and doing freelance work means I
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Over a decade ago, I returned to my apartment after a law school class and flipped on the TV to see coverage of a breaking news story taking place in Colorado. Two students had entered a high school called Columbine and started shooting, eventually killing over a dozen people. At the time, pre 9/11, it
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I wrote last week about Passports with Purpose and the fact that we are trying to raise $100,000 this year for Water.org to help build clean water wells in Haiti. I also announced that I am partnering with one of my favorite travel companies, Context Travel, to offer a prize of 2 spots on any
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The following is a guest post from Kellie Parry. Kellie is a travel writer who is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. She spent 18 months working as an Assistant Bar Manager for Carnival Cruise Lines. During this time she had the fortune of working on 5 different ships within the company, with each ship taking
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It’s that time of year again! Black Friday is behind us, Christmas is just a few weeks away and Passports with Purpose is kicking off its 2012 fundraiser to raise money for Water.org. Now, while I would hope the idea of contributing to a worthy cause would keep you reading to the end of this
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The following is a guest post from Leyla Giray. Leyla has been on the road most of her life in one way or another, having left home in Paris to take her first cross-European trip when she was five weeks old (she brought her parents along). She hasn’t really stopped since. Leyla has been an
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I recently wrote a post for BootsnAll.com about why a “gap year” should come to America. I explained how, as I traveled around the world during my recent career break, I often encountered travelers from other countries who have traveled a lot more than I have. Whether they hailed from Australia, New Zealand, the United
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