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The Blonde Abroad
seeing the world, one solo adventure at a time
seeing the world, one solo adventure at a time
amyoare
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Africa: Day 8 (Windhoek, Namibia)
You’d think I’d have learned to expect the emotion that comes with the last day of traveling the world…but the tears in my eyes catch me...
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amyoare
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Africa: Day 7 (Ghanzi + Windhoek, Namibia)
Said goodbye to Botswana this morning and headed to our final country to explore: Namibia. We had about 7 hours that included a stop at...
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amyoare
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Africa: Day 6 (Okavango + Ghanzi, Botswana)
The fire was still burning when I woke this morning. The hippos were quite chatty throughout the night so I can't say it was great sleep,...
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amyoare
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Africa: Day 5 (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
Cool and rainy start to the day meant rain jackets and tarps covering our day packs on the truck that took us about 90 minutes into the...
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amyoare
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Africa: Day 4 (Nata + Maun, Botswana)
Had a family of hornbills that decided 5AM was wakeup call in the tent this morning. Fortunately, that meant I got to watch the sunrise...
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amyoare
Oct 16, 20223 min read
Africa: Day 3 (Kasane + Nata, Botswana)
I’m currently laying in bed in a fancy unlocked tent, steps from 30+ elephants drinking at the camp watering hole. They’ve become much...
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amyoare
Oct 15, 20223 min read
Africa: Day 2 (VF + Kasane, Botswana)
Ahhh, coffee has never tasted as good as it did this morning. 11 hours of sleep later, I was elated for a beautiful breakfast and hot cup...
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amyoare
Oct 15, 20222 min read
Africa: Travel Day & Day 1 (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)
Africa: Travel Day & Day 1 They call it an adventure for a reason, right? We had no shortage of twists and turns to start our trip. En...
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amyoare
Oct 13, 20221 min read
Africa: Before It All Begins...
The adventure to Africa starts NOW. I somehow managed to get everything needed for 12 days out of the country (including a feather pillow...
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amyoare
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Maui: Final Days
Saturday was extremely uneventful. I told myself I wasn’t venturing out that day, but I decided to head South and go wander the resort...
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amyoare
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Maui: Day 5
I drove to Safeway at 5:30AM this morning simply because I woke up wanting to cook a big breakfast. Was I the only one in there searching...
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amyoare
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Maui: Day 4
It's always the days that I wake up and think "I don't have much of an agenda today" that end up the busiest. I was out the door by 7:30...
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amyoare
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Maui: Day 3
Today was a 'South Maui' kind of day. I knew I wanted to stay in the Kihei area, but spend some time exploring around so I started my day...
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amyoare
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Maui: Day 2
The great thing about a 4 hour time change is that you wake up at 3:30AM...and then lay there. Needless to say, the day started early,...
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amyoare
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Maui: Day 1
When I decided to set off to Hawaii for my 'funemployment trip,' I wasn't planning on publicly journaling through it, but several of you...
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amyoare
Jul 3, 20212 min read
Costa Rica: Final Days
After 6 straight days of being go, go, go, I can’t think of a more perfect last day than how we spent yesterday…on a catamaran. The...
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amyoare
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Costa Rica: Day 6
You know it’s a good, busy vacation day when you get done and think to yourself “what did we do first today?” Breakfast kicked off at...
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amyoare
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Costa Rica: Day 5
I slept through the night like last night was the first night I’ve ever been granted to do so. My sleep tracking app flat-lined from...
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amyoare
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Costa Rica: Day 4 (Monteverde)
Today started with the most perfect Costa Rican thunderstorm and I was overjoyed that I was able to simply and quickly enjoy a hot cup of...
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amyoare
Jun 28, 20214 min read
Costa Rica: Day 3 (Monteverde)
I woke up this morning thinking, no chance we can be as busy today as we were yesterday. I was wrong. A few of us headed into town for...
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