San Jose

Chels.arsenault March 6, 2012
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San Jose Costa Rica holds its own in a region where capital cities are nothing to brag about. Even though the city is nowhere near the best part of the country, a strong technology industry has helped make the city …

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San Diego

Chels.arsenault January 2, 2012
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We were sad to leave the Hawaiian islands, but then again who wouldn’t be?  Our next destination was San Diego, first time back on mainland US in nearly 2 years and it was my old roommate Greer that welcomed …

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Oahu!

Chels.arsenault December 31, 2011
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The island of Oahu was the final stop on our Hawaiian adventure and although it’s smaller than Maui & Big Island, Oahu packs a powerful punch of activities and natural wonderment! Probably the most typical Hawaiian vacation involves lounging on …

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Melbourne!

Chels.arsenault November 28, 2011
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Let’s imagine Australia as a family unit, focusing in on two of the major east coast cities. If Sydney is the good looking energetic extravert than Melbourne is the funky, artsy, laid back cousin.  Melbourne, pronounced MelBIN  is …

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Sydney!

Chels.arsenault November 25, 2011
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  Sydney, once the site of Britain’s first Australian settlement is today the southern hemispheres stylish and lively hub of multiculturalism. Approximately five million people from all around the world have made Sydney their home yet, it maintains the Aussie …

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Kuala Lumpur

Chels.arsenault August 14, 2011
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For the majority of people the vision or expectation of a place is shaped by outside influences before or even ever visiting. There are a number of these potential picture painting influences, but one particularly powerful opinion generating machine is …

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Bangkok 1.0

Chels.arsenault February 10, 2011
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We were definitely sad to leave our new friends Roy and Arnav; not to mention so many unexplored regions of India, BUT we had been looking forward to Thailand since the start of our trip and with Bangkok first on …

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Kolkata!

Chels.arsenault February 5, 2011
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We were sad to leave such a wonderful place but as it turned out, Kolkata was the best way to end our Indian adventure. We had lined up some CouchSurfing hosts that lived close to the airport. Managing our way …

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InDiA!!! Finally

Chels.arsenault November 25, 2010
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Brad and I were so lucky to have found a couchsurfer for our first stop in India…New Delhi! It was a good way to ease us into it. His name was Kaushik and he picked us up from the airport, …

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Budapest!

Chels.arsenault November 8, 2010
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I think Chelsea and I both agree that our time in Budapest was less about wandering around the city, discovering cool, exciting things to snap photos of and marvel over but about chilling out and preparing ourselves for our two …

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