Melbourne!

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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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Langkawi 1.0

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The road out of Thailand was hectic and a tad bit stressful. The reason being….our visa was running out in a couple days and if we didn’t get out of there, we might have been paying a hefty fine!! The …

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STA WORLD INTERNSHIP!!!!

As many of you now know, Chelsea and I have applied for an internship with STA, the student travel organization, and it would send us around the world for free! Our duties would include blogging, taking pictures, tweeting and creating …

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Vienna

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History class was never my favorite, but whenever WWII was the topic it was all of a sudden an interesting subject. I especially loved the movies or documentaries dealing with the war. I think it’s mostly this that I have …

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Istanbul

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Throughout our travels and even before they began people had been telling us we needed to see Istanbul. It is split in two, a European side and an Asian side and the convergence of cultures has created a hybrid society …

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TreeHouses and Hippies!

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Lonely planet describes Olympos Turkey as a one time hippie hotspot, or something like that, so naturally we wanted to check the place out. We caught the midnight bus from Marmaris to the nearest major city, Antalya, and were pleasantly …

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“ll be here a while, ain’t goin nowhere”

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As we pulled into the port of Santorini it was clear why this is one of the most popular Greek Isles. The historic volcanic eruption that took place nearly 3500 years ago has carved out a dramatic coast with steep …

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Anticipation Station!

Our journey seems more real now more than ever. With 90% of our trip booked, we start the countdown. We have spend countless hours researching economically friendly solutions to our big expensive aspirations and are finally ready to depart.  Leave …

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