North America
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3 Day New York City Itinerary (52 WW)
New York City. Feb 15-19, 2019. We booked this trip for a visa run to go to Europe. Technically, we were supposed to apply for my Slovak Schengen visa, but it didn’t happen. In fact, we didn’t need to fly anymore – we found out we could just mail the documents to the DC embassy instead! With a winter storm just finishing, and with our friends out of town (our other reason for flying up there), we had to come up with an impromptu itinerary which was literally just booked and finalized on a Thursday after we checked in to our flight. We have been to New York City so…
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A Day Trip Itinerary to Isla Mujeres Mexico
When you are in Cancun and find yourself sick of the hotel and tourist zone, head to Isla Mujeres. Literally named Island of Women, its location is close enough to Cancun for a day trip and can easily be done without the need to book tours through your resorts. Getting To Isla Mujeres from Cancun’s Hotel Zone There are four ferry ports that cater to Isla Mujeres, two of them are the most known and cater to the tourist zone area: Playa Tortugas and Playa Caracol. These are served by the same company: Ultramar, and charge the same price: $19 (USD) for a round-trip fare. To get either ports from…
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First Impressions of Alaska
Greetings! This is the first of our (hopefully) many blogs about Alaska. aptly titled our First Impressions of Alaska. Below are some links that may interest you if you want to read more about Alaska. Just a note: all these photos (including the wildlife ones) are taken by either me or Ruby. Some of them look like they are close encounters with wildlife, and trust us, they are close encounters. You can also read about how we fund and afford our travels, or about travel hacking, which was how we scored our airline tickets to Alaska in the first place. If you have any other questions, feel free to leave…
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Three Faces of Canada: Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Vancouver
Oh, Canada! The first thing I think of when I imagine Canada is the vastness of it. It’s the second biggest country in the world by total area, behind only Russia. If you wanted to drive across the whole of Canada, it would take you 2 full weeks! I also think of hockey rinks, maple syrup, moose, Arcade Fire, and bears. And also a weird accent which seems to hook words and twist them (how about becomes ah-boot). In truth, Canada is very urbanized, since more than 80% of people live in big cities. We recently had a chance to visit two of the three biggest states in Canada: British…
