My parents were born in India, and most of our family lives there. So visiting India has been less about tourism, and more about reuniting with my elders and relatives. We visited four different places in India. The first of which is Hyderabad. It is the fourth largest city in
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This is a general checklist for your future travels. Use and enjoy! Before the trip: Notify your teachers, friends, and whatever groups you’re in (chess club, soccer team, Science Olympiad) that you’ll be away. Get your homework for the week to do on the plane. It’s better than nothing, and
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“Are we there yet?” I complained. My foot started to ache, so I hopped on one foot. We were visiting the Vatican. The past hour was a long slog in the heat of Rome. We had seen Nero’s palace and some statues on the way, but the absence of breaks
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Our experience in the US Virgin Islands was a solid 8/10. Not because of a lack of natural beauty, but firstly because it was an average experience, and secondly because we got sick. It was evening when we arrived at St. John, since we had to take a ferry ride
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I live in the United States: near Washington D.C., to be exact, which means I’ve had my fair share of experiences in America. Virginia. Virginia is technically my home state, and we’ve explored it extensively. Starting off with the natural beauty of Shenandoah Valley National Park. We visited it years
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Getting there took long enough. Now we had to wait though this. The airport security was as slow as a snail and it didn’t seem to be getting any faster. After about an eon of Soviet-style security we went forward and faced – you guessed it! More security. Thankfully, though,
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When we visited the United Arab Emirates in 2014, we had a few goals. Firstly, to visit the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building on Earth. It would be a special experience for sure. Secondly, we wanted to go on a desert safari. It would be my first time in a
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France and the Netherlands have a border. You might not see where it is on the map, but that’s because it’s a small border. And it’s on the other side of the world. St. Martin or St. Maarten (depending on where you are) is an island in the Caribbean. It
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Switzerland is the most beautiful nation in the world. Or is it? It has many contenders, many with more history, or culture, or diversity, but Switzerland consistently reaches near the top, higher than other Alpine nations. We all subconsciously relate Switzerland to beauty, but is that correlation influenced by its
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Trinidad has a special connection with my dad. No, it isn’t the last three letters. First is V.S. Naipaul, who was my dad’s favorite author. He was born in Trinidad, and one of his most famous books, A House for Mr. Biswas was set in the Lion House, which is
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