I’ve written a book. I’m linking it here. This is a guide describing how to make and publish a book in 10 easy steps. Find a topic you want to write about. Look at your interests, strengths, and past experiences for ideas. What are you most comfortable writing about? Do
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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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Turkey is an underrated nation. I understand this now. It’s not the lack of tourists that makes it underrated. It’s the sheer quantity of sights that haven’t been seen enough by the tourist eye. Looking back, we clearly allotted too little time to Turkey, but our layovers in Istanbul were
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