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My absolute favorite thing we did while in Honduras this year was ziplining. It was what we did on Wednesday. We’d done this about 8 years ago, but the place had gone through some major upgrades and they made the experience 10x better. There is a series of 18 cables with the longest being 1km […]

Central America

February 2, 2016

Ziplines & Hot Spring Heaven

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We woke up early from Copan to head to the coast. We had another 7 hour drive to our destination – La Ceiba, where we had rented a house and planned to stay for our last four days in Honduras. Originally we had planned to hike to a waterfall upon our arrival, but our trip […]

Central America

February 1, 2016

La Ceiba

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After the weekend we left at 3:30 in the morning to start out on our 7 hour drive to see the Mayan Ruins of Copan. That was a LONG drive. Curvy windy roads, random craters in the road, cramped space in the vehicle … but we made it around 1 in the afternoon. It was […]

Central America

January 31, 2016

Copan

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Okay so I got super lazy and didn’t post day by day like i’d planned to so here’s the rest of my Honduras trip in mini bites. haha. 🙂   Sarah (my sister) joined us on the 14th. We enjoyed time at our house, had a big family get together, played soccer, visited a couple […]

Central America

January 31, 2016

Family, Sights, and The Market

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Today we went to San Juancito. We had done this once in the past and I remembered it being quite the adventure, and I really wanted to take Adam and my inlaws. San Juancito is an old mining town up about 14,000 ft in the mountains. There are old graveyards, hotels, and residences from way […]

Central America

January 13, 2016

San Juancito

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   Today we slept in, I helped Alissa give our dog a bath, and then got ready to head into the capitol. We were supposed to have lunch with my aunt and then pick up my inlaws from the bus station. I was a little bit panicked about the whole bus situation … my inlaws […]

Central America

January 12, 2016

Out and About

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We left from Syracuse Sunday night with my mom, dad and Alissa. We were all flying on air miles (free travel baby!) and so had an overnight layover in Miami. Stayed at a hotel there overnight (on rewards points…. lol), had a fantastic breakfast and then got on our way for the last leg of […]

Central America

January 10, 2016

Honduras!

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And for the second time in my life thus far, I left Hawaii with unforgettable memories filling my heart. Adam and I went to Oahu and Kauai for 10 days. Every day, the sun shined and the weather was perfect. In Oahu we destined to Waikiki, Diamond Head, North Shore, and Pearl Harbor in Oahu. […]

Islands, North America

November 6, 2015

Hawaii!

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Finally got to check off some more of the 46 high peaks of New York State yesterday! I did Algonquin, second highest in the state, and weights peak and Iroquois. Left home at 3am with my mom and Alissa and met up with my aunt, uncle and cousins at 6. We ended the day at […]

North America

October 14, 2015

Hiking the ADKS in fall

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Travel Hacks

September 3, 2015

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