Travel Misadventures
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Hampton Inn Seattle/Southcenter: Not the Best Stay
When staying in a hotel, you expect the room to be cleaned between guests. Our stay at Hampton Inn Seattle/Southcenter showed that is not always the case.
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Road Trip to Canada, Day 1
My best friend and I spent four days in Canada together to celebrate her birthday and my graduation. This is what we did on our first day. #TBIN
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Worst Night Bus Ever? You Decide.
Recently we had the opportunity to go to Cambodia and were there just before Christmas. If you ever have the chance to go to Cambodia, Christmas is a good time to go. Especially if you want to go to Angkor Wat. We were in both Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is, and were amazed at how few tourists were there. We actually were the only people at some of the ruins in Siem Reap, which surprised us a lot. Being in Cambodia and getting more familiar with the country was a really great experience, definitely one of my top international experiences. Our first few hours there, though, gave…
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How We Almost Got Stranded in Myanmar
When visiting a foreign country, an important part of your trip is being able to board the flight when you’re done and return home. You arrive, you enjoy your time and then, when you’re time is up, you go home. But what happens when you can’t go home? That almost happened to us in Myanmar. During our trip around the country we had a really great time. We wandered around Yangon. Flew to Bagan. Visited some amazing temples and ruins. Flew back to Yangon. Rode the Circle Train. And then went to the airport. When we arrived at the airport we had some issues with our bags. Our bags had been right at…
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How We Almost Didn’t Get to the Great Wall of China
When you visit China, there are several things you want to see. You want to see the Terracotta Warriors, giant pandas, the Forbidden City and, of course, the Great Wall. When we were in China we planned to spend the majority of our last day at the Great Wall. The first part of our trip had several hiccups, but we’d meticulously planned our last day and felt like everything was going to be perfect. And then we woke up. Scott, Troy and I got up early and made sure we were ready well before our tour guide was supposed to arrive. It was an early day, 7am, but we wanted to get an…
