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CouchSurfing USA Utah

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is a rather unlikely tourist destination. Aside from being the capital of the U.S. state of Utah, its claims to fame are being the host of the 2002 Winter Olympics and its role as the seat of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church. […]

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Nevada USA

5 Great Things to Explore Outside Las Vegas

Ah, Las Vegas…the “adult version of Disneyland,” a fantasy playground for adults to partake in all those guilty pleasures in life. Unfortunately, most visitors to “Sin City” don’t venture beyond the Strip, a 4.2 mile stretch of Las Vegas Blvd lined with mega resorts, to explore the wonders that await out in the Mojave Desert. […]

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Politics USA Washington DC

My Day at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

It began with a rallying cry for reasonableness from Jon Stewart, who is quite possibly one of the most influential people in the country. From the moment he announced that he and his fellow Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert would host a “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington DC on October 30, I […]

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USA Washington DC

Weekend in DC

Imagine, if you will, a city filled with gleaming white, regal-looking buildings. A gleaming capital city…the palatial crown of this democracy. That is, of course, if you don’t turn your head a little to the left! Washington DC is a city of contrasts. On one hand, it’s a picture perfect city that looks exactly like […]

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Crazy Road Trips Travel Stories USA Washington DC

The Time a Chinatown Bus Stranded Me on the NJ Turnpike…

When was the last time you did something rather impulsive? Like…say…pack a backpack and go out of town? Well that’s exactly how I spent my Labor Day weekend. I decided a mere 4 days before I wanted to depart, that I would head down to Washington DC, which is only a 4 hour drive from […]

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Arizona USA

The Grand Canyon

We awoke this morning to some sobering news. The weather was forecast to have a windchill in the low 30’s at the Grand Canyon. So we put on every single piece of clothing we brought with us and my dad and I put on our new Grand Canyon sweatshirts we’d gotten the night before, bringing my […]

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Arizona USA

Arizona

I’ve spent the past 2 days in Arizona. It started out yesterday with a family gathering in Phoenix which was fun. I was particularly amazed at just how big the Phoenix metropolitan area is. It took is at least 15 minutes to get just about anywhere in the city. Today, we set out heading north […]