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Tokyo is Too Much

Posted on 28. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

I spent the entire day on Monday sprawled on my friend Anna’s futon in the tiny town of Kakegawa. I didn’t see a single new thing or have any new cultural experiences, just watched Project Runway and uploaded pictures. It was heavenly. I suspect it’s a bit early on to be experiencing burnout, but after [...]

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My First 24 Hours in Japan

Posted on 27. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

I am here! In Japan! It’s busy and crazy and kind of surreal. For weeks much of my anxiety has surrounded the first few days of this journey- that jetlagged time where I didn’t have my bearings yet, before I found my travel groove. So I thought I would record a small diary of my [...]

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Turning Chinese

Posted on 26. Sep, 2010 by Guest Poster.

“GOSH, this would not happen at home! That is so wrong! Disgusting, how can they live like that! Why can’t they speak English properly!?” These are exclamations I often hear from travellers who have just touched down in China. In fact many times during my 6 months living in China these same things have also [...]

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Friday Postcards: Grand Canyon, Arizona

Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

These gorgeous photos are of Havasu Falls near the Grand Canyon. Alexis from World Tag describes their 10 mile hike to the falls here. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Time to Get Going

Posted on 22. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

Wow. After two years, 257 posts and a multitude of sleepless nights, my departure date is finally here. No longer will you, loyal blog readers, have to listen to me whine about how ready I am to go travel. Now I can finally do what I’ve been wanting to do for a very, very long [...]

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Inside my Packing Hell

Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

I’ve never been a big fan of packing: my natural indecisiveness can turn picking which pair of flip-flops to bring into a life or death decision. Packing for this trip is like the Boss level of packing challenges because: It’s for an ENTIRE YEAR. An entire year full of variety, events and weather. I have [...]

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The Last-Minute Roller Coaster Ride

Posted on 19. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

For a long time now I’ve been planning to write a post describing my last few days in the US and the emotions I was sure I’d be feeling. This is not the post I planned to write, because my feelings right now are not nearly as straightforward as I imaged in all the months [...]

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Friday Postcard: Split, Croatia

Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

This enormous statue sits right outside the Roman city walls of Split. The intimidating dude is Grgur Ninski, a 10th century bishop who opposed the pope and replaced Latin services with ones in the Croatian language, making religion more accesible to the people. For reasons unknown to me, rubbing the old guy’s big toe is [...]

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Cake Love

Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by Steph.

My best friend in the world flew up to visit me this weekend, and she came bearing gifts: Yes, I have the best best friend/baker ever. Not only did she bake me a Twenty-Something Travel cake, she carried it on her lap the entire way from Atlanta. A closer look: It’s a peanut butter chocolate [...]

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