So the mystery of the weird flight connections is solved. We got on the plane in Guyaquil, got off it in Quito for 1/2 hour and got back on the same plane (but in different seats) for the flight to Miami. I still think it's weird, and even weirder that it had 2 different flight numbers, but since I'm here now, I'm not going to complain. The flight from Guyaquil to Quito is only 30 minutes, so it's 10 minutes ascending, 10 minutes cruising and 10 minutes descending. Flight to Miami was 3 and 1/2 hours, and once again, I've lost [View Full Entry]

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As most of you know, I am not a morning person. So why did I book myself on an 11 am flight from NY to Miami out of Newark? Honestly, I don't know. But I do know that I got myself out of bed at 3 am to head into the city to catch the NJ transit train to the airport. Since it was a 11 am flight, I wanted to be at the airport by 7:30. Well, since the transit gods like me, I got there at 5:45. Hung out at the airport for a while (note to my sister, [View Full Entry]

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So, this morning I decide to charge my iPod before the long day at the airport and guess what? I have my cable, but forgot the adapter.... sigh..... Hopefully I'll be able to pick up another at the airport today. Double checked everything else and that seems to be the only major thing I forgot, so if that's the biggest hiccup of the trip, I think I'll be happy. [View Full Entry]

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New pictures: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/ Hey, Friends!! My gosh it’s been FOREVER!!! Where the heck am I!?!? Haha, good question. SOOOO, I finished fourth semester at the end of August, which also means I completed the basic sciences part of med school. The perks with that are multifold - I’m now doing clinical rotations in hospitals (WOO!) and… I’M BACK IN THE USA!!! Yep! I moved to Miami at the end of the semester and am here now, one week into fifth semester. First I’ll share with you some stuff about the Bahamas. Since I last wrote, I went on [View Full Entry]

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Miami to Cocoa Beach - 41°c After such a big night out last night, I wasn’t particularly thrilled to hear my alarm going off at 7am this morning, but nevertheless got up, picked up my suitcase that I thankfully packed last night, and headed down to another buffet breakfast. I met up with Nathan, Tim and Danni on the way in, so we shared a table, and although I wasn’t particularly hungry, I managed to eat a fair bit to say I did justice to a breakfast buffet! After breakfast, we boarded the bus and got on our way towards Cocoa [View Full Entry]

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After very little sleep, got up and ad some toast.. then got on the 9.30am bus into South Beach. Headed straight into the water... really nice - it was pretty warm! Stayed in for ages... stayed in too even when it started raining. Then all of a sudden we looked out further into sea and saw a tornado!!! It was ages away and looked tiny but it was still pretty cool!! Got out of the water with nothing to dry ourselves because our towels were soaking!!! Went in search of food... just had a slice of pizza. Headed back to the [View Full Entry]

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Miami - 40°c After a good night’s rest, which helped a lot, I woke up this morning not feeling too bad, but still with a cough, sore throat and a blocked nose. I dosed myself up on the medication I bought in the hotel gift shop last night before I went to bed, and headed down to breakfast. It was probably the best breakfast of the trip so far, with a buffet of eggs, bacon, sausages, breads, pastries, cheeses, hams, cereals and fruit. I had a good plateful, determined to keep my energy levels up and try to make it through [View Full Entry]

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7.30 bags to coach! Had a couple of stops again, one was at a place called the Dolphin Mall. Huge! Went into a discount Disney shop, and i found a pillow - which seconds as an Eeyore stuffed toy! Soo cute. It was originally $24.95, reduced to $6.99. I couldn't resist! Also found a pressie for someone... Not telling who or what it is! Got to the Everglades, which I was under the false impression it must have been some kind of rain forest or something. Apparently I was mistaken - its just wetlands. It was soo hot, and not all [View Full Entry]

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Temp: 37°C We had an early start this morning, lucky we packed last night in the end as we slept in a little bit. Bags to coach was by 7:30am and we made it easily even though we only got up at 6:50. We drove for about 2 hours before stopping at a rest stop for half an hour at a place called St Lucia. Nothing much here, just a Dunkin Doughnuts etc. We jumped back on the coach for another 2hours (Christina had put the end of Pirates of the Caribbean on for us for entertainment. We then stopped for [View Full Entry]

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29th-31st July, Miami, USA. We were flying out of Baranquilla in the north of Colombia, as it was cheaper than flying out of the capital. We'd arrived in the town the day before we were leaving, to make sure we werent late getting to the airport. What a mistake that was! It is an awful place! There is literally nothing there except for dirt, pollution and prostitutes. We had walked around looking for a cheap hostel, and made a mistake by walking into a place with a naked woman painted on the wall of the reception. We were approached by a [View Full Entry]

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