Day One: Now to be completely honest I never had any true desire to go to Texas, at least not with so many other places out there to go but when a friend texted me if I wanted to go I said why not. After searching through travel site after travel site we found ourselves a rather cheap deal and booked it. When the first weekend of October arrived it was rainy and disgusting here in New Jersey and the two of us were ready to head out to some gorgeous Texas weather. The quick flight brought us right there and it really was some amazing weather. We grabbed our rental car and headed out to our hotel. We stayed at the Baymont Inn which is right off the freeway, or some freeway because everything seems ... read more

I suppose most people go on vacation to the Bahamas to lounge by the beach or the pool, drinking fancy drinks with little umbrellas in them, and to go on some fantastic excursions. While all of that is well and good, and completely accomplished by us, my family probably spent most of our time hanging at the bar watching the World Cup. Come on it only comes around once every four years so we couldn't miss a single game!! My family took a vacation down to the island and stayed at the beautiful Hyatt Resort. We missed the first game in the morning so after checking in, taking a quick look around the place we found the largest T.V and got to watching the game. After two hours of screaming at the television my brothers and ... read more

This February I decided to volunteer in Monteverde, Costa Rica but before I made my way there my brother and father came on down with me for a five day road trip. We headed out bright and early grabbing a flight from A.C. to Georgia and then continuing on down to San Jose, Costa Rica. Once there we picked up our car and headed off. Driving in Costa Rica is an experience. There are basically no road signs, cars go flying by you, and some of the roads aren't paved. We grabbed our map and tried to make our way across to Manuel Antonio. Now it really isn't that easy to do and we got ourselves nice and turned around. But after a few hours of driving around and around we finally made our way to ... read more

After tearful goodbyes in Perth, I am heading over to Sydney to spend just three days before Meghan, Greg and I head on over to Fiji. My cab picked me up at 4am Saturday and drove me over to the airport where I spent most of the time tearing up thinking that I was saying goodbye to all my friends. The flights not long and goes by fast and once there I see Meghan immediately. It is good to see her and her relatives. For the first night here in Sydney we are all staying at her Aunt and Uncles. It is awesome of them to hook us up for the evening. I am exhausted from traveling and staying up all night, but it is cool to be in Sydney. It is a relaxing day where ... read more

For being apart of the Environmental Program with CIEE, the five of us got to go on a Regional Trip together to Denmark in the South West of Western Australia. It is a three day trip where we will be staying at the Centre for Sustainable Living. Day One: The day started out early where we all piled into a van and headed off to Denmark. The Centre is really quite impressive. It has passive solar design, solar panels for space heating, on site waste water management, their own wetland and probably so much more that I don't remember. It is a really interesting place to show you how green you can really become. There are several room that we each grabbed and through our bags in and then we headed out to the beach. A ... read more