Category: Oceania
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Adelaide, Australia// Why take the long road?
Adelaide is not the most intuitive destination when one thinks of traveling to Australia. I could have visited the Gold Coast and Great Barrier Reef like any sane tourist would do. But my interests pulled me in a different direction. And I was traveling alone, so happily I could go wherever I wanted. I decided…
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Melbourne, Australia // Why hot springs, tiny penguins, and old friends?
I went to Australia in no small part to visit a good friend of mine, Damaris, who had moved there recently. After traveling solo for the first few weeks, I was so excited to finally meet up with her in Melbourne. The city itself checked all the boxes for what I like in a city:…
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Sydney, Australia // Why do I even need a tourist visa if I’m already a citizen of the world?
Between work and vacation, I have flown to a least half a dozen countries since the pandemic started, mostly in South America. My first trip was for work to Chile in February of 2022. I had to upload my vaccination card to a government portal website weeks before my flight for it to be verified.…