Author: The Urban Wanderer
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Volunteering in Ritsona ~ camp life so far
This post was originally from September 26, 2019 The last few days have been productive as we have been able to go into camp to work. There are a few NGO’s working in the camp. There is IOM (International Organization for Migration) which is part of the UN and they are the big bosses – they…
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Day 1 at Camp…or Not! Volunteering in a Refugee Camp
This post is originally from September 25, 2019 What can I say about the last few days? Yesterday was Monday and it was supposed to be my first day working in Ritsona Camp. We all got up, had breakfast and were ready to go when we got a call that there was ‘a situation’ at…
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Tourist for a Day ~ Arriving in Chalkida and exploring Athens
This post was originally from September 21 & 22nd, 2019 Saturday September 21 Touching down in a different country truly is surreal. I can’t help but be in awe of how you can be on one side of the world one day and the other just hours later. Not to mention in a tin can that…
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It’s all Greek to me!
Hey there Everyone! Yep…it is that time again. Twice in one year!!! I feel absolutely lucky to be able to go overseas not once, but twice this year. As most of you well know traveling is one of my biggest passions, so to be able to do this twice in 2019 is truly super exciting…
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Favela and Farewell
This post was originally from March 11, 2019 On my last day in Brazil I was lucky enough to visit Rio’s largest favela called Rocinha. Rocinha is a shanty town that is sandwiched between two wealthy areas of Rio. It’s on a mountain overlooking the city and it became really well known after the 2002…
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Rio impresses yet again ~ Copacabana & Carnival
This post was originally from March 9, 2019 Her name was Lola she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair and her dress cut down to there… Today was all about the Copacabana. We are actually staying in Copacabana and are just minutes away from the beach. There are so many beaches here…
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The Highs of Rio ~ A day in Rio that I will never forget!
This post is originally from March 8, 2019 Today was a pretty spectacular day ~ one of those days that I will never forget! Drum roll please … a bunch of us signed up to go hang gliding!!! I was worried that they wouldn’t let me do it because of my ankle so I was…
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Brazil’s Picture Perfect Pantanal
This post is originally from March 7, 2019 Hey Everyone! Yesterday we left Bonito in a minivan and drove for 5 hours to god knows where?? From there we were picked up by a truck and loaded into the back of it just like cattle. This is where we 4×4’d it deep into the bush…
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Bonito…or Bust?
This post was originally from March 4, 2019 The next leg of our trip has been to a place called Bonito. This was a 12 hour drive from Iguaçu!! Having supposed to leave at 8am we all waited around until well into the afternoon for our bus to pick us up. Not everything runs like…
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The Amazingly Spectacular Iguacu Falls
The last few days have been absolutely incredible!! Yesterday we started out early (4am), where we had to take a 5 hour bus ride to São Paulo and from there an hour and a half flight to Foz de Iguaçu. Once we got to Iguaçu we went straight to the famous Iguaçu Falls. These falls…
