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What Life Was Like Post (2) Hurricanes

Hello all my amazing followers, family and friends.

I am so beyond sorry for my HUGE gap between posts and for not posting about my summer road trip with Kris. I honestly have struggled putting words to paper. I’ve attempted multiple times and it’s just been so difficult. Finding the right words, finding the initiative to write, finding the motivation. Every ounce of energy and focus it takes me to write a blog post had been depleted since Irma and Maria. Read more What Life Was Like Post (2) Hurricanes

One Swirl After Another

It took 3 hours of hard labor and some neighborly support to finally clear our drive. However, it didn’t really matter. The island was still under a 24 hour curfew, for good reason, of course. We were just annihilated by Hurricane Irma about 15 hours prior, so the day afterwards wasn’t much fun. We were … Read more One Swirl After Another

When Life Takes a Swirl

Words. Words. Words. I swear I have them, but placing them onto paper isn’t coming easy. This adventure I’m currently in was DEFIANTLY not a mapped out plan. The turn my life took 50 days ago, specifically September 6th, 2017, was not something I every could have prepared myself for or every something I thought … Read more When Life Takes a Swirl

2 Friends, 12 Days, & 3 Countries

This mapless adventure details the start of my summer break and vacation with my best friend;showing her the island I called home for 10 months, taking her to a new country (passport stamp included), and exploring the beautiful city/some of the island of Puerto Rico… 2 Friends, 12 Days, 3 Countries, and many Mapless Adventures!Read more 2 Friends, 12 Days, & 3 Countries

4.4.14 Traveling to Mexico City

The end of my #NoRegrets Adventure in Cancun, the journey to Mexico City, and meeting my Mexico Contiki family!

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This is one of the most famous beaches and airports in the world! #MahoBeach in Sint Maarten is right along the edge of Princess Juliana International Airport. We just missed the big airplane, but we were able to see small island puddle jumpers coming in for a landing! • We did see a JetBlue flight take off but I chose to not stand behind the jets as I really didn’t feel like getting sand blasted. I did find it very comical watching everyone get blown away 😂 • We were told that Princess Juliana International Airport was significantly damaged and destroyed from #HurricaneIrma, and it’s functioning out of tents and portable units, but it’s not stopping #SaintMartin and #Sintmaarten from coming back strong! I absolutely loved this island and everything it offered us in our short 8 hours!!! • #MahoBeachExperience #Airplanes #ScariestAirport #Caribbean #CaribbeanIslands #islandhopping #beach #beachesandplanes #islandlife #ExperienceStMartin #CaribbeanCruise #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #RoyalCaribbean #cruising #RoyalCaribbeanCruises #MyCruiseAdventure #MaplessAdventures #Travel #Travelblogger #Travelgram #Instatravel #traveling #traveler #girlsLoveTravel #gLtLove #travelphotography

One of the most random things, I saw in all of my island hopping adventures was this...a guy on the side of the road in French Sode #SaintMartin, had a large group of #Iguanas. He would feed them, pick them up, and let tourists do both of those things. • Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure some people enjoy this and this is likely one of the ways he supports his family, but living on an island I have learned that I’m not a huge fan of iguanas. They are gross and creepy. But thats my own personal opinion. Still an interesting tourist attraction... • #islandlife #SintMaarten #StMartin #caribbeancruise #cruising #islandhopping #caribbeanislands #Caribbean #CaribbeanLife #RoyalCaribbean #RoyalCaribbeanCruises #MyCruiseAdventure #Tourism #touristAttraction #MaplessAdventures #Travel #Travelblogger #Travelgram #Instatravel #traveling #traveler #girlsLoveTravel #gLtLove #womenwhoexplore

To some, this might look like any ordinary viewpoint in #SaintMartin. But to me, I see a little bit of my heart. The surf, the sand, the sun; combined they remind me how beautiful life is and how healing nature can be for my soul. This past year hasn’t been an easy one. It has challenged me beyond my wildest dreams, but #IslandHopping around the #Caribbean and exploring new parts of the world, has given me new strength! • You might not be able to tell but some plants haven’t started to regrow and might not be able to regrow following #HurricaneIrma. That’s powerful, when you truly think about how Mother Nature creates an environment for growth but has the power and strength to destroy. Isn’t that life...we are given the chances to grow and learn and yet, something always seems chasing us to destroy us. • #MotherNature #SurfSandSun #CaribbeanLife #SintMaarten #caribbeancruise #cruising #islandhopping #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #caribbeanislands #RoyalCaribbean #RoyalCaribbeanCruises #MyCruiseAdventure #MaplessAdventures #Travel #Travelblogger #Travelgram #Instatravel #traveling #traveler #girlsLoveTravel #gLtLove #womenwhoexplore

Mother Nature is pretty amazing when you think that 8 months ago, #OrientBayBeach in #SaintMartin was all but destroyed by Hurricane Irma and now look at it!! You can see the sand has settled and the view of the #CaribbeanSea is still very much beautifully blue! • What you don’t see are the sideways blown palm trees, the broken buildings, and the amount of rubbish surround the beach. Just a few yards away from the spot I took this, if I were to turn around, you’d be able to physically see the damage a Category 5 Hurricane causes. Pictures can be misleading. But what you need to remember is that as much damage #MotherNature can cause, Mother Nature has a majestic healing power. Combine that with the hope of the people of St. Martin/Sint Maarten, you can see that hings recover, flora and fauna regrow, and building can be rebuilt! • This beach is still beautiful. This island is still beautiful. • #SaintMartin #SintMarteen #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Cruising #RoyalCaribbean #orientbayStmartin #Beach #beaching #OrientBay #caribbeancruise #islandhopping #caribbeanislands #RoyalCaribbeanCruises #TwoCountriesOneIsland #MyCruiseAdventure #MaplessAdventures #Travel #Travelblogger #Travelgram #Instatravel #traveling #traveler #girlsLoveTravel #gLtLove #womenwhoexplore

The first port of call on my #SouthernCaribbeanCruise with @royalcaribbean was to the island of #SintMaarten #SaintMartin • Sint Maarten took on the full force of #HurricaneIrma but the beauty of the island still stands. The strength of the people shines through their recovery! You can see not only the damage upon arrival, but you can see the bright beautiful “Welcome” sign that just glows among the port shops! • This island reminded me so much of #StThomas and as the day continued I fell more in love with it! • #caribbeancruise #cruising #islandhopping #caribbeanislands #RoyalCaribbean #RoyalCaribbeanCruises #TwoCountriesOneIsland #MyCruiseAdventure #MaplessAdventures #Travel #Travelblogger #Travelgram #Instatravel #traveling #traveler #girlsLoveTravel #gLtLove #womenwhoexplore

It’s only been 10 days since I returned from my #SouthernCaribbeanCruise with @royalcaribbean and I’m already going through withdrawals. • I loved how simple and easy cruising was to get to hard to reach places. It gave me the chance to explore other Caribbean Islands and see a part of the world that isn’t always easy to access. Each island was unique and brought it’s our personality and culture! • I haven’t been on a cruise in easily 20 years and I’m already planning my next cruise adventure. And since I’ll be relocating in September to somewhere in #thailand for my #SoutheastAsia adventure, I’m looking into island hoping around the Asian Pacific Islands! Have any of you ever traveled to that part of the country? • Stay tuned for more pictures from my #IslandHopping #CaribbeanCruise with #RoyalCaribbean on #AdventureoftheSeas, which I found out will not be returning to the Caribbean. I was happy to be apart of their second to last cruise around the beautiful #Caribbean!

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