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Can’t Stop Yappin’ About Yap Day
With Guam behind us, we flew on our midnight United Airlines flight 185 out to Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia, landing at around 1:30am in the morning. Yap is one of the 4 states of Micronesia and the land of stone money (more on that...
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Can I Have a Piece of Guam?
Good morning from Saipan: After a full day exploring Saipan, the next morning felt like it was moving pretty straightforward: I had gotten 9 full hours of sleep, was promptly picked up by our taxi driver and guide Sumon at 7:45am, and even got upgraded to...
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Please Notice Me, Saipan!
From Palau, and having snuck in 4 hours of sleep from 8pm-midnight, we boarded the 2:05am United Airlines Flight #158 to Guam, landing at 5:10am underslept and miserable. Since Guam is a U.S. territory, transiting in Guam work as if you were entering...
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Palau Deck!
After 10 days in snowpowderalypse paradise, I returned from Niseko to CTS airport on an early morning shuttle bus to make my 2:10pm flight to Taiwan. Arriving in the evening, I met up with Stephanie Liu, a derm-pathologist doctor who found me on the...
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Bee’s Nise-ko
Thank you David Park for some of these photos It all started with saying yes. Isn't that how it always starts? "Yes" to an invitation on Clubhouse during the pandemic led to a "yes" to Yacht Week Sardinia, which led to a "yes" to Yacht Week French Polynesia,...
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Meet the Shredding Ski Bums!
From a Yacht Week collaboration to a reunion to a new trip with the opposite climate, one borne out of Yacht Week to make our very own Ski Week in Hokkaido! Our returners: Megan "Our Favorite Bagel" Whyte: returning from our chef from our last Yacht Week trip...
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Feelin’ Like A “Malabo”ratory Experiment
Our marathon tour and last foray across West Africa ends in Malabo on the island of Bioko, the capital city of Equatorial Guinea. From Douala, we boarded a ET913 flight at 12:35pm, landing in Malabo at SSG airport after only 20 minutes in the air at 1:20pm in...
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Lights, Cameroon, Action!
Last night in Libreville, our power had went out in our Airbnb in the middle of the night so with the AC not working I woke up at 3:15am to humidity and sweat. How I was able to still fall back asleep remains a mystery to me. After 2 days in Gabon,...