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Sign Spotting Sunday: Gold Reef City Warning Sign

Gold Reef City

Essentially this sign reads, “we tried our best to make this safe. We’re not responsible if we didn’t do a good enough job”. Gold Reef City is an amusement park in South Africa. I took this photo 2 years ago on a trip and thought that it was funny. I’ll share more from Gold Reef City later. Until then, be safe – at least to the best of your ability!

Ultimate Thailand Explorers Discover Thai Food

Bangkok Booth

There are only 17 Days left in the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Contest. With only a few weeks lefts until I travel to South Africa for business, Brian and I are doing everything we can in these final days to prepare for our hopeful trip to Thailand. In last week’s blog entry, you read about us searching for books about Thailand. This week we traveled to the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival to search for Thai Food.

An Evening at Pacific Park in Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica Pier Entrance Sign

There are many ways to travel on an adventure. You could travel with friends, a loved one, on your own and with family. When I was in graduate school I decided to further my education career and apply to doctoral programs across the United States. One of these schools happened to be in California so I took a trip with my dad to visit the campus.

I’ve traveled frequently with both my mom and dad together, but not as often with just one family member. While our trip was mainly business, it was really nice spending quality time – just he and I. We had ourselves a free evening one night and went down to Santa Monica for dinner.

Adventures at SeaWorld Orlando

Manta at Sea World Orlando

That’s Manta, the newest coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. It also happened to be our first stop Saturday night on an adventure at the aquatic-themed theme park here in Central Florida. Unlike most traditional coasters where riders are in a seated position, Manta rotates riders so that they are lying face down, as if they were flying – or gliding – through the water like a Manta Ray. It was terrifyingly awesome. Through the inversions, twists and descents, there was nothing beneath me to catch me should I fall. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience here in Orlando. Check it out!