Why I Go

See what the bigo community does on vacation

• Exciting Adventures in New York City

  Author: Iman Armelin (Is this you?)

  Categories: UNITED STATES & CANADA, CHILL

  Excited, nervous, and millions of questions wondering all in my brain. These are the emotions and feelings that were flowing through my body as I was on my way to the airport. It was not my first time flying, but it was my first time traveling to N Read More›



• Tennessee Mission Trip

  Author: Teryn Mask

  Categories: HELP OTHERS, UNITED STATES & CANADA

                   Two summers ago, I embarked on what I presumed would be a fun getaway from home. I was headed on a week long mission work camp in Copperhill,  Read More›



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  Sara's Tips for Navigating Europe

  Author: Sara Denton

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, EUROPE

  In 2007, I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Europe (France, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria) for three weeks with the People to People Student Ambassadors (peopletopeople.com). Within those 21 days, I experienced many new cultures and on th Read More›



• Deer in the Park

  Author: Charles Yamashiro

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, ASIA

  Immediately after stepping off the plane in Narita International my friends and I were excited at everything we saw around us.Read More›



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  Salamanca, Spain

  Author: Caleb Rasnick

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, EUROPE

  Soccer in the United States just does not compare to soccer in the rest of the world. People can travel to any part of the world and find a group of kids or adults playing soccer. To most Americans, the Super Bowl may seem like the largest sporting Read More›



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  Mexico Memory

  Author: Jessie Simon

  Categories: CHILL, CARIBBEAN & MEXICO

  Many life lessons are learned from very serious events that change people’s lives forever.  Read More›



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  My Thanks, Saint Catherine

  Author: Ian Davies

  Categories: CHILL, UNITED STATES & CANADA

  As too often happens between a mother and son, my mom and I were drifting. Between her juggling act of jobs and my schooling, we had gravitated towards living two very differe Read More›



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  A Warm Embrace

  Author: Gabriela Reyes-Acosta

  Categories: CHILL, CARIBBEAN & MEXICO

    When one thinks of Mexico, the first image that usually comes to mind is of a place reminiscent of Cancun- with sandy beaches, warm breezes, and bikini clad women.  Yet, Cancun was the absolute las Read More›



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  Summer trip to Tallahassee

  Author: Esmeralda Morales

  Categories: CHILL, UNITED STATES & CANADA

  “Jump Amy, jump!” shouted my friends all around me. I was on the top of high dive looking o Read More›



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  A Summer in Ukraine

  Author: Kerry Wahl

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, EUROPE

  “Ви маєте fanta льодом?” Ukrainian for, “Do you have Fanta with ice?”  While t Read More›