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  • Current location
    New York, NY
  • Member since
    October 2007
  • Last trip
    St. John, US Virgin Islands
  • Next trip
    Bike trip in Ireland
  • Favorite destinations
    Clarence Fahnestock State Park (aka my summertime backyard); the FL Keys; Smoky Mountains; Quito, Ecuador; San Francisco, CA; Taxco, Mexico
  • Destination wishlist
    Ireland, Greek Islands, Ivan's Stress Free Bar on Jost Van Dyke (BVI), Lebanon
  • Best travel tip
    Bring a sleeping mask and ear plugs for long plane rides.
    Plan unplanned hours while you're traveling to lie on a hammock, watch the street life from a cafe, or browse a bookstore.
  • Favorite hotel
    Sani Lodge in the Ecuadorian Amazon---you have to take a plane to a boat to a dugout canoe but it's worth it!
  • Favorite restaurant
    El Paso Taqueria, East Harlem, NYC
  • Never travels without
    A novel I'm excited to read.
  • All-time best travel moment
    I caught a piranha with a piece of raw chicken in the Amazon. Our guides fried it up to go with dinner.
  • Interests and hobbies
    Being outside in the sunshine.

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