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Historic Philadelphia

Historic Philadelphia

Day two in Philly was by far the longest day I ever had on vacation. We got up at 6:45 a.m. Saturday and didn’t go to bed till 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. LOL. Apparently I always do this to myself when I travel – I pack in too much. =P We got breakfast in the hotel lobby to start off our morning. After we finished checking out, we headed straight to the Independence Visitor Center to pick up our vouchers…

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Philly

Philly

Philly was another one of my sporadic weekend trips to the U.S. Even though it wasn’t our main destination, there was so much the city had to offer. Of course, if I had done proper research prior to going, I might have actually gotten a better idea of all its attractions and historic significance. However, I was perfectly fine discovering those on my own. =P Friday morning we took off for the airport. As luck would have it, the taxi I…

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Bye Bye Vegas!

Bye Bye Vegas!

Since we had done all the obligatory touristy stuff the previous days, for our last day in Vegas we took it easy. First order of business was getting checked out. Then we walked over to the Strip and bought our bus passes to take us to the outlet mall. The northern outlet was supposedly the better one with more brand name shops. Since we didn’t have any breakfast that day, we first got something to eat in the food court…

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Too Much Food Day

Too Much Food Day

Day 3 in Vegas. We made sure we got plenty of rest after the exhausting day at the Grand Canyon the day before. We took it a easy in the morning and decided to venture to the pool for some R&R. The MGM is touted as having one of the best lazy rivers on the Strip. Initially I wanted to try the lazy river too, but after seeing the tube rentals priced at $18 a day, we decided it would…

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Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

Heat stroke – day 2. We got up at the crack of dawn the next day to begin our long journey towards the Grand Canyon. We got to our bus stop just outside of the MGM parking lot and ended up waiting for half an hour before the bus came to take us to the terminal station. After checking in and getting assigned our buses for the day, everyone grabbed a danish and a bottle of water and boarded the…

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