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This Blankenship Has Sailed. October 8, 2014. Two s Company, Three s a Crowd. September 23, 2014. You Are What You Eat. September 5, 2014. Finding Home in the Company of Strangers. August 26, 2014. Hello My Name is Amy and I am a Farmer…. July 27, 2014. I’m Just a 3G Girl Living in a 2G World. July 16, 2014. June 18, 2013. October 8, 2014. Two s Company, Three s a Crowd. September 23, 2014. You Are What You Eat. September 5, 2014. Finding Home in the Company of Strangers. August 26, 2014. July 27, 2014.
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About | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. Cruising through the wineries of Napa and stumbled upon one with my name. My name is Aida Blankenship I am a 23-year-old recent college graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno with my B.A. in Journalism. GO PACK! My past posts were journalism projects done for class along with my experiences studying abroad in Spain. Now that I am finished with school, for now, I am travelling in Central America for the next four months while staying on an organic coffee farm,. Aida on T...
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Hello My Name is Amy and I am a Farmer… | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. July 27, 2014. Hello My Name is Amy and I am a Farmer…. In early May I had dinner with my friend Alex, as we talked the conversation turned towards my curiosities about volunteering abroad. Mid-conversation he began telling me about his aunt and uncle, Jennifer Long and Bruce Lites, who own a coffee farm in Costa Rica and that they host volunteers. He wasted no time connecting us and emailed Jennifer at dinner. One and a half months later, here I am! You can find me at. Every...
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Two´s Company, Three´s a Crowd | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. September 23, 2014. Two s Company, Three s a Crowd. September 9 is when our adventure began in San Jose; Brianna arrived in typical fashion already accompanied by two new friends from the airport. It was at that moment the fun had arrived. Having the time of our lives cruising around on a scooter through Isla de Ometepe. A spectacular view from our scooter of one of the volcanoes on Isla de Ometepe. We first went to Charco Verde for breakfast, then the mineral spring Ojo de A...
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. June 15, 2013. We were lost, Bonnie and I had been walking for at least an hour and a half around the city looking for two of the four Antoni Gaudi buildings. If this was how we began our journey looking for the La Pedrera and Casa Batllo, I figured the other two were going to take just as long to find in the midst of all the winding roads and side streets. View of Barcelona from the top of Parc Guell. Bonnie and I at Parc Guell. One of Gaudi’s four masterpieces. June 9, 2013.
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Life Is Beautiful | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. June 18, 2013. The smile on this man’s face was contagious. They were all cautiously taking their time to guide him along the path. Although it was the evening, the look on his face made the day seem young. There was something about this man that made my day. Me hiking on the Pasaia Trail going toward Donostia, San Sebastian. El Camino de Santiago is a famous Christian Pilgrimage; it is the way of Saint James. Many people walk for roughly one-to-two months to complete thi...
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Finding Home in the Company of Strangers | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. August 26, 2014. Finding Home in the Company of Strangers. Couch Surfing has become a traveling phenomenon where complete strangers let other strangers basically stay on their couch while they visit a new place. This concept has become widely accepted in Europe and among other parts of the world, Central America. I expected to go about our business for the weekend without being an imposition. I figured there were some underlying rules to couch surfing to just preoccupy on...
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. August 26, 2014. Finding Home in the Company of Strangers. Couch Surfing has become a traveling phenomenon where complete strangers let other strangers basically stay on their couch while they visit a new place. This concept has become widely accepted in Europe and among other parts of the world, Central America. I expected to go about our business for the weekend without being an imposition. I figured there were some underlying rules to couch surfing to just preoccupy on...
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PURA VIDA | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. October 8, 2014. When one thinks of Costa Rica the common Tico (Costa Rican) phrase, PURA VIDA often comes to mind, but what does this actually mean. It literally means pure life, but it is used so often in this country that its literal meaning takes on its own character. I Googled the meaning of PURA VIDA and was given over 100,000 results, but the one I liked the most was full of life. Before I got here I was missing a lot, because I was either moving too fast or my mind ha...
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You Are What You Eat | This Blankenship Has Sailed
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This Blankenship Has Sailed. September 5, 2014. You Are What You Eat. When I arrived to the farm three months ago Jennifer gave me a book to read, The Soul of Money. I had not read for pleasure in years, but since I just graduated it became my goal from then on to always have a book to read. I took the book without any reservations. This is the early growth of one of the organic pineapples from Finca Lilo. Along with pineapple many vegetables and fruit trees have flourished throughout the farm. One notio...