Tag: Sri Lanka
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What 10 Countries in 23 Days Taught Me
It’s hard to believe The Global Scavenger Hunt has ended and I’ve now been back to America for two weeks. Two weeks! I remember when we’d been overseas for two weeks. We were finishing up Egypt, about to head to Europe for the final big leg of the trip, and I couldn’t fathom another week…
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Sri Lanka at Sunrise (and other moments)
Before arriving to Sri Lanka, The Lawyers Without Borders told us we needed to climb Adam’s Peak at sunrise if it was a scavenge. Lo and behold, it was. I’ve only hiked one other mountain (volcano, technically) at sunrise, and it was an amazing experience. But man, it was tough hiking the cone of a volcano in…
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Sri Lanka, “The Past is a Bucket of Ashes”
Our trip to Sri Lanka lasted five nights, the longest of any of our challenges so far, and it was considered a “Par 6.” The scoring for the Global Scavenger Hunt is not straightforward and isn’t worth explaining, but basically, over the course of 23 days, there are two Par 6’s, and they’re worth a whole lot…
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