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Farewell to Costa Rica’s Rainy Season

Today I'm headed back to the United States to spend Christmas with my family in Maryland and ring in the New Year with a few of my travel buddies from…

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Farewell to Costa Rica’s Rainy Season
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  • Post published:December 23, 2015
  • Post category:Costa Rica/Latin America

Rainforest Friday: the Rhinoceros Beetle in Costa Rica

Some of my readers may be curious about how I spend my weekends here in the Costa Rican rainforest. Well, said readers, today is your lucky day. I’m here to…

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Rainforest Friday: the Rhinoceros Beetle in Costa Rica
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  • Post published:February 20, 2015
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Rainforest Friday: Snakes of Costa Rica

In my day to day life living and working in the Costa Rican rainforest, I get a lot of interesting visitors. Some have eight legs, most crawl, and nearly all…

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Rainforest Friday: Snakes of Costa Rica
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  • Post published:January 23, 2015
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Rainforest Friday: Hiking in Costa Rica

Tomorrow I'm going on a hike! And not just any hike -- a ten-day, carry-everything-with-you-on-your-back, cook-your-meals-outdoors, technology-free hike. I'm Going Hiking in Costa Rica! As part of my job as…

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Rainforest Friday: Hiking in Costa Rica
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  • Post published:October 31, 2014
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Rainforest Friday: Arachnophobia

I feel them at night as I lay in bed in my damp, dark room. I try to drift off to sleep but there they are –crawling under my covers…

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Rainforest Friday: Arachnophobia
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  • Post published:October 24, 2014
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Rainforest Friday: 8 Things you Learn During Your First Week Living in the Rainforest

  I’ve been living on a rainforest base in Costa Rica for just more than a week, and so far I must admit that my time here has been filled…

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Rainforest Friday: 8 Things you Learn During Your First Week Living in the Rainforest
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  • Post published:October 18, 2014
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Introducing Rainforest Friday: Where I live in Costa Rica

  Buenos días my faithful readers! As I shared last week, I have moved to Costa Rica where I am living and working on a rainforest base in the Cartago…

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Introducing Rainforest Friday: Where I live in Costa Rica
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  • Post published:October 10, 2014
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It has been a long and painful four years. When It has been a long and painful four years. 

When I left Florida at 24 to move overseas I didn’t know that the journey of living and working abroad would turn me into an ambassador. But you learn very quickly as you move through the world that your very presence makes you a representative of the land you come from. 

While there’s been much in my country’s history that I’ve disagreed with, I wasn’t prepared for how painful it would be to look people who once admired my country in the eye and reassure them that the values we hold dear still remain. 

It was painful to be in Mexico and be asked to tell my friends and family back home that Mexicans are in fact nice people. 

It’s been painful to be in Europe, a continent that has long lauded my grandfather’s generation for the role they played in ending a world war, and hear our leader compared to their worst dictators. 

It’s been painful to be in Australia, listening to women debate the merits of taking 9 or 12 months off for maternity leave, knowing how many women back home have no options for paid leave at all.

It’s been painful to be in Papua New Guinea and be asked how my country could go from having a black president to having a president who says disparaging words about all those who don’t look like him. 

There have been so many moments of pain these past four years on the road, but today a new era arrives. @joebiden represents the best of our country - compassion, empathy, team work and strategy. 

And today, instead of shedding tears over a man’s derogatory comments about my body parts, I got to sit on the couch with my mom and shed tears over my fellow Californian @kamalaharris becoming our first female Vice President. 

America, Ambassador Salisbury is at your service! 
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One year ago today I drove a @ferrari down the #PC One year ago today I drove a @ferrari down the #PCH to Malibu... for work.... 
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“Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re wi “Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re willing to stand alone is a wilderness — an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching.” - Brené Brown 
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2021 am I on the right path? . . . . #hike #hiker 2021 am I on the right path?
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Embracing winter. . . . . #getoutside #hike #hiker Embracing winter.
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New moon. Winter moon. 🌙 New moon. Winter moon. 🌙
Walking in a winter wonderland. 🌊⛄️🧜🏻 Walking in a winter wonderland. 🌊⛄️🧜🏻‍♀️
Moody skies. Let’s fly away. Moody skies. Let’s fly away.
NorCal rocks. NorCal rocks.
My ❤️(and stomach) are full of gratitude. Happ My ❤️(and stomach) are full of gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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