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TANIS TRIPS 

Welcome to TanisTrips! I love having the opportunity to share my travel stories with you. Travel is about the people you meet and adventures you experience, mostly when you don't know exactly what you're doing. Just go for it! 

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Two weeks in India

Sitting in serene, peaceful Alaska it is difficult to re-immerse my senses into my recent trip to Delhi, India in June. I would not...

The second layer of Greece

I don’t often go back to the same place twice because my list of places I want to see in this lifetime is long, but Greece captured my...

New Year question: Am I a minimalist?

First of all, hello from Panama where we've been for almost a month. it has been a long time since I posted a story, so sorry. It's been...

Home Away From Home

So sorry y’all for the delay in story writing. We started this new overlanding adventure at the end of July and have been on the go...

$100/day road trip

I’ve had a few people ask me how I traveled during Covid. I returned to one of my favorite forms of travel - solo road trips. When I...

Tanis trips in Jamaica

Woodstock 1969, I would have loved to be there, but I was only 5. Instead, it was 1983, 15 college students with backpacks and sleeping...

Can you kiss underwater?

Many people have asked me why I chose Kuwait for an overseas teaching experience. My master’s degree was in International Relations with...

Traveling with family

My brother, like myself, developed a love of travel at an early age. He became a corporate travel agent and traveled extensively. He...

Tourist in the mist!

Dian Fossey I’m not, but I do admire her curiosity and positivity. You’ve probably already read my story about helping at the Rock...

Wadi Ash Shab and Krub, the Jewel of Oman

We found Krub by mistake. Oman lies on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The country offers...

Black water rafting

Waitomo Caves, New Zealand, is home to blackwater cave rafting with glowworm ceilings, one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. It...

They Won't Let Me Leave!

When should you carry your passport? ALWAYS when flying, even domestic! While that might seem excessive, unless you’re in a beautiful...

Seeing John Travolta in Istanbul

After teaching in Kuwait for the 2012/13 school year, I met up with two girlfriends in June for a trip to Turkey. We all still say it...

"Six degrees of separation"

Do you believe in the “Six degrees of separation” theory? The idea is that every person in the world is connected to every other person...

Great Barrier Reef diving

Colorado has the highest per capita number of divers of any state in the country, really! Funny, since it’s a landlocked state, but with...

Costa Rican Melons

Watermelons, papaya, coconuts, butterflies, ants, monkeys, and sloths were all part of our recent trip to Costa Rica for my bestie’s...

Never pass up a chance to pee!

Where do I get cash? Which train platform? Where’s the bathroom? I’m hungry! The first 24-48 hours in a new place can be intimidating....

Top o' ta mornin to ya!

One of my favorite places is Ireland, but why? I've been stumbling around this question for years. The obvious answer is that every shade...

The "Grand Tetons"

Arriving in a city at 10 p.m. was not my goal, especially as a young, solo, female traveler, and this was Amsterdam! Departing the train...

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