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Moving to Austin Road Trip

Benjamin

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SXSW Adventure

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What is SXSW?

SXSW (South By Southwest) is when a few huge festivals happen in Austin Texas over the space of a two weeks! Officially they have Music, Film, and Interactive, but they also have comedy, education, and more coming I’m sure. To get an idea of what its about check the YouTube video



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CouchSurfing 101: CouchSurfing Basics

Benjamin

Watching The Sunrise At Arcadia National Park
So I’ve been traveling a lot the last few months and people have been asking me how I’ve been able to afford traveling so much. The biggest expense I’ve been able to avoid is paying for hotel, hostels, etc along the way. The main way I’ve been able to do this is with the website CouchSurfing.org.

Why I love CouchSurfing.org

6 Lessons Learned From Running A 5K In A Sumo Costume

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The Sumo Saga

A couple years ago I made one of the best purchases of my life, which was an inflatable sumo suit costume for Halloween. I’ve had so much fun wearing the sumo costume that I’ve tried to wear it as often as possible.

So when I awoke at 7am Saturday morning and tried to decide what to wear to the Run or Dye 5K, which is probably the worse name for a 5K ever, as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes I looked up into my closet and saw my sumo costume sitting there. I put on the sumo suit just as a joke, but when Whitney showed up to carpool down to the stadiums she concurred that I should do the 5K in it. I learned several things from running A 5K in A a sumo costume, and here they are!

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