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United StatesMarika Devan2021-03-29T15:48:33-07:00

๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ. โฃ โฃ I got vaccinated a couple of months ago, and since then, I have been dreaming about my next trip. I need to make up for lost time! โฃ โฃ When the pandemic started, I was in Europe about to head to Italy for my very first travel blogging conference. I planned on attending 3 conferences in 2020, but right before my conference in Italy, they closed their borders. โฃ โฃ Like many people, I thought this virus would go away by itself. I never dreamt the world would go into lockdown. I was in Riga, Latvia, and a couple of days later, I headed to Seattle, where I have remained ever since. โฃ โฃ Since I am immune-compromised, the thought of contracting a potentially deadly virus terrified me. I literally did not leave my house for 2 months. I got depressed, and my anxiety was through the roof. I just wanted this nightmare to be over. I wanted my old life back. โฃ โฃ Whenever I would leave the house, I would get a panic attack, so it was easier for me not to go anywhere. Now, I can happily say I can leave my house without panicking. I don't have to worry about dying from the virus, and even though the world isn't fully open, we are heading in that direction, and I couldn't be more excited.โฃ โฃ I am currently planning my first international trip for the fall since the pandemic began, and I am so ready!โฃ โฃ If you haven't gotten vaccinated, please do! For the world to fully reopen, we have to work together, and getting vaccinated is crucial in making that happen. โฃ โฃ #girlsborntravel #bestofseattle #seattlewa #exploreseattle #seattle #roamingwomen #shewhowanders #wearethetravelgirls #globelletravels #seattlegram #funseattle #seattleadventure #girlstraveler #iamtb #seattlemade #sheisnotlost #girlsabroad #madeinseattle #infatuationseattle #sheisthewild #shetravelz #pinktrotters #visitseattle #amazingseattle #wetravelgirls #instaseattle #seattle4fun #girlsborntotravel #girlsjustwannatravel #iloveseattle
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž. โฃ โฃ I mean, I can walk to a coffee shop in my unicorn onesie and no one will bat an eye. In fact, they will smile and compliment said onesie. โฃ โฃ It's great! I can be 100% authentically me which includes myself in a onesie. โฃ โฃ People just donโ€™t care what you do and I wish more folks in the world were like that. The less judgey people we have, the better! โฃ โฃ Also, happy pride month! All love matters and all love is equal. โฃ โฃ #iloveseattle #travelgirlshub #pinktrotters #bloggerstravellovers #ellensburgwa #iamtb #travelwashington #treatpeoplewithkindness #discoverwashington #girlstravelportrait #visitseattle #girlsjustwannatravel #wastate #travelgirlsgo #girlsabroad #travelgirldiary #girlsdreamtravel #shewhowanders #girlsborntravel #dametravel #femaletravel #citizenfemme #welovetravelgirls #sheisthewild #femalephotographer #wearetravelgirls
๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ? โฃ โฃ Honestly, if I made a list of what makes me happy it would be 50 pages long There so much in life to be grateful for, so here are some things that make me the happiest! โฃ โฃ But to be honest, it hasnโ€™t always been that way. Letโ€™s just say, I may had had my mid life crisis at 20 ๐Ÿ˜‚ but now I am in such a good place. I am thriving and I could let be more grateful that I am at this place in my life right now.โฃ โฃ So Before I end this little caption here a some things that make me happy! โฃ โฃ Spreadsheetsโฃ Doggy cuddles โฃ Uniqueness & individuality โฃ Family & friends โฃ Traveling & new experiences โฃ Sunsets & sunrises โฃ Lists โฃ Avocados โฃ To love & be loved โฃ The ability to taste, smell, hear & seeโฃ Mother natureโ€™s creations โฃ Science & facts โฃ And of course, all of you! โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #dametravel #autismworld #wearetravelgirls #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnesssupport #travelgirlshub #discoverwashington #invisibleillnessawareness #disabledwoman #visitseattle #wearethetravelgirls #chronicillnessfighter #iloveseattle #girlsborntotravel #disabilityblogger #ladiesgoneglobal #journeysofgirls #disablityproblems #seattlelife #girlsdreamtravel #shetravels #girlstoptravel #ataxia #livewashington #disabilityrights #pinktrotters #girlsabroad #rarediseaseawareness #citizenfemme #girlsjustwannatravel
๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž? โฃ โฃ I absolutely love it! Travelling with people is actually really difficult for me because I need specific accommodations due to my disability. โฃ โฃ For instance, if we stay in a hostel, I always need a bottom bunk. The top bunk is really difficult and can be dangerous for me to climb up.โฃ โฃ I can also get drained and may need to nap during the day or rest for several hours.โฃ โฃ I also prefer to pre-board because boarding with everyone can be difficult with my balance. โฃ โฃ I can get a debilitating migraine that can last for up to two days where I need to sleep it off, which means the other person is sightseeing alone for that time. โฃ โฃ That's not to say I can't travel with people because I have had some fantastic trips with friends and family, but that being said, they understand my disability and understand that I need specific accommodations and are okay with it. โฃ โฃ I also may seem like a difficult person to travel with, but I'm not. I am really easygoing and totally okay with everyone doing their own thing, for instance, if I want to rest or do something they don't want to do. I am okay with going off alone or staying back and relaxing. โฃ โฃ I want to make sure everyone has an equally incredible time! But it also means I need to travel with someone who is okay with this. โฃ โฃ I just know what accommodations I need to make travelling easy for me. It just depends if the other person I am travelling with gets it and is okay with my needs. โฃ โฃ #girlsabroad #girlsborntotravel #travelgirlshub #autismworld #visitnevada #hiddendisability #thetravelwomen #girlpowertravel #chronicillness #travelette #disabledwoman #shetravels #disabilityblogger #sheisnotlost #dametravel #shetravelz #travelgirldiary #chronicillnessfighter #nevadatourism #shewhowanders #invisibleillnessawareness #journeysofgirls #disablityproblems #welovetravelgirls #wearetravelgirls #femaletravel #girlstoptravel #explorenevada #ataxiaawareness #travelgirlsgoโฃ
๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? โฃ โฃ By that I mean someone that might have your personality. I find it so hard to imagine there being someone else out there with the same likes and dislikes or same hobbies as me.โฃ โฃ But with 8 billion people in the world there is bound to be someone or a few people who are obsessed with spreadsheets, makes useless lists and studies their bookshelves everyday to make sure none are missing. My family like to borrow my books. ๐Ÿ˜‚ okay...well I donโ€™t do that last one much anymore. Oh, or someone who is addicted to embarrassing themselves. โฃ โฃ I guess the good thing about having so many people in the world is that everyone is so unique and I doubt Iโ€™ll find anyone in my lifetime who is similar to me. โฃ โฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง? โฃ โฃ #womentravel #girlsjustwannatravel #sheisthewild #americanlife #travelgirlshub #girlsabroad #welovetravelgirls #roadtripadventures #citizenfemme #shewhowanders #girlsborntravel #utahphotography #shetravelz #utahisbeautiful #utahtravels #travelamerica #girlsborntotravel #neverstopexploring #utahadventures #traveldiary #journeysofgirls #travelstories #wowutah #roadtrip #travelgirldiary #traveler #roadtrippingusa #pinktrotters #femaletravel #utahbeautyโฃ
๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐’๐ƒ (๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ) ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“.โฃ โฃ To be honest, I hated it. Itโ€™s one thing to be misdiagnosed the Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy, but now Autism? When will it stop! I went through my pre-teen and teen years, hiding behind a facade. I tried to hide it from the world โฃ When I was diagnosed with Ataxia, I canโ€™t say I felt any better. I was relieved I didnโ€™t have cp and epilepsy, but I still felt broken. Itโ€™s taken years to accept this part of me.โฃ โฃ Iโ€™ve been thinking back recently and reminiscing on my childhood, and looking back, I did so many things, many of which I still do today, that most people most certainly do not do. โฃ โฃ Here are a few examplesโฃ โฃ I used to organize my books and study my shelves every morning and night for ten minutes to ensure one wasnโ€™t missing because if one were missing, Iโ€™d know. โฃ โฃ I would create long lists of useless crap like hamster and dog names. I still love lists, though! โฃ โฃ I would get overly obsessed with different topics and talk non-stop about these topics. I think I was into alligators at one point.โฃ โฃ I would get really stressed during social situations and would sometimes leave without telling anyone. Iโ€™d read a book or go to the movies. I am a lot better with this now.โฃ โฃ I donโ€™t know what itโ€™s like to feel embarrassed, so that has helped when it comes to not caring what people think of me. My friends will vouch for this. ๐Ÿ˜‚โฃ โฃ I have to plan every aspect of my trips. What Iโ€™ll do, where Iโ€™ll eat, what tours I want to take, my budget etc. I have comprehensive spreadsheets.โฃ Change can be challenging for me if I donโ€™t expect it. โฃFun fact: I once broke blockbuster's website by adding too many movies to my queue. They had to add a mass delete button
๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. โฃ โฃ With summer comes warmer weather and things start to slowly open up again. โฃ โฃ Since last year the virus that must not be named was rampant I spent most of the time inside so this year I am busy planning tons of fun trips. There will be a few excursions close to home but also a few that are far. I am honestly beyond excited to travel again. โฃ โฃ March of 2020 I was about to travel to Italy for a conference and the next thing I knew I had to hurry back home before the European borders closed, so even though Europe might not be happening for me this summer I am just so excited to get out of my house and travel again. โฃ โฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ?โฃ โฃ #neverstopexploring #wearetravelgirls #traveldiary #wa #girlstraveler #pinktrotters #travelgirlshub #girlstravelportrait #girlstoptravel #travelamerica #livewashington #bloggerstravellovers #travelgirlsgo #nomadgirls #shetravelz #travelawesome #girlsabroad #americathebeautiful #travelgirldiary #summer #travelthroughtheworld #dametravel #journeysofgirls #packedforgood #shewhowanders #exploremore #girlsjustwannatravel #travelette #mytravelgram #wanderwashington
๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐š ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž! โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I am going to give you guys 9 truths and a lie and you have to guess which one is the true. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ My dad cooked pizza for Angelina Jolie at a dinner party his friend hosted before she was famous.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I have been on the set of the first Harry Potter Movie and met the cast.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ The doctors thought I had a malignant tumor when I was 2โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I almost got arrested in Prague when I was 16โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I have never dated an Americanโฃโฃ โฃโฃ I loved getting shots and blood tests as a kidโฃโฃ โฃโฃ I have had over 5 surgeries in my lifeโฃโฃ โฃโฃ As a kid, I never felt painโฃโฃ โฃโฃ Robbin Williams introduced himself to me when I was an extra in one of his shows. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ My favorite genre's of music are Country and EDMโฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž! โฃโฃ โฃโฃ #bloggerstravellovers #neverstopexploring #disabilityblogger #pinktrotters #friedreichsataxia #hiddendisability #dametravel #traveladdict #girlsvsglobe #ladiesgoneglobal #traveldiary #shetravelz #girlstoptravel #invisibleillnessawareness #jetsettingchicks #journeysofgirls #journeyofgirls #darlingplaces #citizenfemme #chronicillnesssupport #roamingwomen #disablityproblems #femaletravel #radgirlslife #travelgirlshub #femalephotographer #girlpowertravel #ataxiaawareness #packedforgood #chronicillnesshumor
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