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Las Cruces, my friends, from the bottom of my heart, mil gracias y adiós a todos! Three years of working at New Mexico State University seemed too short and felt too fast when every day is adorned with beautiful people, enchanted places, memorable events, and blessed with almost always sun-shiny…
Read moreI have traveled far and wide in New Mexico, visiting national monuments and parks and joining unusual celebrations. I had climbed cliffs, went down into deep caves, and even slid down white desert sands. While I am impressed with the natural wonders New Mexico has to offer, I am more…
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Being sparsely populated, the State of South Dakota is mostly covered by grasslands. And with the fertile flat plains covering almost 75% of the State, no wonder that the agriculture industry is expanding in the past decade. You will see the vast expanse of agriculture when road-tripping across this Midwestern…
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Unlike the much bigger Albuquerque city up north, Las Cruces New Mexico down south is less crowded. Also, when in Las Cruces, you get this friendlier feeling each time you visit a cafe or a restaurant. With mild winters, you can do so many outdoor things in Las Cruces practically…
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I have been an Aggie for a little over a year. Since I love the serenity and scenery of the New Mexico State University campus, I always make it a habit to not take shortcuts when walking from building A to building B. For instance, going from my workplace in…
Read moreDescribing the Tent Rocks National Monument in Cochiti Pueblo New Mexico as beautiful, is an understatement. With rock formations unlike no other, the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks is deserving of its National Monument status with its majestic sights and views, especially from the top. Two different geologic processes formed the rock…
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Welcome to one of the World’s New 7 Wonders Cities: Vigan City! Vigan is the capital of the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. Recently listed as one of the World’s New 7 Wonders Cities, Vigan joined other known cities worldwide, namely, Beirut in Lebanon, Doha in Qatar, Durban…
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Shower me with coffee! My love for drinking coffee has never been a secret. In fact, in one of my weekly columns in The Collegian, I wrote about my favorite coffee shop in Brookings, South Dakota. Friends dear to me know that I am a coffee loyalist and coffee mocha…
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