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    Simple Tips for Booking an Accessible Hotel

    By Cory Lee
    Booking travel plans can already be difficult enough, and it adds one more layer of complexity if you need an accessible room or an accessible hotel. You might wonder how you can make the right choice when it comes to accessibility in your accommodations, and also how you can find the best deals. The following…
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    10 Wheelchair Accessible Things to Do at Mall of America

    By Cory Lee
    As you may remember if you have been following me for a while, I visited the Mall of America for the first time last May. It was a ton of fun, but since I was there for a conference, I didn’t have much time to fully enjoy everything that the mall offers. So when I…
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    A Wheelchair Accessible City Guide to Quito, Ecuador

    By Cory Lee
    At over 9,000 feet above sea level, Quito is a city whose beauty and altitude will take your breath away. South America had been on my bucket list forever, but I always thought that it’d be extremely difficult to navigate for access travel. However, after I discovered the wheelchair accessible tour company Ecuador for All,…
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    Wheelie Inspiring Interview: This Paralyzed Veteran Has Traveled to 37 Countries

    By Cory Lee
    With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, one of my favorite organizations, Paralyzed Veterans of America, is doing a campaign that will allow us to show how much we #LoveOurVeterans. You can easily send a Valentine’s Day card to a veteran in a VA hospital! When the PVA asked if I’d be interested in taking…
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    Hiking in the Amazon Rainforest as a Wheelchair User

    By Cory Lee
    Nature and I haven’t always gotten along very well. Sure, I love the great outdoors just as much as anyone else, but I have never been camping or even hiking. It’s not necessarily because I have not wanted to. It’s just that the woods tend to not be entirely accessible for a wheelchair. I remember…
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    Wheelchair Accessible Activities for a Trip to Hong Kong

    By Cory Lee
    Asia quite often gets a bad rap for being a most inhospitable place for travelers in wheelchairs. And while in some cases this might be more than a little justified (Japan’s lack of elevators in some stations springs to mind), for the most part, Asia’s major cities are trying their best to offer wheelchair access…
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    Wheelchair Friendly Things to Do in Melbourne, Australia

    By Cory Lee
    When I say “Australia”, what’s the first place that you think of? Most likely, you’re imagining the stunning Sydney Opera House or maybe even the Great Barrier Reef as some of the best things to do in Australia. If you’re like me, Melbourne probably didn’t immediately cross your mind, but it should! There are tons…
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    Curb Free Morocco Group Trip 2018… Want to Join?

    By Cory Lee
    Since starting my blog in December 2013, I have received many messages and emails asking if I do group trips. I’ve always responded with “not at this time” and thought that it would be a good idea one day. I’ve been thinking it over for about a year now, wondering what would be a good…
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    My Travel Highlights From 2016 (and What I’m Looking Forward to in 2017)

    By Cory Lee
    2016 was a wild year for me. I traversed four continents, spent over 40 nights in hotels, and took 16 flights. This was my most exciting year ever for traveling and I feel like I have learned a lot. I’m a big believer that traveling is the best teacher, so I’m incredibly thankful to have…
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    That time a hippo attacked me in South Africa…

    By Cory Lee
    2,900. That is the number of people that hippopotamuses kill each year on average. With that high number, they are considered the most dangerous animals in all of Africa. This fact was surprising to me. Before visiting South Africa, I was slightly nervous of lions and the many poisonous snakes in the country, but it…
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