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elona

↠ #nyc 🎗 cancer Survivor
↠ Philanthropist l Luxury Travel Blogger | Avgeek 🛩 ♥ إلونا

Things I’m looking forward to this week:⁣ ⁣

Things I’m looking forward to this week:⁣
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Driving to the airport ⁣
Checking my bags⁣
Holding my boarding pass ⁣
Standing on the moving walkway ⁣
Flying ⁣
Flying⁣
Flying⁣
Flying some more⁣
Ticking off a new country from the list ⁣
More flying ⁣
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Guess where? I’ll send a few winner(s) a postcard 📮
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Swipe for more photos ➡️📸: @tourdelust

Did you know: the first time Japan tried to send c

Did you know: the first time Japan tried to send cherry blossoms (their national flower) to the U.S. as a sign friendship … it almost started in a diplomatic crisis? 🙈⁣⁣
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In 1910, the Department of Agriculture recommended burning the 2,000 trees sent from the Japanese after finding insects and diseases in the trees. This nearly caused a diplomatic disaster!⁣⁣
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2 years later, the first US cherry trees were planted as a gift of friendship from Japan 🌸 ⁣
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Over 3,000 trees and 12 varieties were shipped from Yokohama to Seattle before getting transferred to DC. ⁣
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Guessing with no insects that time around😌 ⁣⁣
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Save this post for the location: Engineers Gate, Central Park (90th St & 5th Ave) 📍⁣⁣
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Have you seen cherry blossoms this year? ⁣⁣
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📸: @tourdelust

1, 2, 3, or 4? which one do you like the most 👀

1, 2, 3, or 4? which one do you like the most 👀⁣
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I can’t promise you guys @jerometraveller friendship because we (@ofleatherandlace and I) are very overprotective of him ⁣😂
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but ... ⁣
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you can test your luck and book a photo shoot with him 😉📸 ⁣
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I may be a little biased here, but I think Jérôme knows all the good angles 😇
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🕶 by @miumiu from @sunglasshut!

Day or Night? 🌝 vs. 🌚⁣ ⁣ Did you know th

Day or Night? 🌝 vs. 🌚⁣
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Did you know that the Empire State Building is home to so many businesses that it actually has its own zip code: 10118? 🤓⁣
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On a clear day you can actually see five states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts!⁣
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Construction of the ESB was completed in 1931 and people from all over the country flocked to New York City to pay 10 cents to look through a telescope on the top floor 👀⁣
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ESB collected over $3,000 in nickels and dimes in just 6 months (that’s ~$45K when adjusted for inflation).⁣
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But $3,000 in nickels and dimes was not enough. With the Great Depression still hovering, only a quarter of the retail space was occupied in the building. ⁣
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So much so that various publicity stunts were enacted such as keeping the lights on in the upper floors to make them seem occupied. ⁣
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The @empirestatebldg only became profitable after World War 2. In fact, in 1946, 15 years after opening, ESB was among the world’s most profitable buildings 🤩⁣
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📸: @jerometraveller

Keep your head in the clouds but your feet on the

Keep your head in the clouds but your feet on the ground ⛅️⁣
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Lesson to be learned there 👆🏼 I suppose there are many aways to interpret the quote but for me it’s quite simple: think BIG & stay grounded. What does it mean to you?⁣
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Honestly, I think that people would lose their minds trying to understand mine. But at the end of the day, I always take a step back and stay practical with my thoughts and my actions. I know the kind of life I want to live and everything coming my way that isn’t aligned with that … I say “no” to. ⁣
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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic blog is now live (link in bio). Key travel information: ⁣
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- Travelers do not need to provide a negative PCR or COVID-19 test upon arrival. ⁣
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- As of January 26, 2021, the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism is offering viral antigen testing to international visitors staying at a hotel.⁣
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- All international tourists arriving on commercial flights and staying at a hotel will be granted a temporary, free health coverage plan that provides coverage for emergencies in the event of an infection or exposure to COVID-19 while in-country.⁣
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+ read more on the [pros & cons] of hotels, social distanced activities. Don’t Sleep on DR! ⁣
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📍 Montaña Redonda w/ @godomrep ⁣
📸 @tourdelust ⁣
#SafeToTravel #OpenDR #DomRepPartner⁣

photo 1, 2, 3, or 4? ☺️⁣ ⁣ Ironically, som

photo 1, 2, 3, or 4? ☺️⁣
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Ironically, some of my favorite portraits are taken spontaneously and on the days I had no intention of shooting at all 🙈 ... a sunset like this over the NYC skyline - kinda left me with no choice but a lil NYC portrait series 🤤 ⁣
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What’s your favorite city?
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📸: @tourdelust

Isn’t it funny that in 1626 the island of Manhat

Isn’t it funny that in 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought for $24 worth of beads and trinkets?⁣
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Well, at least that’s the myth we were told in school 😝⁣
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Peter Minuit, Director of the Dutch West India Company, bought Manhattan Island for the Dutch, and Manhattan later became the Dutch city of “New Amsterdam.” ⁣
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One historian calculated that the purchase price was equivalent to $24 back then. This number has been frozen in time!⁣
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Modern historians calculated that the purchase was equivalent to $950 … adjusted for inflation the two figures are around $70 and $68,000 in todays money (respectively) 🤓 ⁣
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There are MANY other flaws in this story but in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien: “I believe that legends and myths are largely made of the truth.” So … I guess we’ll never really know 😏⁣
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Have you been to New York?
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📸: @tourdelust

Your life is three truths: how you treat others. h

Your life is three truths: how you treat others. how you treat yourself. & how you allow yourself to be treated. ⁣
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For the longest time I didn’t quite know my real worth. When I was young, I was conditioned to believe what I was told by others. I was seeing myself through other peoples lenses - and I wondered why my vision was so blurry 🤷🏻‍♀️ ⁣
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I didn’t know my worth because I was always seeking external validation. ⁣
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It padded my ego when I was the go-to girl for everything amongst friends, and when broken men came around, I wanted to be “the healer.” ⁣
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My judgement was clouded by their troubled pasts - I saw a man in need of love and thought I could fill those voids.⁣
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But you see, that’s the wrong kind of challenge to take on. ⁣
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I no longer seek to “fall in love”, I “rise in love.” I used to attribute love to a feeling towards another person, but now I realize that love is our own energy. ⁣
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The more you love yourself, the more you give yourself the permission to BE loved … to be yourself, and to align with someone who has the same energy flow. ⁣
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So you have love yourself … A LOT. If you only love yourself at 50%, you can only attract someone who will love you at 50% because that’s all you know!!⁣
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When you love yourself at 100% … you reach a level of unimaginable freedom. The divine source of love itself flows through you, as you. ⁣
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You align with everything you deserve when you have that kind of energy 🤍⁣
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Who can relate?⁣
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#TalksWithElona 📸: @jerometraveller

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