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Colby Lee Burke is a sought-after freelance travel writer. Based in both Portland, Oregon and Charleston, South Carolina, he has a fresh and unique outlook on American travel. Burke also travels around the world, with recent trips taking him to Scotland, Italy, and Switzerland. Burke grew up in Portland and attended the University of Oregon in Eugene. He majored in English. While he was studying abroad in Florence, he began writing travel pieces for his college newspaper. A mentor encouraged him to begin a career as a travel writer. Burke worked as a copy editor for a major Northwest newspaper for several years before he was able to make travel writing his full-time job. When Burke explores a new city for the first time, he is careful to leave enough time in his itinerary to discover new things. He believes that every traveler should search off the beaten path for the best possible experience. He uses his language skills to communicate with the locals wherever he goes, and th...

Stephen Andrew Stepaniuk is a passionate travel blogger and professional photographer based in Boston, MA. He mostly blogs and documents stories about entertainment, food and culture. The majority of people who frequent his blog are students and travel industry professionals. Stepaniuk is a go getter who has set his sights on enhancing his profile as an influential travel blogger and budding professional photographer. His efforts have seen several corporate sponsors and media syndicates come aboard. Stephen Andrew Stepaniuk was raised up in Connecticut and attended Northeastern University in the neighboring state of Massachusetts. He majored in English and holds a Degree in the same. He is adept at communication and creative writing. The interest in linguistics emboldened Stephen Stepaniuk to study French, Polish and German. He is currently learning Esperanto, an auxiliary language spoken by nearly 2 million people around the world. Stepaniuk has visited several countries in Euro...

Valdelicio Silva is an adventure traveler who has a passion for hiking, camping, road trips and multiculturalism. His blog, Travelling With Me reflects the obstacles and restrictions that LGBT people may face in certain countries or regions of a country. The ultimate goal of his initiative is to show that although it should not be the case in the 21st century, there are still places where LGBT people are not accepted or welcomed. We have conducted an interview with Valdelicio. What do you include in your writing to highlight the historic aspects of a location? I include highlights of a historic place that motivates the reader to search for more information. I pick one aspect or element in the history of a place to focus on. It is not only impossible to write the entire history and facts about a place, but it is also not my intention to reveal everything about a place. It is like telling someone line by line of a movie; it takes away the surprise element. I write enough ab...