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Sheeka Sanahori

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Covers:  travel, sustainable travel, Black travel, outdoors, adventure, ancestry travel, family travel, history, culture, food
Freelance travel journalist + video producer. Words in Nat Geo, Southern Living, WaPo, REI, AARP, Thrillist, Lonely Planet. Videos in Lonely Planet, USA Today
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How to Ace a Group Trip with Sheeka Sanahori

How to Ace a Group Trip with Sheeka Sanahori

Overrated Everything — If you're a traveler who loves to craft detailed itineraries, group travel may sound like your worst nightmare. But what if it's exactly what you need? Surrendering the logistics can feel scary at first-but it may be the most reliable way to secure the mental break a vacation is meant to provide.
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Gators and Stargazing Make This Dark Sky Swamp Come Alive at Night

Gators and Stargazing Make This Dark Sky Swamp Come Alive at Night

Outside Magazine — Georgia's Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp is the only gold-tier International Dark Sky Park in the Southeast. Here's how to make the most of your visit there.
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Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own - Scalawag

Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own - Scalawag

Scalawag — McDonald has made national headlines with his community activism. His work is grounded in his historical knowledge of his home in Charleston.
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Kathiew is getting hot in Atlanta - The Food Section

Kathiew is getting hot in Atlanta - The Food Section

The Food Section — Cambodian soup emerges from pho's steamy shadow
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A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion

A Stranger Invited Me to Our Family's Reunion

Thrillist — I traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, to meet my relatives for the first time, which meant participating in a tradition that's existed since the Reconstruction era.
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Warming Up to Peaches

Warming Up to Peaches

Offrange — A Georgia peach farmer fiddles with shipping temperatures, hoping customers fall for his tastier fruits
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Perspective | Tracing my ancestors' Great Migration by train

Perspective | Tracing my ancestors' Great Migration by train

The Washington Post — "Welcome to Yazoo, MS," declares a bright red banner with white letters painted onto the side of a gas station. Yazoo City, Miss., was the Amtrak train's first stop after leaving Jackson. My face was glued to the train's window.
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The South's Best New Museum Is The International African American Museum

The South's Best New Museum Is The International African American Museum

Southern Living — Charleston, South Carolina's newest museum, The International African American Museum, aims to tell the full story of the African American experience and to hep visitors trace their ancestors' footsteps.
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My Highly Sensitive Child has been to 20 countries. Here's how we make travel work

My Highly Sensitive Child has been to 20 countries. Here's how we make travel work

Family Vacationist — I've learned a lot about how to travel with a highly sensitive child. Here's what I now prioritize each time we go on vacation.
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Remembering the 'Clotilda,' Survivors: New Alabama Museum Commemorates Final Voyage

Remembering the 'Clotilda,' Survivors: New Alabama Museum Commemorates Final Voyage

AARP — Learn more about the origins of Africatown Heritage House, dedicated to 'Clotilda' survivors in Alabama, which also displays artifacts from the slave ship.
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Advice | How to plan a genealogy trip to connect with your roots

Advice | How to plan a genealogy trip to connect with your roots

The Washington Post — Ancestry trips are on the rise as consumer DNA test kits and digitized genealogical records have become more accessible.
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Japanese Superfans Flock to This Small City in Oregon Because of 'Stand by Me'

Japanese Superfans Flock to This Small City in Oregon Because of 'Stand by Me'

Thrillist — For international fans, coming to the small city's annual 'Stand by Me' Day event is like traveling through time to a bygone America that no longer exists.
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Thompson Savannah Brings a Rooftop Bar, Elevated Southern Cuisine, and an Expert Concierge to the...

Thompson Savannah Brings a Rooftop Bar, Elevated Southern Cuisine, and an Expert Concierge to the...

Travel + Leisure — You'll find Savannah's only Les Clefs d'Or concierge here, too.
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Cumberland Island Camping and History Guide

Cumberland Island Camping and History Guide

REI Co-op Journal — Those familiar with camping on Cumberland Island know it requires a reservation weeks, often months, in advance. No more than 300 people are allowed on the island on any given day. But it doesn't take long to see why Cumberland Island is worth the wait.
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Juneteenth's Meaning Takes New Shape 3 Years After Federal Recognition

Juneteenth's Meaning Takes New Shape 3 Years After Federal Recognition

AARP — Juneteenth, the day enslaved people in Galveston learned they were free, became a national holiday three years ago. Learn how celebrations are changing.
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Before the Great Migration, there was the Great Exodus. Here's what happened.

Before the Great Migration, there was the Great Exodus. Here's what happened.

National Geographic — During this pivotal late 19th-century migration, African Americans fled the post-Reconstruction South for the promise of freedom and land in the Midwest.
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'We just want them to ... play fair': Puerto Rico tax incentives create a short-term rental issue

'We just want them to ... play fair': Puerto Rico tax incentives create a short-term rental issue

USA Today — As demand has surged in Puerto Rico's tourism sector, investors have been keen on the island's short-term rentals. For mainlanders, buying beach adjacent property seems like a deal, considering the tax benefits Puerto Rico offers. Gentrification is taking its toll across the island, with rising existing home prices making it tougher for Puerto Rican residents to afford to buy homes.
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Poachers forced this rhino subspecies to two. Scientists are in a race to save them.

Poachers forced this rhino subspecies to two. Scientists are in a race to save them.

USA Today — NANYUKI, Kenya -- Najin and Fatu, a mother and daughter rhinoceros pair, spend their days grazing on short grass in their enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. They're surrounded by familiar humans they've come to trust; some are caretakers dedicated to keeping them healthy. Others are armed guards ensuring their protection from poachers and any other potential threats.
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Orphaned baby elephants get second chance at survival

Orphaned baby elephants get second chance at survival

USA Today — NAIROBI, Kenya -- As dawn breaks, 17 baby elephants and their keepers slowly get up from the stables. The elephant keepers sleep on cots next to the elephants every night, and now it's their duty to slowly but surely get the baby elephants ready to march into the Nairobi National Park to graze on grass and leaves.
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