Where Is Elie Now?
I headed back to the US on May 17th, 2025. Not to finish traveling, oh no… we had plenty more adventures to come. But to spend a bit of time traveling around the US visiting friends and family! Specifically to celebrate my cousin’s wedding.
Over the course of the summer, I spent time in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Oregon. After a year and a half on the road, it was some much needed time with people I love.
Summer came to a close and I left the US yet again. This time to a closer destination: Central America. I of course wanted to keep exploring the world, but I also wanted to start making progress in learning a new language. I started my journey in Antigua, Guatemala where I took a 3 week Spanish immersion school. I took this new knowledge base to Honduras, where I had a volunteering opportunity lined up. To keep the story short, that volunteering opportunity didn’t work out and I found myself traveling through El Salvador and landing in Nicaragua, volunteering at a surf hostel instead.
I spent the next month in El Transito, Nicaragua working on Free Spirit Hostel’s social media and surfing every day. I started to get the hang of short board surfing and took these skills down to Santa Teresa, Costa Rica where I spent the next month.
Here I volunteered at another hostel helping fix up the hostel while it was closed and then helped with the reception desk when it was back open. I had to say goodbye to the warm beach days and ocean waves as I hopped on a flight back to the US.
To start my time back in the US, I visited my sister who lives in Florida! We, along with her partner, went to the theme parks and just enjoyed each other’s company!
I continued on to Illinois and Wisconsin where I spent Thanksgiving and more time with my parents and extended family before heading back to Nicaragua to spend the rest of the winter months surfing!
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TRAVELIE 