<h5><em>Welcome to today's weekly Travelfeed America roundup!</em></h5><br>North, Central or South America - we try to cover it all by sharing our favorite articles from these travel destinations submitted to us via our #travelfeed tag. Ready for some adventure? We're pretty sure to satisfy your wanderlust with the following posts.<br><br>Are you a travel blogger? Thanks to the travel writing contest by <a href='https://travelfeed.io/@invisusmundi'>@invisusmundi</a> you can now earn up to 100 STEEM on top of the post rewards when posting through <a href='https://travelfeed.io/'>TravelFeed.io</a>! <a href='https://steempeak.com/contest/@invisusmundi/travelfeed-travel-writing-contest'>Read the contest announcement</a> for more information.<br><br><h3>The BEST posts for America</h3><p>A <em>quick</em>  recap - the <strong>post rewards</strong> of this curation post will be distributed as follows:</p><ul><li>Each featured author is set as a 13% beneficiary of this post;</li><li>The rest of the earnings will be used to <strong>power up</strong> the <a href='https://travelfeed.io/@travelfeed'>@travelfeed</a> account.</li></ul><p>🔗<em>The thumbnails are directly linked to the original posts. Please, click on the image and enjoy the read!</em></p><hr/><center><h4>37th Annual Hot Balloon Festival - Readington NJ <em> by <a href="https://travelfeed.io/@mikeycolon">@mikeycolon</a></em></h4><p>📍<em>New Jersey, United States</em></p></center><blockquote><p>
Have you ever been dragged by your significant other to go somewhere you didn’t want to go - only to be pleasantly surprised that you actually had fun? Well that’s what happened as we went to the 37th Annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning.
And in case you’re wondering QuickChek is a chain of convenience stores / gas stations. It’s kin[...]</p></blockquote><center><a href="https://travelfeed.io/@mikeycolon/hot-air-ballon-festival-sponsored-by-quickcheck-new-jersey"><img src="https://colonphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tb-quickchek-balloon-festival-nj-60-2.jpg" alt="37th Annual Hot Balloon Festival - Readington NJ"/></a></center><hr/><center><h4>Beaches and Booze in the Dominican Republic: Statistically Safe, TBH <em> by <a href="https://travelfeed.io/@oheyo">@oheyo</a></em></h4><p>📍<em>La Altagracia, Dominican Republic</em></p></center><blockquote><p>
Amid a storm of media-stoked fear about traveling to this small Caribbean nation, we dug through the negative news and looked at the facts. What we found about the safety of visiting the Dominican Republic was equal parts reassuring and maddening. The statistics tell a pretty solid story, and data from the US State Department straight-up confirmed[...]</p></blockquote><center><a href="https://travelfeed.io/@oheyo/beaches-and-booze-in-the-dominican-republic-statistically-safe-tbh"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dmuksl47x/image/upload/v1565826401/IMG_3250_pxquqt.jpg" alt="Beaches and Booze in the Dominican Republic: Statistically Safe, TBH"/></a></center><hr/><center><h4>Primary Research for a Developing Nation | Nicaragua | The Trip of a Lifetime <em> by <a href="https://travelfeed.io/@thewaterygoat">@thewaterygoat</a></em></h4><p>📍<em>Jinotega, Nicaragua</em></p></center><blockquote><p>
Salamanca, Nicaragua
In February of 2016, at 19 years old, I embarked on a volunteering trip in Nicaragua with the International Citizen Service (ICS). It was the first time I had ever gone abroad by myself but I was so excited, fear of the unknown was replaced by curiosity and a fervent fever for the start date.

“ICS is led by VSO and funded by [...]</p></blockquote><center><a href="https://travelfeed.io/@thewaterygoat/primary-research-for-a-developing-nation-or-nicaragua-or-the-trip-of-a-lifetime"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dmuksl47x/image/upload/v1565838086/pararama_nica_qjz4jy.png" alt="Primary Research for a Developing Nation | Nicaragua | The Trip of a Lifetime"/></a></center><hr/><p>We hope you have enjoyed these posts. Please do <strong>visit</strong> the fellow Steemians’ accounts <strong>to learn more</strong> about their travels!</p><p><em>If you don’t want to miss our daily topic curations, please look out for the <a href='https://travelfeed.io/trending/travelfeeddaily'>#travelfeeddaily</a> tag. Do you like what we do? Please consider giving us an upvote or even a resteem. This will help us pay out higher rewards to the community which encourage even more people to use <a href='https://travelfeed.io/trending/travelfeed'>#travelfeed</a>.</em></p><h2>Want to be featured in our daily round-ups?</h2><p>It's simple: Tag your post with #travelfeed  or use <a href='https://travelfeed.io/'>our dApp</a>. If your post is about #foodoftheworld or #traveladvice, don't forget to add the appropriate tag for a chance to be featured in our round-ups! If  your post is about a specific location, pin it to the Steemitworldmap (see instructions below) to be eligible to be featured in one of our location-based round-ups!</p><h2>Participate in TravelFeed!</h2><ul><li><strong>Follow</strong> <a href='https://travelfeed.io/@travelfeed'>@travelfeed</a></li><li>Follow our <strong>curation trail</strong> on Steemauto or delegate Steem Power: <a href='https://travelfeed.io/travelfeed/@travelfeed/tutorial-follow-the-travelfeed-curation-trail-on-steemauto'>Check out our tutorial</a>!</li><li><strong>Use the tag</strong> <a href='https://travelfeed.io/@travelfeed'>#travelfeed</a> in your posts: <a href='https://travelfeed.io/travelfeed/@travelfeed/how-to-participate-use-travelfeed-in-your-posts'>Check out the requirements</a>!</li><li>To view our curation initiative with the <strong>daily topics</strong>: <a href='https://travelfeed.io/travelfeed/@travelfeed/introducing-travelfeed-featuring-steemit-s-best-travel-content'>Check out our introduction</a>!</li><li><a href='https://travelfeed.io/'>Help test our dApp</a>!</li></ul><h2><a href='https://discord.gg/kBY4qKA'>Join the TravelFeed Discord!</a></h2><p>With <strong>over 700</strong> members already on the TravelFeed Discord, it is an excellent place to meet other travelers and chat about traveling! The server is also the place where you can ask all your questions about TravelFeed.</p><center><a href='https://discord.gg/jWWu73H'><img src='https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmZhLuw8WE6JMCYHD3EXn3MBa2CSCcygvfFqfXde5z3TLZ' alt='Transparent-Discord-Travel.png' /><br/></a></center><h3>Is your travel post about a specific place? Pin it to the <a href='https://travelfeed.io/@steemitworldmap'>@steemitworldmap</a>!</h3><p>Just <a href='https://steemitworldmap.com/'>visit the Steemit Worldmap</a>, search for the location of your post, toggle the 'code' slider and then click on the map at the place where you want your post to appear. You now have a code snippet that you can click on to copy it to your clipboard. Now you only have to paste this code snippet into your Steem post and it will appear on the map!</p>