One of the questions we hear most often is “aren’t you afraid of getting sick in another country?” Having now been sick or injured in three countries outside of the US, I can confidently say no, I am not worried…
With the New Year just a few short hours away, I thought it time to start thinking about my intentions for the year and beyond. When I get right down to it, I really only have one… I intend, with…
Their border patrol also stole a small portion of our sanity. We decided to go to Panama after our plans got…shifted. We had planned on getting to Panama anyway so when things didn’t work out as expected, we just shrugged…
Most boys grow up idolizing superheroes but I wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong, I donned the occasional Batman outfit for Halloween and I definitely had an imagination… just not for Superman, Spiderman, or any other heroic-Man. But…
There is a an old folktale that turtles cry when they bury their eggs. I can see why people who have seen a mother turtle lay her eggs, bury them, and leave them to the universe to take care of…
Ghandi is famously quoted as saying “be the change you wish to see in the world”. In fact, this bumper sticker quote was probably extracted from the following verifiable quote from Ghandi… “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in…
Traveling as a lifestyle requires budgeting. It isn’t like vacationing where you might spend what you need to to have the “perfect” break from life. This is our life. Now that our housesit on Lake Atitlan is over and we…
One of our most important goals is to connect with people as we travel. It is all too easy to categorize people and to explain away the worlds ills with generalizations and dinner table chats on politics. But who are…
Who was I to insist that any parent send their young child hours away, to schools without proper infrastructure, often to be raised by someone else (when boarding was necessary due to limited options)? Who was I to tell a…
We walk almost 3km when the familiar understanding that time and distance do not have concrete meaning in India, hits me. I don’t know why I am ever surprised by this fact. Any utterance of “it’s not very far” while…