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Everyday spirituality in India

India is, as everyone says, a place where everyday spirituality is apparent. We were there for a special yearly Hindu celebration for Sh...

Return to Rwanda

We visited Rwanda in January. It is a special place for me. I lived there for several years from 1994-1997 following the war and genoc...

Patagonia - yes

We made our way to the northern frontier of Patagonia and spent several nights in this Idyllic cabin. It was located at the base of the ...

Patient Celebrities in India

Jane and Maggie often found that they attracted attention while in India. They were troopers and patiently agreed to be in photos with c...

"On the Street" by Jane

When we were in India, a lot of time we were on the street. When we walked on the streets, we saw many interesting things. First, there w...

Impressions of India - By Maggie

My family and I went to India for 9 days and we saw lots of cool things like big nice cows in the road, colorful camels with bells and be...

Indiana Jones in Nicaragua - Finding pre-Columbian art on a family farm

While we were studying Spanish at the Mariposa Center in the forest of Nicaragua, I mentioned to my conversation teacher, Marta, that I w...

Working at the Children's Center in Kenya

Helping in Kenya was one of the highlights of our world trip. We worked for over a week at the Namayiana Children’s Home in the Maasailan...

Ecuador

We already wrote about our Spanish school in Cuenca, Ecuador and our visits to Cotopaxi and to Mindo in Ecuador. But here are a few othe...

Wisconsin - A visit to our roots

This is a post is out of order as we try to catch up on some of our previous adventures. In July, when we were touring the USA, we visit...

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