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Visiting the Maasai Elders

We had a wonderful opportunity to spend a week in the Ngong Hills in the Maasai lands of Kenya working at a children's center and...

The Drakensburg Mountains - South Africa

I hitchhiked in South Africa in the early 1990s following the election of Nelson Mandela. It was a time of wonder and excitement in the...

Making Music in Africa

While we were in Lesotho, we visited a local school and artisan project where Maggie and I made a recycled guitar. She later jammed with...

Loving Lesotho

We had an amazing visit to the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho. After crossing the border into this small country in the center of...

World Learning

A number of people have asked us what it is like teaching on the road. It has had its challenges - finding the time and lugging books...

Santiago Piercing

Jane turned 9 when we were in Santiago. As a reward for her great traveling, she was rewarded with having her ears pierced. What...

Cuenca, Ecuador

We all loved our time in Cuenca, a city in the south of Ecuador. We did not plan to go there, but were encouraged to go by Dan's work...

Thank God for buttered Noodles and other thoughts on traveling with kids

This is a post just to make sure we are honest about our trip (and to maybe help others feel good about not traveling) Yes, it is fun...

Hiking and skiing Volcano Villarrica - Chile

We had a beautiful opening in the weather in an otherwise rainy week to summit the smoking Villarrica Volcano (it erupted in 2015). It...

Interesting rule...

We found this set of rules posted on a big banner on the side wall next to the door of one of our lodges in Ecuador. Among other rules...