Reflections from halfway around the world
Can a year of travel and experiences change a person? Or maybe I should ask how could it not? Being at the “halfway mark” of our one year around-the-world belated honeymoon “sabbatical”, both geographically and time-wise, it seemed like a propitious time to pause and reflect on our adventures so far. To date, we have visited a selection of countries in Europe, East and South Africa, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Next is South and Central America. We have narrowly missed bombings (Thailand, August 2016) and two earthquakes
Getting to know Elephants in Thailand
When our initial plan for Thailand, a ten-day Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Rak Tamachat farm, fell through due to a change of date on their part, we were on the road and taken by surprise. In spite of many friends raving about Thailand, I was a bit worried it would be overly touristy and that our lack of research would backfire into a lukewarm trip. Luckily, Facebook saved the day. We crowdsourced what we should do during our ten days, and the verdict was loud and clear: go play
A Little Girl’s Dream
My mother always assumed that having a daughter was synonymous with dresses and playing princess. Then I showed up, and went through phases where only wore pants, came back from birthday parties covered in mud because I HAD to go out and play soccer with the boys, and secretly signed up for the baseball team. I don’t ever remember wanting to be a doctor or an astronaut, but I had a plan. I envisioned a big house with a lot of land. Chickens to give us eggs, cows for
Kéne drale d’îdèye! (Quelle drôle d’idée !)
This post only exists in French. Francois writes about how we decided to embark on an unusual honeymoon and kickstarting the process with a honeymoon fund instead of a more traditional wedding registry. D’après l’app “Big Days”, téléchargée il y a quelques temps, il reste 121 jours jusqu’à ma remise de diplôme ; et donc 123 jours jusqu’à notre départ des US. Je ne me souviens plus très bien à quel moment de nos préparatifs de mariage Shahnaz a émis l’idée de faire un tour du monde pour notre lune