ECUADOR | Monday, 2 Feb 2009 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Monday, 2 Feb 2009 | Views [7530] | Comments [2]
“It's such a shame how they treat their country.” I'm sitting on a bus in Colombia with an American couple in the seat behind Miral and I. There are never other Americans on the bus with us in Colombia. The wife in the couple reiterates, ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [5763]
i discovered the two most beautiful sights in Colombia! too bad they're separated by hundreds of kilometers! of Colombian bus-driver-owned highway! bussing our way across Colombia has been blessing and has been curse, depending on the state ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [1401] | Comments [2]
On Wednesday 1/14, we packed our bags and left our home-base at the Hotel Aragon in Bogota, destination: Armenia. From there we planned to go to a small weekender town called Solento. The bus ride from Bogota to Armenia was beautiful – gorgeous rolling ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 19 Jan 2009 | Views [710] | Comments [2]
This is just a quick note to everyone to say thanks for all of the posts on the blog! We don't have consistent cheap internet access enough to reply to every one -- but know that we love getting them and reading them and we love knowing that all of you ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 16 Jan 2009 | Views [1502]
After our Newark through Atlanta flights, we landed at the airport in Bogota late in the night on 1/10/08. Getting off the plane brought that same sense of openness/uncertainty that I have felt at the airports in Lima and Tel Aviv and Warsaw. Everything ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 14 Jan 2009 | Views [977] | Comments [1]
Bogota, city capital of Colombia, is found in the center of the country, less than 5 hours south by plane, from the southeastern region of the United States. population 7 million plus, the altitude is high for recent Seattle-area dwellers - about 2600 ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009 | Views [891] | Comments [1]
We left you somewhere in Wyoming...? After the white out when we had to duck for cover from 4pm until the next day, the rest of the journey was cold (COLD) but without major incident. Our time was slowed considerably, but we still ducked off ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
Farewell at Newark Airport
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USA | Wednesday, 7 Jan 2009 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Friday, 2 Jan 2009 | Views [1645] | Comments [5]
It seemed like a miracle. December 28 th
in Tacoma greeted us with blue skies, sunshine, and a crystal clear
view of the Cascades and the Olympics. This would seem like a bit of
a miracle in any Pacific Northwest December ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Views [1182]
On Tuesday, my colleagues at Child Study & Treatment Center had a Farewell Potluck for me. The whole thing was really thoughtful. They invited Miral to come join us. Jane adorned the announcement with a globe and a passport. Brenda decorated the ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 19 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
CSTC Potluck & Swiss Night
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USA | Tuesday, 16 Dec 2008 | Views [997] | Comments [3]
Today I am in Seattle. Visiting the city I lived in for eight years before moving down south to Tacoma more than two years ago. I’m sitting at The Six Arms nursing IPAs while Miral is off getting her haircut for the trip. I am trying to work on a few ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [749] | Comments [2]
around the world in a year. we unfolded maps, swallowed vaccines, poured over travel-insurance, sold even our garden rocks, and i saw the dentist 6 times for an embarrassing number of cavities (the hygenist decided i needed a flossing lesson).... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | Views [710]
"where are you moving to?" he asked me, casually peering through the arranged piles of our two lives - the remaining cook wear and few dining items strewn atop a crate in the corner, evidence of my hand. across the room, picture frames and ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 | Views [806] | Comments [1]
Yes -- this is so hard to believe. The tickets are purchased. We always told ourselves that when the tickets were purchased we would know that this is really happening. Not that trips can't get cancelled after the tickets get purchased (...right Pam???).... Read more >
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