Category: Outdoors
Updated on July 13, 2016
Following the Footsteps of Odysseus
After the Pyramids of Giza and the Valley of the Kings, in June we travelled forward about a thousand years in time, to visit ancient sites in Greece. During this time, I was reading The Odyssey for school, and …
Posted on May 26, 2016
Perseverance and Impermanence in the Himalayas
If the air conditioner in Alleppey, India had been more powerful, we wouldn’t have come to Nepal at all. We’d planned to spend two months in Sri Lanka, split up by a short visit to southern India …
Posted on May 16, 2016
By Boat Through the Backwaters
The southern Indian state of Kerala is filled with “backwaters,” hidden canals and streams that villagers use for fishing, farming, and transportation. Half of the year the backwaters contain fresh water and the other half salt water. During …
Updated on April 4, 2016
Caution: Elephant Crossing!
Here in Sri Lanka it is really hot, especially in Colombo. Once we left the big city, though, the heat wasn’t quite so bad. After Colombo, we went to the beach at Mirissa where we took surfing lessons, and then …
Updated on March 10, 2016
Finding Our Stride at Inle Lake
We arrived in the hilltown of Kalaw after a long drive — six hours on dusty, winding roads — from the plains of Bagan. The air was cooler, and the flat dusty landscape gave way to rolling hills …
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