Money Talk

* Budget in Cambodian Riel, hotel for 150 is equal to $37 for example.  So how in the world do … More

Highs and Lows of a Traveling Family

You open up a group email on your iPad and notice that one of the addressees is named “But Face,” … More

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Ethiopians call foreigners faranji, which our local guide tells us means “French” in Amharic. In rural Southern Ethiopia, where cars … More

Planes, Trains, Cars, and Buses  

In the first five months of a ten-month trip around the world with my husband and kids, we’ve taken nineteen … More

Stuck With Each Other

Before we left the United States, I read many blogs of other traveling families who had taken similar trips, and … More

Cape Town with Kids

TOP TEN ELEVEN THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS! 1. Drive to the Cape of Good Hope  via Chapman’s Peak.  Take the … More

Ethiopia Travelogue

Ethiopia is incredibly beautiful. We had no idea how beautiful it was, which made the country all the more appealing, … More

The Mighty Snow Leopards, Part 2

Our first night at the Hudad, we had dinner around a bonfire on the bluff with the mountains spread out … More

Floating on the Nile River By Esme (as told to her father)

While we were in Uganda, we took a rafting trip on the Nile River. The Nile is famous because it … More

My South African Journey Begins (as told to my dad) by Esme

*Inspired by Tippi, My Book of Africa In South Africa I’ve seen a lot of wild animals. In one day … More