Tomorrow officially marks a week with us living at the Kaiteri Lodge and despite the menial task of stripping the beds, making the beds, mopping the kitchen repeat, I absolutely love it. There are a few things about this place that just kind of make me smile. The view of our town from Takaka hill…
Unfortunately, when most people think about Haiti, earthquakes, poverty and the cruise to Labadie come to mind. Most people have no idea where Haiti is or that it shares the same island with it’s neighbouring country the Dominican Republic. Actually, Haiti has always been on our travel bucket list and when we found out about a…
After our two and a half weeks of travel we have finally settled into a routine. And while it is nice, I mean we are steps away from the best beach in the country, working in a hotel stinks. On another level. When I was a server we would all complain about how much people…
Where do you possibly begin with a city that has been (rather successfully) in film, literature and music for about as long as it has been in existence. Do you start with the snooty Parisians who, high on living surrounded by such impossible beauty, rarely deign to mix with Non Parisians, especially if they don’t…
” You’re going where”? “Djibouti”. “Dj – Booty, who’s that”? It sounds like an up-and-coming Dee-jay. It’s not a “who”, it’s a country. Ah, this is how our typical conversation began when we announced our trip to Djibouti. To start off, Djibouti is located in the Horn of Africa, (dare, I say it), bordering Eritrea,…
At 2:00 on Monday we packed up our bags and headed away from the land of the rotten egg and headed towards Wellington, the capital city of Auckland known for awful rainy and windy weather, the Seattle of the southern hemisphere. It is the gateway to the South Island so it is a necessary step…
When you’re going on vacation, you pack the essentials – passport, camera, comfy shoes. But, what about bringing a suitcase full of medical supplies? If you knew you could make a positive difference by taking an extra suitcase abroad, would you do it? H*#l yeah, WE DID! And, we can’t wait to do it again!…
Long gone are the flights when I used to hold my dear infant on my lap, watch a couple of movies, while sipping on some sparkling water. Possibly even get a 15 minute cat nap at the same time. I remember those flights when all we needed was our infant carrier, mommy’s “milk,” and whatever the…
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