Journeys around the world

Since I’ve mostly written you about the bad side – the hopelessness of the development efforts, the excess of poverty and disease, etc –...

A little sheepishly I write you to admit that just after I wrote you my earlier blog post, in which I presented a few options for how we m...

In visiting several (but nowhere near even a majority) of Madagascar’s national parks and reserves, I have learned that the guidebooks are...

For those who have been following along this summer, if you are interested in learning more about development, aid, public health in the d...

Normally I try not to write so often because I’m afraid you all will stop reading, but I got inspired this morning and wanted to share wit...

I haven’t been very inspired to write for the past month or so, as there has been a lot of drama and negativity amongst the volunteers her...

The past two weekends I've gotten out of my little town to go do some of the “touristy” stuff in the region. So I could tell you about...

Suffice it to say, life got in the way so I never finished writing about Timor or Australia. Maybe I’ll get around it to it one day, but i...