One of the things I love most about traveling is witnessing how people live around the world. Born with an over-active imagination, I tend to romanticize cultures before I experience them, pining away after fairy-tale-like foreign lands. As a child, with my limited world-view I used to envision Asian countries as places full of dragon […]
Spirituality
The Quiet Beauty of Port Barton
We walked through the fishing village in the darkness, our pathway lit by flickering candles and the beam from the flashlight. Children crowded around the bamboo huts, staring wide-eyed in the shadows. I followed my guide to three small shops in the village, where we gathered basic supplies for the evening and bought fresh fish […]
Life-Lessons from Elephants
I watched the lumps of elephant dung float by my legs and couldn’t have been happier. Lawan rolled over, turning belly side up as she indulged in her daily bath. I shrieked in delight and struggled to hang on to her massive body. Loud trumpeting and sparkling sprays of water filled the air as the […]