Last summer, we arrived in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, at 2:00 in the morning without having arranged any accommodation. The bus depot was dark and primarily deserted, save a few people huddled around scattered fires. Given the darkness and dearth of transportation options, our bus driver offered to let everyone sleep on the bus […]
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Vacationing Unplugged (Or, How I Learned to Appreciate Bird Watching)
It’s been a while since my last post, but I have a good excuse: I’ve been in the mountains without internet access. Yep, no internet. I don’t just mean no wifi. I mean that even my phone wasn’t pulling down a signal strong enough for a data connection. I couldn’t even make a phone call. […]
Taking Your Jumprope on the Road
I was cleaning out the closet in my old bedroom at my mom’s house the other week and discovered a jumprope. It took a significant amount of willpower not to abandon the remainder of the cleaning project and spend the rest of the afternoon skipping rope outside in the driveway, but I managed. Since then, […]