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Reading rooms, scholarship girls, and the truck ride from hell
Yesterday was an amazing day and another that I’ll not soon forget. We started the day with a trip to a school where we were greeted by a huge group... -
Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
Today we left our hotel in Phnom Penh and traveled to Siem Reap. On the way we visited a reading room and had a really amazing time. As with yesterday,... -
Phnom Penh
Today was an incredible day, with some amazingly happy and sad moments. It is a day that I will never forget. After breakfast at the hotel we went to the... -
Day 1 in Phnom Penh
I arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday a little after 9:00 AM after a full 24 hours of travel. I was immediately struck by a couple of things about the city. ... -
Cherry Blossoms in DC
One of the benefits of traveling for work is that sometimes I get to witness something spectacular, and even have a camera on hand to capture it. I was in... -
My Resolution for 2009
As many of you know, I made a challenge to myself a couple of years ago that has changed my life. I had been traveling through Bolivia, when what seemed... -
Palenque to Playa del Carmen
I woke up and had breakfast with Stefan and another lady Angela, from Germany, who were both going to Agua Azul. I had decided to go to the ruins so... -
San Cristóbol to Palenque
After being kept up until three by three annoying drunk women in a room upstairs from mine (I am getting old, to be sure) I almost forfeited my 7:15 AM... -
To San Cristóbal de las Casas
I am running short on time now to get back to Cancún, so I have had to take more buses than I’d hoped; the flip side of that is that... -
Feliz Navidad
Christmas in Panajachel was something else. From seeing the Christmas traditions in Argentina and Chile I wasn’t surprised to see the fireworks, but the intensity here was something different altogether.... -
Lago Atitlán
I have a slow internet connection, so it will take me a while to upload photos, but check back to for them as bandwidth allows. I left Antigua on the... -
Antigua and Chichicastenango
In the interest of time I took a cheap tourist van from Copán to Antigua. We left early and the driver was not at all happy to see a girl...