Journeys way off the beaten path, and the power of everyday people.

Mahanga: Around home

I may be gone from Mahanga village, but it will always be with me. Hardley and Lydiah's family were so welcoming and really made me feel like a part of theirs. When you are somewhere new, and discovering, your own backyard is a vacation, a to…

Dear Mom: I pass our tradition on to the Maasai

Dear Mom: Remember when you had to have open-heart surgery and while we hoped, there was a fear in the back of our minds, and surely in yours, that you would not make it out the other side? They remove your heart, put it on a table, and then set…

Jump!

My guide in Selenkay Conservancy, (awesome Porini Adventure Camp) Wilson, took a photo of me jumping for the joy of life at the lookout in Amboseli National Park, with Mt. Kilimanjaro towering off to our right behind the clouds, and elephant and ze…