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

Wanted: the simple life.

Do you have any experience or knowledge or know someone with good insight into finding a small monastery in Nepal where I can teach monks English in exchange for meditation teaching, or pay a small sum to live there and do chores for meditation? I…

Where does that great divide hide?

this is not zambia, but this is me with my friends of various ages in Australia, from 18 to 30s I just spent 17 days learning about what it's like to live in Zambia with a friend. He's 30. His sister we spent all the time with is 23. His b…

Superhero snapshot!

"I just cannot get over how much I like this photo. Totally looks like the hero shot from a tv show as the heroes get together and look cool just before going out to kick some vampire butt." This could be the best compliment from a famil…

Today's RTW adventure: On Sesame Street!

No one has to tell any of us how to get to Sesame Street ... it's ingrained in our blood from when we were wee small, but teeny tiny Mina kept me on my toes today, as I photographed her and mom Liz and dad Rob at one of Rochester's coolest…

Snakelegs. She's back!

There was a death here in New Zealand and all of you who know me know the depths of my despair that "THE" snake necklace bit the dust. It got squished on the Virgin Australia flight. His tail was crushed and unraveling. I have another i…

Fat Camp, worldwide.

Three different scales and the kilo to pound measurement converter agree I have lost 33 pounds since i started this journey in April. I look at photos and wow, I see a difference, especially in my face. Today I paddled 18K ... or 11 miles ... in a…