Women’s Carry-On Packing List for 12 Weeks in Asia
After traveling around Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco we landed back in the US for a month. It was a time to recharge, reconnect and repack. The…
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The Small Joys in the Cumulative Joy: One month into The Adventure
We are one month, or three months, or fifteen months into our adventure now, depending where you cut it. Most recently we are six weeks gone from Portland, where we…
28 hours in the Valle de Guadalupe
After hearing for the past few years about the beautiful vineyards of Baja, tucked into the mountains just beyond the coastline of Ensenada, we were longing to see it for…
Carry On Packing for 6 Weeks in Africa
Many of my dear friends know I have a fascination that borders obsession with packing; specifically the ‘minimal carry-on only’ style of packing. It is a rather strange fixation that…
Teaching Midwifery
She walked into the auditorium with a khanga wrapped around her chest, her large belly pointing forward, a sway in her back, and moaning loudly as the pitch of her…
What’s Next?
On July 14th we will step up into the TAZARA train, destination Zambia, as we complete our service with the Global Health Service Partnership and begin the next phase of…
Traveling with friends
We keep talking about how much we have loved our international adventures with friends. As I thought about sharing what we enjoy so much about exploring the world with our…
Silence can be louder than words and words can be stronger than hate
Because the silence was deafening. Because one third of our students are Muslims. Because we don’t shed our American-ness when we leave the US. Because ignoring it is just as…
32 and no kids
Did I title this post so you would read my thoughts about the value of reproductive choice? Yes, I did. The first day of class, after introducing myself to my…
Yoga in Dar es Salaam
Before moving to Tanzania, in true Olivia I-love-to-plan-fashion, I scoured the internet repetitively looking for studios and teachers in Dar. I wanted to plot out how long it would take…