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Riding the Amtrak Coast Starlight Train for “free” from Portland to Los Angeles

We rode the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California for “free”. Below is our trip, in photos. The inspiration to ride Amtrak came from two places: the oft-shared…

By JasonOctober 1, 2017November 28, 2017Leave a comment

Africa, GHSP, Photo Blog, Tanzania

Photo Blog: The Apartment – Update

It’s time for an apartment update! We’ve now been living in our place in Dar es Salaam for 3 months. We’ve started work (in earnest) but that doesn’t mean we haven’t…

By JasonDecember 8, 2016December 3, 2017Leave a comment

We are Olivia and Jason. We are pragmatics and souls who seek adventure. Olivia is a midwife, Jason is a family doctor, and our love for the world and connecting with the people in it have led us to work in Tanzania for a year, to travel around the world for 10 months, to ongoing work in Ghana, and to dig our roots a little deeper into our home in Portland, Oregon.

This is a space for us to share many of the things that ignite us, excite us, and trouble us about the world and the places where we find beauty. Join us in our adventures at home and abroad.