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Tuk-tuk, Bajaji, or Rickshaw? Photos from Our Rides Around the World

I first encountered the rickshaw in 2005 when I was in India as an undergraduate. The idea of a tiny vehicle I had never seen before, wholly intertwined with a…

By JasonMay 25, 2018Leave a comment

Africa, Jason, Random, Reflections, South Africa, Travel

We got scammed in Cape Town

We got scammed. That’s what you’re supposed to say. They took advantage of us. We let our guard down. And it is part of the human experience. We’ve all had a…

By JasonSeptember 22, 2017June 1, 2018Leave 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.

Just Carrying On

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Tuk-tuk, Bajaji, or Rickshaw? Photos from Our Rides Around the World

We got scammed in Cape Town