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If you have ever wondered if your kids could do this type of trip, don’t worry as they will be just fine. Kids are resilient. Really resilient. re·sil·ient (rəˈzilyənt), adjective Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. “babies are generally far more resilient than new ... Read More »

The boat started to slow down so I looked back to our ‘captain’ and noticed smoke coming out of the wish-we-had-an-Evinrude engine. And then it stopped. Kaput. Burned up. Dead in the water. We had left the 2,400 year old Philae Temple about 15 minutes earlier on our rickety dinghy headed back to ... Read More »

Two days in Rwanda could not have been more different. On one day we saw all that went wrong and the very darkest side of this small African country. Twenty-four hours later we saw what the future holds for the 12 million inhabitants and the brightest side of Rwanda. For 100 days in 1994 it is ... Read More »

For the past 4 months we have been in malaria zones and take our Malarone pills every morning. We sleep under a mosquito net most nights and routinely lather up with Ultrathon. The boys love the mosquito nets so much so — it’s like a fort — I offered to buy one for their beds at home. Talk to any ... Read More »

Every day we negotiate for food, transportation, tours and even the bathroom.   We wrestle with determining the fair market price and recognize that at some point, we are going to overpay and feel like we have been taken advantage of.  Our goal is to minimize this because when we pay the inflated ... Read More »

“Dad, a baboon stole my headlamp” was Colin’s response when I asked him to pack his stuff and get ready. Since I am constantly working with the boys to take responsibility for their actions and not blaming others, I cringed at his excuse. Was he really blaming a baboon for taking his headlamp when ... Read More »