Our Test: Be Joyful While planning our year abroad we needed to come up with family goals. If you don’t know what your purpose is you will quickly lose your way. Between Jake and I …
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Author: Kari Carlson
Favorite Family Memory=Family Unity
One of our goals traveling as family is develop more family unity. Being united is having one purpose or goal; being mindful, helpful, caring, and considerate to one another is what we are working towards. Let …
Continue readingTake a Walk in a Beautiful Hindu Temple
One evening before sitting down to dinner we took a walk through a nearby Hindu temple that had been recently renovated. The Hindu temples are so intricate in design with all the gods, animals, flowers, …
Continue readingiCity Malaysia: A Little City of Lights
Picture a small carnival-like amusement park with fake LED trees, some statues for kids to climb on, playful architecture for children and you have iCity in Shah Alam, Malaysia. We ventured to iCity after dinner …
Continue reading#1 Wanderlust List: Batu Caves is a Must See
It finally happened! The whole family went to the Batu Caves in Selangor, Malaysia. I have been dreaming about visiting since first seeing it on The Amazing Race. When planning our tour through Asia this …
Continue readingTaking Singapore by Storm
We traveled here October 2-October 5, 2016 What a whirlwind vacation we had in Singapore. We were out and about for four full days of adventure. Singapore was a needed change for us from the …
Continue readingLife in the Philippines: Part 3 Daily Life & Weather
,Filipinos are some of the hardest workers I have met. A lot of time and effort is spent to earn money for the days food and other necessities. Music is a big part of entertainment, …
Continue readingLife in the Philippines: Part II: Food
Part II of Living in the Philippines is all about the unique food you will experience. Filipinos do not eat spicy food; it is mild and some might even say only lightly flavored. Rice, meat, …
Continue readingLife in the Philippines: Part I: Housing and Transportation
This is part one of a three part series of life in the Philippines. This first installment will cover housing and transportation. Life in the Philippines is quite different from anywhere we’ve lived or anything …
Continue readingTravelers Tip: Be Flexible
Sometimes in life you just have to roll with the punches. If there is one thing I have never been in life, it is spontaneous. When friends call to say, “meet at the park in …
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