The road less traveled. That ever popular poem penned by Robert Frost kept running through my head as we realized we had definitely taken the road less traveled. The impassable, deep, muddy road was barely …
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Lantern Festival: Almost Like Tangled
You know that magical and moving scene in Tangled when the lanterns are released and the sky is filled with beautiful orange lights? We got to experience it, if we broke out in song it …
Continue readingYangon, Myanmar Can Be Skipped
Our fifth day in Myanmar we spent wandering around Yangon. Keep in mind as you read this that at this point in the week we were all exhausted and had seen so many temples, pagodas, …
Continue readingBring the Kids to Bagan! (Myanmar)
Bagan, Myanmar (Burma) is the most incredible place I have ever visited. As a family, we would agree that we had a wonderful time in Bagan. The children will tell you that they got templed …
Continue readingMandalay, Myanmar (Burma) With Kids
Traveling to Myanmar had my stomach in knots for weeks leading up to the departure. I was nervous about all sorts of things from the food, how long the bus rides were going to take, how …
Continue readingBananas Never Tasted So Good
Do you know that feeling of starvation mixed with not being able to find food? It sort of feels like your stomach being ripped out of your flesh. Awful, but that is about how we …
Continue readingLike A Silk Worm, Make Something Beautiful
The silk worm is a muted green to greenish-yellow worm with a thick body, about an inch and a half in length. This worm has little knobby feet it uses to walk around the fresh …
Continue readingThe Moral of a Solo Supermarket Outing
Need To Get Out Three months out of America and feeling relatively safe in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I attempted a supermarket outing all by myself. One aspect of traveling abroad as a family is not …
Continue readingPacking Light: Why and HOW?
Why Would We Travel So Light? I recently posted a picture of our luggage and backpacks that contain everything we own for one year. From that picture I received some gasps, really’s!, and how do …
Continue readingMake a Wish at the Chinese Wishing Tree
One of my favorite reality television shows is the Amazing Race because you get to see so much of the world in a short period of time. Exhausting as that would be the thrill of …
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