Thursday Sept 1st, 2016 - From my travel journal in India I Flew from Katmandu to Delhi Today. From Delhi I took the metro train from the airport to the New Delhi train station. Truly a mass of humanity there, rain, horns honking and tons of...
Sitting in our small prop plane high up in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, I looked around at my new friends: relationships forged from five days of mountain climbing through some of God’s most spectacular artistry. We had survived torrential downpours together and experienced stories...
Just when I thought that I had already met the best that Emirates has to offer, these guys on flight EK222 came along… their stories from Serbia, Lebanon, Thailand and Norway were beautiful and our time of sharing was memorable. We did have some moments...
I loved traveling to LA this week, reuniting Carissa and Matthew before they both start semesters at their respective schools. For me, it was an opportunity to not only see Carissa whom I last said goodbye to in Annecy France, but to also continue my...
“MANIFESTO OF THE BRAVE AND BROKENHEARTED There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers Than those of us who are willing to fall Because we have learned how to rise With skinned knees and bruised hearts; We choose owning our stories...
48 hours ago I was aiming my camera through the window of the airplane, snapping photos of the emerald green water that surrounds Zanzabar while on approach for a landing to pick up a few passengers. I was lamenting the fact that I had not...
[caption id="attachment_10812" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photographing Ngorongoro with my friend and professional photographer Dan Johanson.[/caption] Our safari at Africa’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area proved to be an interesting day. The events that transpired were more than I could tell in one post so I will break it into...
Tuesday, July 26th Tanzania, Africa Exhilarated, yet exhausted from summiting Mt Kilimanjaro, our guide Wilfred Moshi treated us to an authentic African feast made by his mom. Our four hour road trip afterwards was interrupted only by a giraffe sighting beside the highway. Upon arrival to our...
Jamba! (hello), from Africa Seven days, 54 miles and countless prayers later, we completed our mission of summiting Mt Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. The purpose was to increase awareness and raise funds for the Badjao Bridge ministry in the Philippines. We are...
[gallery ids="10272,10273,10274,10275,10276,10277" type="rectangular"] I am so excited to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro this July for a cause that is worth climbing (and training!) for. When Dan Johanson, my friend and the executive director of Badjao Bridge, asked me to join him and two others in this challenging...
