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The Weight of the World
(This blog was posted on ONE.org today in celebration of World Food Day) This year my husband and I put
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From Syria to Rhode Island
(Navyn) Note: This has nothing to do with our trip, but I just can't seem to stop writing. Below is
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The Last Chapter
(Navyn) My dream was to walk around the world. An orange backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A
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Out of Africa
(Paul) The last 54 days in Africa was truly a highlight. From great white shark diving in Cape Town, to
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Tanzania, The Home Stretch
(Navyn) I was a little worried about leaving Tanzania for last. I thought we might be too tired or too
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Crossing Kenya
(Navyn) We have spent two weeks in five different settings all over Kenya, from Nairobi to the Maasai Mara. My
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Zany Zimbabwe
(Navyn & Paul) It was Y2K and nobody wanted to celebrate New Year’s 2000 because the media had told us
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Elephant Orphanage
(Maya) Vroom vroom!! A land cruiser pulls up in style and out pops my Mom and Dad coming from the
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Children in the Wilderness
(Zara) Children In The Wilderness is a program conducted to teach school children all over Africa what is in their
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Zambezi Cycle Challenge
(Paul) The pre-race briefing started like this: "We are very fortunate to be able to cycle thru the Zambezi National
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Beguiled by Botswana
(Navyn) I am trying to read my book. It's pitch dark, Paul is fast asleep and I am surrounded by
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Namibian Desert Adventures
(Zara) Today in Namibia, home to the amazing sandy orange dunes, we went ATVing and sand boarding. The sun was
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Wintering in Namibia
(Navyn) Fausto says we can sleep when we are dead. Therefore we keep rising at 5:00am, stumbling around in the
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Caution: Shark infested waters
(Halle) While leafing through a travel magazine, I stumbled upon an article about diving with great white sharks in South
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Courageous South Africa
(Navyn) “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is
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Skiing in the Sizzling Middle East
(Zara) After a long, red eye flight from Australia to Abu Dhabi, I woke up in a new hotel room in
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Remarkable Reef
(Maya) The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef on the planet. We recently visited this astonishing underwater world.
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Life Along the Sepik River (PNG)
(Jolie) We left the southern highlands where it was cool and mountainous and flew to the middle Sepik River Valley
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Unchartered Territory
(Navyn) Just south of the equator and north of Australia, lies one of the last unchartered territories on earth, Papua
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How Many Pigs?
(Maya) Weddings in Papua New Guinea are very different than in the US. We visited two villages and learned about
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Life in PNG
(Halle) Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. PNG has over 800 different
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Orangutangled In Borneo
(Navyn) After a few days of flying from Dulles to Abu Dhabi to Jakarta after my seminar in Maryland I
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The Edge of Wildness
(Paul) Navyn had to head back to the states for her annual Aspen Institute meeting. That leaves me with the
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An Interview With Ugyen
(Halle) Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is home to 720,000 people. The terrain is very mountainous with lush
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Cycling, Fly Fishing, Archery and the Mad Monk of Bhutan
(Paul) Since Navyn and kids have written about the beauty and culture of Bhutan, I thought you might enjoy a
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Auspicious Bhutan
(Navyn) We started this week in Bhutan with some unfortunate news. Several of our friends and family have been diagnosed
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Earthquake in Nepal
A 7.9 earthquake hit around noon time today in between the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. Over 1,000 are reported
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The Living Goddess
(Halle) As we wandered through Kathmandu we found ourselves in Durbar Square in a small palace courtyard. I admired the
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Everlasting Everest
(Zara) This morning we headed out of our hotel to catch a helicopter ride to Mt. Everest! When we got
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Ready for Takeoff
(Maya) On our last day in Pokhara, Nepal we decided to do something that you have never heard of in
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Heavenly Himalayas
(Navyn) Nepal has been on my to do list forever. I wanted to come here on our honeymoon but apparently
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Pandamonium
(Maya) Today was my 11th birthday. It began with a 2-hour mystery drive from Chengdu, China. In fact, everyone else
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BYOTP (Bring Your Own Toilet Paper)
(Navyn) OK, I have to admit, I am a little pissed off. I never liked writing but nobody else in the
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Half Way Home
(Paul) 107 days of traveling. Many people have said, what a great gift Navyn and I are giving our girls by
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UP, UP and AWAY
(Maya) Sunshine, blue skies, and unbelievable crystal clear water, The Maldives. This is supposed to be relaxing and slow week
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Magical Maldives
(Jolie) The Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. There are 1,192 islands in the Maldives
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Life as a Nomad
(Navyn) We have traveled 67 degrees latitudinally from Antarctica to the equator, covered four continents, explored the planet’s lowest country –
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Farewell India
(Navyn) Over the month of March, we have traveled from the capital city of New Delhi, to Agra, the home
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A One Kilometer Drive With Dad
(Halle) We hopped in the back of a military green colored jeep to head to town with mom in the
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The Streets of India
(Zara) Rickshaws, camel carts, tractors, a few beat up cars, and hundreds of motorcycles buzz through the streets. A sea
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Bizarre Bazaars
(Jolie) There are lots of strange items in markets in southeast Asia. We have traveled through markets in Thailand, Cambodia,
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Adventures in Old Delhi
(Halle) Old Delhi is laced with a maze of narrow lanes, which twist and turn between the tall, leaning buildings.
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Ustad, The Clever Tiger
(Jolie) "Knock knock knock." Auntie Penny was standing outside of our tent door at 6:00 in the morning. It was
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Dancing Maniacs
Bollywood from Salem Explorers on Vimeo. (Maya) We arrived in New Delhi a day earlier that we thought so we
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Intoxicating India
(Navyn) I am half Indian. My dad’s side of the family originated from Gujarat and in the 1880’s decided to
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What Will a Guy do to Play Golf?
(Paul) While flying over the temples of Bagan, Myanmar in a hot air balloon the day before, I noticed a
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Balloons Over Bagan
(Jolie) We got up at 5:00 am, quickly got dressed while we were half asleep. As we walked through the
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Majestic Myanmar
(Navyn) The front page headline in the International New York Times today alerts us that rebels have taken over the
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A Floating Village
(Halle) The smell of fish filled the air as we boarded a wooden boat in Siem Reap, Cambodia. As we
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Magic Music
(Maya) Arn Chorn-Pond is the man who started Cambodian Living Arts. He was 11 at the time when the Khmer
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(Navyn) Tuol Sleng or S-21, is a former schoolhouse, which became the interrogation epicenter for the Khmer Rouge. It remains
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Never Fall Down
(Halle) Arn Chorn-Pond was a survivor of the Cambodian genocide from 1975-1979. Patricia McCormick wrote a book called Never Fall
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Battambong Bamboo Train
(Zara) Bump bump… bump bump. Down the bamboo railroad we go. Hair blowing in the warm wind. Leaves bustling as
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Mystifying Cambodia
(Navyn) Another full day of travel to get from Chiang Mai via Bangkok to Siem Reap, Cambodia by 4:00pm. Forty-five
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Cambodian Quad Biking
(Halle) Riding on our quad bikes on the wild, bumpy roads of Siem Reap, Cambodia was full of unexpected surprises. I
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Rice Planting in Thailand
(Zara) Many citizens of Thailand spend their days in the rice fields; in fact the amount of land dedicated to
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Elephants on The Go
(Maya) Sawasdee (hello) greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Today I had a rigorous learning experience about elephants and their daily life
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Treasured Thailand
(Navyn) Sawasdeeka (hello), from the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam. Thailand is a monarchy headed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej,
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Down Under Escapades
(Navyn) Sydney, Australia. We only have two working days here so we had to get going straight away, no rest
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Bucket List Adventures
(Navyn) Kaikoura, New Zealand is a small town centered around the amazing proximity of enormous pods of dusky dolphins and sperm
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A Kiwi Playground
(Navyn) North Island, New Zealand. Even after traveling for days on end, the girls are always happy to see something
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High and Dry in the Atacama Desert
(Navyn) Antarctica is not close to Northern Chile in case you were wondering. Two days, four flights and a car ride
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Life With Mucho Chicas
(Paul) What is it like traveling with 5 ladies? So far it has been great. When we check into the
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Conquering Antarctica
(Navyn) I am not sure which is more challenging, learning linear equations or finding a strong enough internet signal to
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The New Normal
(Navyn) We have just completed our first week on the road. A little different than the usual, to say the
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Being Present
The girls were fairly upset with me when they realized our Christmas card did not feature a photo of them
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Packing Up
(Navyn) You know that game - if you could only bring three things to a deserted island what would they
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Aw, this was an extremely good post. Finding the time and actual effort to make a very good article… but what can I say… I hesitate a whole lot and don’t seem to get anything done.
Watching the Vic Falls excellent video with music and reading commentary fills our hearts with joy. You are our eyes to the world. hugs, Anne & Sean
I really love reading your updates and seeing your sense of adventure through your posts and photos. Take care and safe travels.
I really like reading your updates and seeing your sense of adventure through your posts and photos. Take care and safe travels. 🙂