They Aren’t Just For Kids, Part 1

I'm not talking about Trix cereal. I'm talking about the Nakavika Project classes we've been conducting here in Fiji. Within the first week of teaching the children about English and hygiene/health, the young men of the village expressed their interest in learning what we have to teach. Classes with these boys ...

Street Smarts: Transport Scams

Walking around India with glowing blonde hair, parachute pants, and the backpack/daypack humpback/pregnant belly combo is a sure-fire way to indicate, “I’m not from around here.” What does this mean to the rickshaws slowly following your swagger or the cyclists hoping you’ll turn around and want their transport services? Some ...

Bracing for the Cyclone: Day 13

Various news publications reported Cyclone Mick as a battering, vicious storm, causing a lot of devastation to Viti Levu in December of 2009. BBC showed disheartening video footage of the aftermath. Al-Jazeera accentuated the death count. The Telegraph wove together an anthropomorphic description of Mick using beastly adjectives galore. ...

The Itinerary

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	May 5, 2008
Como, Italy	May 6-7
Venice, Italy	May 8-9
Montagnana and Florence, Italy	May 10 – 24
Siena, Italy	May 15
Rome, Italy	May 17 – 18
Milan, Italy	May 24 – 25
Interlaken, Switzerland	May 25 – 27
Innsbruck, Austria	May 27
Munich, Germany	May 27 – 28
Bled, Slovenia	May 29 – 31
Ljubjlana, Slovenia	May 31
Zagreb, Croatia	May 31
Split, Croatia	May 31 – June 3
Zagreb, Croatia	June 3
Budapest, Hungary	June 3 – 4
Eger, Hungary	June 4 – 7
Kosice, Slovakia	June 7
Chop, Ukraine	June 8
L’viv, Ukraine	June 8 – 9
Krakow, Poland	June 9 – 11
Prague, Czech Republic	June 11 – 14
Berlin, Germany	June 14 – 16
Delft, Netherlands	June 16 – 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands	June 17 – 18
Rheine, Germany	June 18 – 20
Kiel, Germany	June 20 – 24
Copenhagen, Denmark	June 24 – 26
Florence, Italy	June 27 – July 31
Sorrento, Italy	July 25
Capri, Italy	July 26
Rome, Italy	August 1
Doha, Qatar	August 2
Nairobi, Kenya	August 2
Kampala, Uganda	August 2 – 4
Jinja, Uganda	August 4 – 15
Eldoret, Kenya	August 16
Nakuru, Kenya	August 17
Masai Mara, Kenya	August 18 – 20
Nairobi, Kenya	August 20 – 22
Nakuru, Kenya	August 22- 24
Naivasha, Kenya	August 24
Nairobi, Kenya	August 25
Karatu, Tanzania	August 26
Serenjeti, Tanzania	August 27 – 28
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania	August 28 – 29
Arusha, Tanzania	August 29 – 31
Tembu, Tanzania	August 31
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	September 1
Stonetown, Zanzibar	September 2 – 3
Nungwi, Zanzibar	September 3 – 7
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	September 7
Iringa, Tanzania	September 8
Chitimba, Malawi	September 9
Kande Beach, Malawi	September 10 – 12
Lilongwe, Malawi	September 13
South Luangwa NP, Zambia	September 14 – 16
Luangwa Bridge, Zambia	September 17
Lower Zambezi NP, Zambia	September 18 – 21
Livingstone, Zambia	September 22 – 24
Lusaka, Zambia	September 25 – 30
Doha, Qatar	October 1
Delhi, India	October 2 – 3
Srinagar, Kashmir, India	October 4 – 6
Naranaj, Kashmir, India	October 7
Gandarbal Lake, Kashmir, India	October 8
Tronakhum, Kashmir, India	October 9
Duhmol, Kashmir, India	October 10 – 11
Srinagar, Kashmir, India	October 12
Delhi, India	October 13 – 14
Agra, India	October 15
Varanasi, India	October 16 – 19
Darjeeling, India	October 20 – 28
Kolkata, India	October 29
Siem Reap, Cambodia	October 30 – November 1
Phnom Penh, Cambodia	November 2 – 13
Bangkok, Thailand	November 13
Tokyo, Japan	November 14 – 17
Ka’anapali, Hawai’i, USA	November 17 – 23
Indianapolis, Indiana	November 24 –>