Travel to learn. Learn to travel.
There’s a joke photo going around in Argentina showing a maté cup with many silver metal straws in it. That’s what constitutes social distancing in this new coronavirus world. We are heading back to Canada on March 22 – the earliest we could get a flight.
The long road home just got shorter Read more
Long, winding road up a volcano? No problemo. Strong headwind? Barely broke a sweat. Getting started on a steep slope? Just used the e-bike throttle.
My new guilty pleasure: e-bikes Read more
I gripped the machete tightly and took a swing at a broken palm branch, trying to remember all Gilbert’s instructions so I didn’t lop off a limb.
Machete-ing, stripping, repairing earthquake damage: new skills added Read more
While I was watching the howler monkeys blunder through the trees one day, I saw a mama reach out and grab a branch, stretching her body into a bridge for her baby to cross to the next tree. In a way, this blog is like that mama.
Tweaks, beaks, tails and tales Read more