Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Île de Gorée, Dakar, Senegal–Heartache & Wonder
When our friend Kareem emailed us a tentative itinerary for Senegal, the first stop was Île de Gorée, not far from his home. Despite its colorful history and designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I had never heard of the place. As our ferry arrived, I was struck by the vibrancy of the place; [...]
The Transformative Power of Travel
Sometimes when you travel, you see things that make all the moolah and jetlag worth it; sometimes when you travel, you realize something inside you has shifted. Here in Senegal, something has shifted. I’m no stranger to the transformative power of travel. When Michael visited friends in Rwanda years ago (the same friends we’re staying [...]
When is a Risk not a Risk?
My west coast month, awesome as it was on its own, also served as a bit of a warm up for my really big trip: three weeks visiting friends in Senegal followed by time in Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, with a visit to Turkey at the end if there’s time and money. We bought one [...]
Our West Coast Trip in Pictures, Part II
As I mentioned in my recap of our first two weeks on the west coast, this trip was an amazing and eye-opening experience. We visited a bunch of cities that were new to me (Phoenix, L.A., Portland, and San Diego, to name a few), saw four of my cousins + their families, and caught up [...]
On Living Outside My Comfort Zone
The other day, Michael and I were hiking to a waterfall in Limekiln State Park when we questioned if we were on the right path. The sign for the Falls Trail pointed directly to…a river. A very small, very shallow river, but a cold river nonetheless. M picked his way across the (slippery) rocks to [...]