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The Beauty of Life. A Boat Journey -Philippines Style.
Sitting on a boat and it’s sticky hot. The motor is right beneath my feet. What separates us is what appears to be just a thin rickety layer of metal. The boat is packed (like a can of sardines) full...
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Our Top 10 Favorite Korean Beaches!
If you know Tom and I…you probably know we absolutely LOVE hiking and we LOVE beaches. I wrote about my love for beaches here and we always try to scope out the best places to set up camp after a long...
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How we paid off our DEBT!
Can you believe October is almost upon us?! I love summer, but fall in Korea is pretty darn spectacular as well. Are you a fan of fall? We’ve been spending as much time as we can outdoors hiking,...
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The Heart Of A Nomad
I lace up my shoes and I step outside into the (unseasonably) warm late October air. The air still feels a bit humid and the leaves are definitely changing colors into various shades of gold, red, and...
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My Favorite Christmas Gift Giving IDEAS!
The holidays can be the hardest time of the year as an expat. We are away from our families and traditions that we grew to love. You can ask any of our friends here who spent Thanksgiving with us last...
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The next LEAP!
Wow, sometimes I feel like I am on this roller coaster of life and I can’t get off. I hear this happens as we get older. It seems the moments keep passing faster. The days turned into weeks, then...
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A Trek Into Northern Vietnam
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”...
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The Buffalo Boy.
We woke up to foggy mystical skies. Life starts early in the Hmong villages in the north. It didn’t take us long to realize we were no longer in the “Land Of The Morning Calm.” Life in Vietnam,...
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Market Madness// Can Cau, Northern Vietnam.
Day three of our trek ended here. At the Can Cau market in Northern Vietnam. I love that each photo truly captures the madness of it. I’ve spent some time just looking at each of these photos because...
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Leaning Forward.
English winter camp is finished for the day. The screams and chatter of the students fade out as they trickle out the door to head home. After cleaning up the fun we’ve had at camp from our baking soda...
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Holding on.
It’s been almost a year now since I have updated my blog. I can’t believe how fast that year has gone. Since then Tom and I have traveled Asia, went back to family and friends for a summer in the USA,...
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…A little different…
“Elicia, ever since you were a tiny little girl you always had this joy of life. It was relevant in your laughter and excitement as you went throughout each day. I remember shortly after you learned to...
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Why Morocco?
Booking flights, lesson plans, busy days, chaotic days, stressful days, cleaning, packing, and boarding our plane. The last two weeks of our first year in Morocco were such a blur. Before we knew it we...
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Homes.
As we pack our suitcases and I browse through our Instagram feeds and our camera albums on our phones it’s no question that this summer was one for the books. A summer not only so desperately needed,...
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