Our Life Walkabout

OK you’ve all been waiting for this one I’m sure – it’s the most amazing stupendous valuable travel tip ever. I realized it two weeks into our trip that this indeed is the best advice I could ever write. Here it is…

“Humanity was born in Africa. All people ultimately, are African.”

“The cell is an ideal place to know yourself. People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishment, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones, such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself.” [...]

It’s hitting already how much the rest of the world follows and knows American politics… better than I. This was evident as we saw a billboard with two local S. African news reporters surrounding guess who – Barack Obama!! We also met three men in the first 2-3 days of our trip who were excited [...]

It’s been a seriously long time since I’ve updated our blog and there is a semi-valid reason. My wife and I have accepted teaching positions at a college in Auckland, New Zealand starting in January. This has meant several things. One, our walkabout has unfortunately been cut short… not terminated thankfully, but reduced to three [...]