Swamp Tea Communion – Alem, Argentina
Trip date – July 15, 2011 Let’s take a minute to talk about chimarrão – the best community green tea south of the equator. At every party, every get together, every dinner, I saw it. It’s like this...
View ArticleSmiles + Time + Pizza = Friendship – Rondon, Brazil
A group of some of my friends! Trip Date – July 10-17, 2011 When we first met, I was really distracted. I’d been asked to speak at a youth event with about a hundred people in attendance at a church in...
View ArticleWonder and Awe – Iguassu Falls, Brazil
July 8, 2011 You know the Seven Wonders of the World? This is not one of them. Well, it wasn’t when I visited. Actually, what I’ve been learning, the more I travel, is that there are lots of Seven...
View ArticleOverwhelming Fog – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trip Date – July 19, 2011 When you’re traveling – especially to once in a lifetime type places – always try to find a song to memorialize the trip. It’s one of my favorite travel tips I learned from...
View ArticleInterview with a Traveler: Wesley Cate on Favelas, Slums, Economics, and More...
My friend Wesley Cate is a research fellow at the Sagamore Institute. He’s also a classical guitar player. He also lived across the hall from me in a dorm once upon a time. He’s been to lots of amazing...
View ArticleInterview with a Traveler: Wesley Cate on Favelas, Slums, Economics, and More...
There really is something beautiful about Rio’s towering mountains with the brightly colored buildings My friend Wesley Cate is a research fellow at the Sagamore Institute. He’s also a classical guitar...
View ArticleTraveling Music: Smooth Jams from Rio
This week is all about music discovered while traveling! Have you found any great music while seeing the world? Tell me in the comments! Ipanema beach is so beautiful and goes perfectly with Maria...
View ArticleU.S. vs Paraguay: A Small Lesson in Humility
U.S. vs Paraguay: A Small Lesson in Humility Summer 2003 Guest Contributor: Lys Villelli Growing up, I was very fortunate to attend a church where international community was an important part of our...
View ArticleI Have Seen the Kingdom – Nicaragua
Nicaragua: I Have Seen the Kingdom Guest Contributor: Andrew Greer (ed: Travel with Andrew Greer, Ginny Owens, and Andrew W Lyon Travel to Israel next year! Click for more info.) Over the past year I...
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