TRAVEL THE WORLD (WHILE STAYING AT HOME) BLOG

The ski resorts of Africa were the last thing I expected to find on this trip. Africa has indoor ski areas in Egypt, a sand ski area in...

If Allan forgot and didn’t carry one of our small children through customs, we would turn around and he would be gone. My children...

When I worked for a multistate healthcare system, a team of my colleagues and some consultants divided the work between us to visit each...

Please consider this a formal invitation to have Lao food with me! Besides the three Lao restaurants I’ve already sampled, I have twelve...

How is growing up in Paradise, California similar to my virtual trip to Kyrgyzstan? In Paradise, we lived on the edge of a canyon with...

The Darnells hosted a second wedding reception for Allan and me, this one in Southern California to include their friends who couldn’t...

The House of Korea Lawn Program in Balboa Park drew Joanie, Gladys, Laurie, and me to San Diego the last weekend of July. We made a whole...

My friend Joanie's father disappeared, believed to be taken by Communists shortly before she was born at the cusp of the Korean War. She...

My Dad asked me to help him recruit doctors and nurses for some friends with a sailboat who brought medical care to various islands. My...

I remember the excitement of watching Born Free in my elementary school gym as a child, making Kenya the first place I traveled while...

Mom! You need to hear this voice! This voice was my first experience in Kazakhstan and I am flabbergasted! https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Allan’s parents arrived in Jordan January 1, 1952. They had expected to work in north Lebanon, but were sent instead to replace another...

Allan and I flew to Japan with 18-month-old Kristen while I was pregnant with Kaitlin. We traveled with my sister Carmyn, who had a...

The Darnell family was transformed when Ken married Raquel! This beautiful Jamaican has added more love, laughter, hugs, and happiness to...

I found one of the best things I have done in any country in the Ivory Coast, and it wasn’t just the music, the literature, the movies,...

In the years that Kristen has been dating Michele (pronounced roughly me-KAY-lay), we have not seen her on Thanksgiving. Why would she...

Allan and I used to listen to Dennis Prager frequently when we were first married. He had several radio shows in the Los Angeles area...

My mom has always wanted to visit Ireland, so Kaitlin set us up for a trip in May of 2020. We were supposed to go to Cork, Killarney, and...

Growing up Adventist, I have traveled to Iraq while staying at home many, many times! After all, Abraham was from Ur, Jonah went to...

Allan was twelve or thirteen years old when his family took a vacation in Iran. They were at the Caspian Sea, close to the then Soviet...