On Monday, August 1, we began our fourth and final week of volunteering at the school in Faizabad, India. Once again, the first three days of the week were at in-town campuses of the school. Kimberly's Fourth Graders at Jingle Bells School Above Photos: 1. K with Security guard who escorted her through the gate … Continue reading Final Week of Faizabad with a side of Monkeys
On Thursday, July 14, we put in our first day (or rather half day) of volunteer teaching at the remote campus of Jingle Bell Schools, that we arranged through WorkAway. To get there, we were driven about half an hour, along with the principal and two of the teachers from that campus. The driver was … Continue reading Teaching, Dental Woes, and Simple Joys of WorkAway Life in Faizabad, India
On Tuesday, July 12, we began our month of volunteer teaching at Jingle Bell Schools in Faizabad. Kimberly went to the classrooms next to our quarters, and Dennis trundled off to the campus about 3 blocks away. The first couple of days, he was chauffeured to and from this campus, but he made it known … Continue reading Teaching Adventures in Faizabad: From Classrooms to Riverside Festivities
December 3, 2021 - Part II > If you're going to visit the Yucatan Peninsula, you simply have to see some Mayan ruins. And the best place to do that is the enormously famous Chichen Itza, right? So we thought. And so we'd planned. It is after all, one of the seven wonders of the … Continue reading Mayan Ruins and Chocolate (Part 1)
And then it happened. Something splashing in the water, seen out of the corner of her eye. Was it a fish jumping? No, there was no concentric circle that occurs after a fish splash. A diving bird? No, they were everywhere but none surfaced nearby.
Goats, hinnys and zeedonks, oh my!
The Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch has much more than ostriches. It also has donkeys and deer and goats and rabbits and chickens and ducks, oh my. Plus some exotic birds called lorikeets. Even stingrays. And you get to feed them all, with special food provided. https://youtu.be/4SAjPqyGhlY Push Play to watch video It was a hilarious … Continue reading Kissing Goats
world travel with a theatrical flair 