Sunday Snapshot | The Children of Delhi | Delhi, India
One Saturday afternoon, I was on my way to a Tibetan enclave, Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi. I was there to try the momos (steamed dumplings), an integral part of Tibetan cuisine. Along the way, I passed by a little street with children playing in the alleyways. I couldn't...
Community and Karma at Om Yoga Studio | Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.” ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon There’s something...
Reflections and Resolutions to Ring in the New Year
2013 was a bit of a game changer for us. This exact time last year, we were home from Taiwan for a quick holiday visit. It was our first time returning to the US since we had moved to Taiwan a year and a half earlier, and an amazing reminder of why we do want...
Sunday Snapshot | Mongolian Man and Horse | Mongolia
Sometimes when travelling, there are those moments when nothing can be verbally communicated with another person, yet somehow you know exactly what the other person is saying! This happened to us for practically 4 months during our recent trip through Mongolia,...
Pure Jungle Spa In Puerto Viejo: A Decadent Chocolate Massage
We developed a bit of an addiction while we were living and traveling in Asia for two years. And after talking with other travelers, apparently, we weren’t the only ones to unknowingly get hooked. The withdrawal symptoms include irritability, aching muscles,...
Sunday Snapshot | Tiny Garifuna Village | Roatan, Honduras
The tiny Garifuna village of Punta Gorda on the island of Roatan on a sunny, sleepy Saturday morning. Rika used to be a Canadian paralegal before she threw that out the window and became a scuba diving instructor in the tropics. She now lives as an expat on the...