Follow Your Dreams

8 min

Trainschooling: Everything one needs to know in life I learnt from the trains

India is known to be extremely intense, therefore it's highly recommended that the visitor chooses to experience India from a safe dista...

7 min

Nepal- The Wonders of Human Nature

Elephants and crocodiles are part of the landscape at Chitwan National Park Our three week visit in Nepal was planned around a "Voluntou...

6 min

Eight days in Cambodia

We planned a short visit to Cambodia in order to see the famous temples of Siem Reap, but to our surprise, we discovered that Cambodia al...

10 min

Vietnam- not what you think

Even though more than forty years have passed, most foreigners associate Vietnam with war. This cognitive scheme is hard wired in our bra...

6 min

Ko Phangan Challenge- How to deal with failure

Six a.m. on the Thai island of Ko Phangan. Most people here get up at their leisure around 10 o'clock, so why am I awake? Because I'm str...

5 min

Volunteering at Peru orphanage

We decided that volunteering would be an important component in our family journey around the world. Tourist volunteering is a phenomenon...

7 min

Exporing the Amazonas Jungles

Peru offered great opportunities for adventures and amazing experiences. The boys pushed for a rugged jungle adventure, while the girls w...

4 min

Surviving Down Hill Biking on the Inca Jungle Trail

The flight from Lima to Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca civilization, gets our hearts pumping and juices flowing. The mighty Andes...

3 min

Whitewater rafting and Trekking Inca Jungle Trail- Peru

We start our second day of our four day adventure on the banks of the gushing Urabamba river. These rapids are rated difficulty level cla...

5 min

Ziplining to the Machu Pichu on the Inca Jungle Trail – Peru

Day 3: Ziplining After biking, rafting and trekking, we’ve done a nice family triathlon on land and sea, but today we add another dimensi...

5 min

The balance between “Doing” and “Being”

Our last posts from the Inca Jungle Trail were action packed, but this post will be relaxed, on purpose. We are now hanging out in this l...

7 min

High Anxiety at 15,000 feet- in the mighty Andes

After resting at our little house on the prairie in the Sacred Valley, it was time for more adventure, so we decided to head off on a fou...

6 min

Time to fulfill the dream

When I recently finished the 500 kilometer "Expedition Africa" race (add link to previous article in marathonisrael), many asked me what ...

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