Destinations

The Joy of Monkey Bandits and Boats (Elephanta Island, Mumbai, India)

The Joy of Monkey Bandits and Boats (Elephanta Island, Mumbai, India)

Within the fences that surround one of Mumbai’s main tourist attractions, Gateway of India, there are small make-shift sheds with attendants selling ferry tickets to get to Elephanta Island.  About an hour ride on a rickety two-level boat from Mumbai, past fishing boats and rigs the […]

Soaking in the Sights of Juhu Beach (Mumbai, India)

Soaking in the Sights of Juhu Beach (Mumbai, India)

If you like people-watching, Juhu Beach is a great place to be.  Local boys play cricket, striking women in colorful saris sell their handicrafts and offer to decorate women in henna, and families gather to eat together and look out on the waves.  It’s located […]

Fun in the Sun at Varkala Beach in Kerala India

Fun in the Sun at Varkala Beach in Kerala India

As I watched my giggling daughter run circles from the sand into the waves of the Arabian Sea gently lapping at its shores, I realized how much of a beach baby she is.  She only started walking a couple of months ago, yet this past […]

It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

For the past month, we’ve made our home in a small flat at Cranberry Cottage in the small quiet mountain town of Ladybrand, South Africa in Free State just across the border from Maseru, Lesotho.  When I think back to the past fourteen months since […]

Meerkats at Moolmanshoek

Meerkats at Moolmanshoek

This past weekend we had the pleasure of taking our babe on a short overnight trip to Moolmanshoek Lodge in Eastern Free State, South Africa.  It was just a short one hour drive from Ladybrand, South Africa where we are staying now, so it made […]

Enjoying the Maletsunyane Falls in Semonkong, Lesotho

Enjoying the Maletsunyane Falls in Semonkong, Lesotho

This weekend we drove from Ladybrand, South Africa across the Lesotho border to Semonkong, which took us about 2.5 hours on the way there and more on the way back with frequent photo stops, most of which was on unpaved roads through the mountains.  The […]

Baby Loves the Dead Sea

Baby Loves the Dead Sea

It’s Safari Saturday.  Every Saturday I’ll post a blog on specific places in the world that can be fun to travel with kids and/or toddlers and babies that might be less traditional than, say, a trip to Disney.  Readers are encouraged to reply with their […]

Photo Fun Day: Baby Loves Telefrique

Photo Fun Day: Baby Loves Telefrique

Every Sunday I will simply post a photo that says it all, perhaps with a short description or caption.  Photos are meant to inspire, make you laugh, or a tell a story.  Submit your own photo to be featured on Sunday Photo Fun Day, or […]

Trek to the Taj Mahal with Kids

Trek to the Taj Mahal with Kids

It’s Safari Saturday.  Every Saturday I’ll post a blog on specific places in the world that can be fun to travel with kids and/or toddlers and babies that might be less traditional than, say, a trip to Disney.  Readers are encouraged to reply with their […]

Fist Pumping to Harpists in Paraguay

Fist Pumping to Harpists in Paraguay

On a three week work trip to Asuncion, Paraguay in July, I sadly had little free time to spend with my baby outside our hotel room.  So, I was grateful when a co-worker found a Paraguayan harp concert one Friday evening, and I saw an […]