A London Taxi in Iran
It was barely 7am as we searched for our hostel on the narrow, dusty streets of old town Yazd. I was in a decidedly picture-no-sound mood – I’d discovered that sleeping in hijab on an overnight bus was my new high-water-mark of backpacking travel annoyances. The boys were hot, sticky and fractious, their Celtic disposition Read the Rest…
Persepolis Iran
Iran has been in the news quite a bit lately in a scary, sabre-rattling way. I’m posting this view of my kids up on the hill above Persepolis, the ancient capital of Persia, smiling in the sun. When we just hear the geopolitical opinions about any country in the media it’s easy to mentally flatten Read the Rest…
My Passports with Purpose Prize Picks
“Can we get a divorce?”, Murph’s question was almost plaintive. “I mean I still love you, but if we were divorced, I could enter for one of these Passports with Purpose prizes, right?” I’m honestly not sure whether my husband is joking or not. I mean, these are really great prizes! Today is my wistful, Read the Rest…
Passports with Purpose: Cambodia School Opening Ceremony
This is a photo from the Opening Ceremony of the Passports School, in Preah Vihear Cambodia. Funds to build this school were raised through Passports with Purpose in 2009. Standing in front of 100+ kids, most of whom came from homes with no running water, many of whom are lucky to have survived early childhood, Read the Rest…
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