Beach Cafe Kizkalesi Turkey
Towards the end of our year-long trip, our kids were becoming very road-weary. Even though our original goal had been to follow the Silk Road from Xi’an to Istanbul within a day of crossing into Turkey I knew they were just spent. We could have taken an overnight bus from Diyarbakir to Istanbul, done a Read the Rest…
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…
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…
Soldiers on the Iraq Turkey Border
When we passed through this border checkpoint just north of Mosul, Iraq, I waved out the window of our taxi at these kids taking a smoke break. I think they were shocked to see us. They came over to chat so I had to put my camera away lest I be breaking any rules by Read the Rest…
Geysir Geyser Iceland
The eponymous geysir about to erupt. And erupting! This is just too cool not to share 🙂 Like what you’ve read and interested in reading more? Subscribe to the WanderMom feed using rss or email , follow me on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
Santiago Chile City View
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Sand-boarding Dudes in Chile
More fun in the desert on the outskirts of San Pedro de Atacama: Sandboarding. And yes, it is just as much fun as it looks – even if you do have to hike your board up the sand dunes for each ride down. Like what you’ve read and interested in reading more? Subscribe to the Read the Rest…
Death Valley Chile
Death Valley, Chile is just outside San Pedro de Atacama, high in the altiplano. The town, though pretty, is a pricey tourist trap but with views like this visible in the desert just a short drive from the town center, who could really complain? Like what you’ve read and interested in reading more? Subscribe to Read the Rest…
Cusco City View
We hung out in Cusco for four days to give ourselves time to acclimatize to the altitude before doing the Inca Trail. At the time, I thought this was a little overkill but we decided it had to be done – as opposed to risking having one of our children come down with altitude sickness Read the Rest…
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