A Few Things We Did Not Hate In Jakarta

January 14, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue

Seven hours and counting left in Jakarta. I love it no more upon exit than I did upon arrival. It’s been a four day marathon, testing our travel zen, and […]

Monkey Palooza!

January 12, 2013 in Asia, Belize, Guatemala, Inspiration, Malaysia, North America, Thailand, Travelogue

We’ve been talking a lot about our monkey experiences this month. The kids have been laughing and retelling a lot of great experiences over our travels. We thought that some […]

Jakarta: The Big Durian: Can 10 Million People Be Wrong?

January 11, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue

We laughed when we heard that Jakarta has a nickname, “The Big Durian,” a nod to NYC’s “Big Apple” moniker. It seemed cute and funny. Until I remembered how much […]

Drive by Shootings: Photos of Life in Sabah

January 10, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue

Every now and then, when I’m riding a bus somewhere I’ll start to see the world though new eyes. Things that I don’t usually “see” any more pop out at […]

A Visit To The Agnes Keith House: In Which I Meet One Of My Favourite Ghosts

January 9, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue

I was about sixteen years old the first time I visited Borneo I arrived via steamer with an eager young wife, accompanying her husband who was the Commissioner of Forestry […]

Bridging the Language & Culture Gap: The Importance of English Education

January 8, 2013 in Inspiration

I have a friend in Canada who works with a government program assimilating immigrants into Canadian society. Similar to this English school in Exeter, she is teaching them English, but […]

Silvery Lutung Monkeys- Sabah, Malaysia

January 7, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue

WE ARE SO LUCKY! Ezra says that we’re always lucky, and I think he might be right. When we were at the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary yesterday we got […]

Sepilok Forest Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center-Video!

January 7, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue

Here’s a little video Tony made for you… The orang utans at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Center:

Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia

January 7, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia

I’m so glad that we didn’t rush to get to Labuk Bay yesterday and try to cram the proboscis monkeys in on top of the orang utans and the Rainforest […]

The Rainforest Discovery Center: Sabah, Malaysia

January 7, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue

The Rainforest Discovery Center is located on the fringe of the Kebili-Sepilok forest reserve. It would be easy to drive right by and not even know it’s there, but if […]