Education Is Broken: Someone Should Fix It: An interview with David Blake

February 4, 2013 in Education

It should come as no surprise that Alternative Education is a passion of mine. We’ve educated our kids outside the box and we work to help as many other people, […]

The Golden Fleece: Not a Greek tale after all. Turns out it’s Hindu.

February 3, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia

You know, sometimes it’s the little things that really just annoy me to no end. It’s not the mama with her intentionally dirty baby who’s following us around hoping for […]

Green School Bali

February 1, 2013 in Asia, Education, Indonesia, Inspiration, Travelogue

If you’ve been reading along for any length of time you’ve probably noticed that we’re not too tethered to the idea of “school” in the traditional sense. It’s not that […]

Bali-A homecoming of sorts

January 31, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia

  Bali has never been on my list of places I wanted to visit. It’s got a nice deep footprint on the tourist track, and the idea of beaches bodies […]

Visiting Sulawesi? Be sure to connect with our friend Dodo Mursalim

January 30, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Inspiration, Travelogue

We spent a couple of weeks researching Sulawesi and found very little information for independent travel on the island. Then, I lucked into Dodo Mursalim’s contact details on a TripAdvisor […]

What My Mama Taught Me

January 29, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia

We’ve had a tough few weeks. We’ve really enjoyed the outlying areas of Sulawesi, Tana Toraja and Bira. The road trip was just our speed. We enjoy being captains of […]

Guide Recommendation: Tana Toraja

January 28, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Inspiration

If you visit Rantepao, in the highlands of South Sulawesi, in Tana Toraja, you will want to hire a local guide for at least a day or two.  There are […]

Bara Beach Bungalows: Hotel Review

January 28, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue

Bara Beach Bungalows is located solidly outside the tourist district in Bira, South Sulawesi. In fact, without Stefan coming into town on his motorbike to guide us out, we’d have […]

Snorkeling Bira, Sulawesi: A Photo Essay

January 27, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Snorkeling, Travelogue

I know I said it in Borneo, but I have to say it again, because it just keeps getting better: This is the best reef we’ve ever snorkeled! We took […]

Tana Toraja- Explaining The Unique Houses

January 27, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue

The traditional houses in Tana Toraja are fantastic. Boat shaped beauties with roof lines reminiscent of water buffalo horns, so important to the people of this culture, with walls covered […]