Emma is my maid. For the most part, I am incredibly thankful to have her. My dishes are cleaned every day, I no longer need to obsess over a freakishly clean apartment – it’s like a fairy comes to tidy it up every day – and my cats are taken-care of whenever I’m out of […]
Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » A travel journal following a family on their overland trip around the world.
Author Archives:I haven’t written in a while about life here in Zim because not much has happened since I returned from India. I got pretty sick for over a week, so I was pretty much tied to my bed. I also haven’t had a chance to go horseback riding since I returned because my ankle is […]  India is… toilets. Nowhere in the world have I ever experienced disgusting toilets with such consistency. Holes in the ground with dirty footrests on either side, no water or toilet paper with which to clean yourself or the space. And the smells, oh the smells. If you were blind, you could smell an approaching toilet […]  I returned last night from a fortnight trip to India. My travel buddy and old friend, Sahnah (met while studying in Senegal, saw Anchor Wat together in 2008) had never been and could get there on air miles, so even though I had already been twice, I enthusiastically agreed to meet herthere. It also helped […] Well, you know, I should eat my words. Because Christmas was pretty nice! I mean, maybe it doesn’t top the ones I described in my last post, but it wasn’t as lonely as I felt it would be. I actually felt like the part in the Scrooge Christmas story where he visits homes around Christmas […] |
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