It’s been said that we can never cross the same river twice… each time we return to the place from which we have departed, we are never the same. A day at the office, a…
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Departure
The Andaman Sea is a jeweled masterpiece. More beautiful than almost any ocean I’ve ever seen. We’re traveling on a Moken vessel. Our journey is about 5 hours. On the boat with a team…
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Provisioning For Surin Tai
It’s early morning. I got up at about 4 am to practice yoga and meditate. Uncertain when I’ll have another opportunity, it feels like a luxury to have these last few minutes to myself. We…
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About Snakes
The night before we leave for the Surin Islands we check into small individual bungalows. This is mine. (See photo below). It’s a rickety hut with simple lines. At a distance it looks exotic. Upon…
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Surin Islands and The Sea Nomads
Tomorrow I set off for the Surin Islands with four other dedicated researchers and scientists. Surin Islands are situated off the coast of Thailand and are home to the Moken people, also known as ‘Sea…
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Floating Restaurant and Crocodile Farm
In the middle of the lake are several restaurants where families live and serve food for visiting tourists. The boat where I land is smaller than most one-bedroom apts. Here a family of 5 live….
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Fishing Village
About an hour outside of Siem Reap, along a long, dusty road are a long row of boats bobbing in a nearby river. They’re worn and ragged a lot like how I’m feeling at the…
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Temple Guard, Banteay samre
Have you ever noticed that when you least expect it, something surprising happens? Each day I was in Cambodia, I visited the temples very early morning…long before sunrise. Not to take takes pictures but…
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Khmer Cooking Class
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m as awkward cooking as I am ballroom dancing…on second thought, maybe my future as a ballroom dancer is brighter. So having never taken a cooking lesson, it…
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Khmer Healer
His name is Huor…he’s called Ta Huor out of respect by the locals. Ta Huor is a famous medicine man who works with native plants and much, much more. He practices what Cambodians refer…
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Footprints On My Heart
Years ago I remember reading words by Flavia that went something like this, “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same.” …
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Carnival, Goan-style
February 11, 2013 Today’s celebration of Carnival is Christian-influenced. Goa was colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It was annexed in 1961. Though Hindu and Christians co-exist here, the history of this region…
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Leaving Old Goa
February 8, 2013 In a few short days I’ll be leaving Goa. This experience has been nothing short of extraordinary. Devaaya’s Ayurvedic Resort on Diwar Island is a must for anyone seeking healing and…
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Concert in Old Goa
February 4, 2013 The community gathers once a year for this event in Old Goa which marries Hindu and Portugal traditions…culture, music, food, religion, poetry, all shared and exchanged under a blanket of stars. The…
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Old Goa At Sunset
Amidst a lush landscape there was a moment of silence just before the concert began. It was a whisper in time, the February 4, 2013 kind of moment that poets use to describe eternity. Here…
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Young Monk in Mundgod
January 17, 2013 Mundgod, Karnataka Last night while walking down a dark, dusty road, I heard the whispers of a child. I looked up to see a young boy somewhere between the age of nine…
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Arrival in Mundgod
January 16, 2013 This morning we started our journey with a 45-minute flight from Mumbai to Goa then boarded a dilapidated bus enduring a 7 hour ride to Mundgod, a Tibetan colony in the state…
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Connection Far and Near
January 15, 2013 It’s 5:45 pm. I’m at Vodaphone. This could be anywhere…Paris, Frankfurt, Waimanalo…but today it’s Mumbai. Technology, regardless of my opinion of it, has flung open a door of possibilities. Where our ancestors once…
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Day One – Mumbai
January 15, 2013 It’s 2 am. Just landed in Mumbai.India, it seems, is eternally under construction.Even so, the scent of this land brings me home again and again to myself. The roads are empty.Dust dulls…
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The Journey Begins
January 12, 2013 I am embarking on a journey. Over the next four months I am traveling in search of the Wayfinders’ Code. This journey is a voyage of discovery. Every culture has an innate…
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A Gathering of Wayfinders of the Pacific
National Geographic’s 2012 Explorers’ Symposium ended yesterday. It was a mind-bending, week-long exploration fest. Yet, despite the most daring and
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What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” These words by poet Mary Oliver are especially poignant because …
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The Power of One…
The Power of One… is one person’s willingness to help another, one person’s commitment to love the world, one person’s passion to set in motion a ripple of such magnitude that it creates a sea…
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Pius Mau Piailug
My teacher for ten years was a Palu, a Micronesian master navigator named Pius Mau Piailug. Mau was considered the greatest …
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