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I’ve Never Been Here Before {my book}

In June 2022, our family of 7 embarked on a yearlong adventure to 20+ countries, all on a tight budget with only carry-on backpacks. We experienced the countless ways curiosity leads to beautiful discoveries. It was a dream decades in…

A few days in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Once we bought plane tickets to Guatemala, we began looking for places to visit. (We booked cheap tickets without any other plan or details - 'figure it out later' is my go-to). Breese found information on a market in the…

Tips for staying in a hostel as a family

While traveling we stay in all kinds of different places. Sometimes it is an apartment. Sometimes it’s a hostel. We slept in a cave in Jordan and a hut on the Sinai. Most places I find are on Booking.com, Airbnb,…

Israeli/Palestinian Dual Narrative Tour {Abraham Tours}

I'm sitting in a cute boho style cafe. The wind is blowing off the Sea of Aqaba through the open windows tangling my hair in a million ways. I might have pretty cool dreads at the end of this trip.…

Budget traveling – planning ahead saves $$$

Well, I still need to share some basics about our trip...like WHY we are doing it! Instead of waiting to get all those thoughts together, I figured I'd just start sharing answers to some of the questions I most commonly…

Longsheng Rice Terraces & Dazhai Village

About 20 years ago Chris and I were dating and he spent a summer backpacking through China. Once he came home and developed rolls of film, he shared images of rice terraces with me. Ever since it has been in the back of my mind…

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Xingping, China

After several days in Yangshuo, we packed up our bags and jumped on a bus to Xingping. We really had no idea what to expect, but it looked smaller than the surrounding towns, on the map it was near a river, and we knew it…

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Yangshuo, China

Our daughter’s birth town and Beijing are on opposite sides of China. We knew we’d make the trip to visit the orphanage, so we figured we might as well make the most of being so far south. We considered a few options for routes back…

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Guangzhou, China

I’m chronologically recording a 2 week trip we took through southern China. This is the second post, you can find the first one from Xi’an here. From Xi’an we flew to Guangzhou. Our youngest daughter is from a small town about 4 hours by van…

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Xi’an, China {Terracotta Warriors & Muslim Street}

We just wrapped up a couple weeks exploring other areas of China. When planning our trip, I looked to the personal recommendations of others – mainly blog posts I found via Pinterest. Those posts were invaluable to us as we planned and one of the…

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