https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog daily 1.0 2025-08-09 https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/rxzz56kjoxs4vsakf2wtinvp8v7xve monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/ce6f5cbd-0bf0-43cf-884c-cca8c64f784f/IMG_0598.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes - day 93 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/r5pxse81xzci18l4i0qg3ywoan2mev monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/230c2383-920d-4e43-87a6-a11c0de37a4a/IMG_0311.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Hakone to Kyoto, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/db9ae06d-da0b-4f9f-8570-dfaca35ce744/IMG_0269.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Hakone to Kyoto, Japan - Make it stand out Tonight we went out to dinner and had Japanese food. On our way back we stopped for ice cream and we went for a walk in a shrine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/e56cb06c-19f1-4e5f-a923-beeb54e033fa/making+glass+beads.jpg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Hakone to Kyoto, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/fb739e31-73d7-487b-8bee-a56d31116599/IMG_0235.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Hakone to Kyoto, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/509ddca7-d2ad-40a4-89d3-48de00f90e6b/Mt+Fuji.jpg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Hakone to Kyoto, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/zrma4icd19bdncqujm1wfaqfn5js8z monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/ba0f26b2-dafa-4607-8f09-147b71e187ce/IMG_4747.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1f530e13-e668-4db0-9bed-9ae4ad6fc0b2/IMG_0408.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/9a4a4e56-a77b-4805-83a4-46e580d9119c/IMG_0412.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/771da11c-aab9-41af-af5a-bbce9088b782/shibuya+crossing.jpg Blog - Poppy’s journal notes - Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/lucys-journal-notes-day-79 monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/c0ecbaff-b937-41b7-a9fe-789727739795/IMG_0197.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 79 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/335b5ccf-8164-4d4e-91b8-26b02b26bf51/IMG_2247.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 79 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/3f806997-1b19-4da4-bbb5-683c33d420c9/IMG_0202.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 79 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/9fa0bcf7-9fc2-454c-81c2-0f8e5772ecae/IMG_2256.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 79 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/e6b48c5c-7d62-4694-b343-8cb3c7324332/IMG_0200.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 79 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/thailand-time-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1714522140412-ZCGWR60H7XXWL4NE9PYY/IMG_9330.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1714522140813-TGPJ1BKFTTBO0SU07KDM/IMG_9326.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1714522197596-3YN5WYZ65AABG142PND6/IMG_9353.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/b6310941-5a16-41da-a126-d16bc9714490/IMG_2807.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Paying our respects and making our offerings to the monks in residence at Wat Suthep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/a121dc9a-3e23-48e5-8851-a10cbfbe0b8e/IMG_9285.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out The climb to the top of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep consisted of climbing 306 steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/54c26a1f-9f7c-407e-8913-d6601dd6fa55/IMG_9301.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Wat Doi Suthep was particularly beautiful and peaceful, in part, due to our early morning visit. According to our guide, you visit at sunrise to see the temple and the monks vs visiting later in the day when you see all the people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/dd72f36b-a57f-4906-a072-0634468b246b/IMG_9618.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out On an outing sans kids, we visited Wat Huay Pla Kang, while in Chiang Rai. Behind us isn’t buddha but rather a very large statue of Guan Yin, the Buddhist Godhess of Mercy. Guan Yin is an important deity in Mahayana Buddhism. She is the “Bodhisattva of Compassion” — a being who achieved enlightenment but remained here in the physical world to help the rest of humanity do the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/107cdf96-f983-43d1-b5a4-cf86f7d545a6/IMG_9573.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Wat Rong Khun aka the White Temple, located in Chiang Rai. This place was stunning and perhaps the most ornate of all the wats we visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/5d1e56f2-5a6a-450d-9685-b28afa90cb1e/IMG_9273.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/929ee886-966f-4a39-9c89-a81b9d1be010/IMG_9639.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out I went out for a walk one afternoon in Lumphini Park, a large green space in central Bangkok. I was blown away when I discovered these creatures roaming around the park - mostly in and along the parks waterways. These are monitor lizards and although they appear menacing, they apparently feed mostly on fish, frogs and turtle eggs and pose no issue to humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/3279c815-8496-4bc4-9f5e-bbd881d6f303/IMG_9396.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out South and west of Chiang Mai is Doi Inthanon National Park, considered the roof Thailand. Much to our delight we discovered this is part of the Himalayan mountains. We spent a day exploring the park with a guide (also a former monk). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/2f664b3b-1a45-40be-bfb1-25b89c07c686/IMG_9511.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out One of those special moments along our journey - following a hike in Doi Inthanon with a local guide, we were instructed to hop in the back of this truck to get a short ride back to where our hike began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/07a1ebd9-cae8-4a52-9b2f-559849daef75/IMG_9683.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Our last several days in Thailand were spend in Bangkok where we enjoyed an evening Tuk Tuk tour (wild!), a food tour (delicious) and visits to more night markets (sensory overload) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/6c05a877-65a4-4316-9c10-67e002f3f600/IMG_3288.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/4fe77584-929e-4609-b7e8-aa56ce9cbbc0/IMG_9589.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out The variation in the way buddha is portrayed throughout Thailand was fascinating. I loved this one since the buddha is shown beneath a banyan tree which was where it is believed that the buddha sat and meditated for seven weeks and attained enlightenment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/522ff2a3-18d5-4dc8-8eb0-7abd9779a249/IMG_3219.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 2: connecting with Buddhism - Make it stand out We had the privilege of visiting an elephant sanctuary in the area known as the Golden Triangle - where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand intersect. This is one of the Mahouts, the local Thai people who raise and care for rehabilitated elephants. 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Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/fdecc8d5-ee59-49e2-9663-620277eceddf/IMG_0120.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/73fa1911-3132-41d1-a8cd-55cb837b7abc/IMG_0115.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/6dea2438-4019-47ed-82ae-4ca0675d5ef7/IMG_0116.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/22714da1-f325-423a-8a00-e4cfe89a473e/IMG_0121.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/dfb9071d-b582-4d88-b76b-551391e4da22/IMG_0114.jpeg Blog - Poppy’s country report and flag drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/thailand-time monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/08cbb61b-8698-4e49-a6fb-aaa69b95cf06/IMG_2478.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out Our driver spoke no english but nevertheless he could tell we were quite impressed with the interior of his van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/90c87c30-1639-431b-9f3b-a720f920f706/IMG_2480.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out Yassss Queens, welcome to Thailand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711032053400-MNCDHJNNTGZXRK2H20SB/9BCEA9DA-CCC2-45DB-9803-ACE307090EEF.JPG Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711032053806-M2BAMEAN05T2PVSQO1KW/E10532ED-60E0-4739-8F56-9D1BB6B8B2E7.JPG Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/20e92afd-563d-4035-908d-e1d8d0d021c2/IMG_9168.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out Island #2 on our 4-island tour - our snorkeling stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/aee1d312-c38a-4a12-9a71-2221b4ffa71c/IMG_9198.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out Shown here is the entrance to Marakot Cave, also known as Emerald Cave, which we were invited to swim through. Given the language barrier, it was a little tough to tell what we were getting ourselves into. I ascertained that it was an 80m swim and that it shouldn’t be a problem if you are a decent swimmer. The girls were game so we went for it. Our guide led the way in and we followed. A few minutes in, all we could see was his headlamp out in front of us. Here I am taking our 10 and 13 year old daughters swimming through a decent swell, surrounded by cliffs into a cave in the Andaman Sea - for a brief moment, it was hard not to wonder if I was making a good parenting choice. Every time I have one of those moments (like after dark on a White Mts backpacking trip when we are searching for a place to pitch our tents via headlamp or zip-lining several hundred feet in the air over a deep gorge in central Belize), I appreciate watching the girls rise to the occasion. I expected them to be a touch spooked but they did great. We stayed close together and before long we could see some light around a bend up ahead. As we emerged on the other side we discovered that the cave led to a small interior area of the island surrounded by cliffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/ee6833f9-b6fa-47cf-847f-fe2b8489cf51/IMG_9188.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out The other side of our 80m cave swim - now all we had to do was swim back through the dark to our boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/b31ec690-1136-45cb-81b3-fac48fa2e13b/IMG_2489.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - You want to gas up your motorbike, motorbike tuktuk, motorcycle, car? These little stands are everywhere. It’s literally just a bunch of glass bottles with gas decanted into them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/cc540262-fba1-4c05-8951-20faa31110e6/IMG_2569.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711020964406-LTKRUV65BAV6KNNYCPYS/IMG_2592.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711021009117-39SF75YBIN4TPFOQMKCC/IMG_2641.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711021014774-Q1B58G28VJYCK52ZUY1W/IMG_2642.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1711021016130-VUPGHT47W508J5ETUUB9/IMG_2644.jpeg Blog - Thailand time, part 1: Ko Lanta https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/1hqsjxg87nnk19k5ktvv3ydu9k2mf6 monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/34e1f6c9-3849-429b-b3b6-f45a397ac498/IMG_0869.jpeg Blog - poppy’s journal notes: A safari adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/6dc79fae-c17f-42a4-a9dd-430ba55a478c/IMG_0901.jpeg Blog - poppy’s journal notes: A safari adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/e0e66b71-8a71-4bb0-b7bd-b323d96088fd/IMG_9026.jpeg Blog - poppy’s journal notes: A safari adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/ce0f4ed7-93d5-47f4-8b20-f7717cd70cd3/IMG_0924.jpeg Blog - poppy’s journal notes: A safari adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/82f1ba46-6e94-4cb6-9c19-ef2ca90449e7/A3A945E1-AF1B-4311-BC52-03DC1711B9E1.jpeg Blog - poppy’s journal notes: A safari adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/75vqlspeqabpgwv9xgzbhe7heolb9h monthly 0.5 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/9dbde506-c0c0-4387-9ee2-d60469c7b2ec/IMG_1147.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 29 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/c258b12e-aea1-49ac-adfc-db8104fc43af/IMG_1157.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 29 - Make it stand out Sabrina Carpenter- Opening act https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/a0fcbc2c-3032-436e-a971-6fa45386beea/IMG_1213.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 29 - Make it stand out Champagne Problems, Evermore era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/59eb2973-cb14-49c7-a207-02e3a57519df/IMG_1238.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 29 - Make it stand out Enchanted, Speak Now era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/d6e8eff8-8731-48c4-b319-040be5666140/IMG_1179.jpeg Blog - Lucy’s journal notes: day 29 - Make it stand out Cruel Summer, Lover era (photo taken through binoculars) https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/7dlvp0o0b0i60mz3jw1harp794hrjz monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/50a60491-97da-41c6-8d25-a7a39ebacde8/IMG_2230.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out Life expectancy is dropping in the U.S. (it’s currently around 76 for white Americans, 70 for Black Americans). Meanwhile, in Singapore, the number of centenarians doubled in the last 10 years and the average life expectancy is 84 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/9543ee72-ed35-486c-919d-6245718443e0/IMG_2195.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out Super Trees are at the center of it all and can be seen from most parts of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/248c2474-f91d-42e5-87b9-ed2768e6ee80/IMG_2442.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out If you saw my instagram post, you know we went to the Era’s Tour on our last night in Singapore. Dave and I bought the tickets months ago and gave them as a surprise to the kids. It was awesome. It was mind blowing. It life changing. I won’t bore you with a whole lot of Taylor Swift content here, but let’s just say seeingTaylor Swift with 60,000 people from all across Asia, was the icing on the Singaporean cake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/760244ba-859e-463b-8571-c25de97ab7f5/IMG_2345.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out The National Orchid Museum costs about $5 and is mind blowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/b0c31926-ba90-4fd1-8648-d64ff68d74af/IMG_2348.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/d07abcec-597f-46fd-a19b-99b7b68e2af5/IMG_2356.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out The only flower we didn’t see was a poppy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/a1b51bfe-48d4-40ee-b962-eba8e6ee47a3/IMG_2187.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out The Cloud Dome replicates climates found in jungles. It houses a waterfall, tropical plants, and a massive skywalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/7d522e4d-7cb0-4267-936c-7410e1c7bf2e/IMG_2265.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out The wet market in the Tiong Bahru neighborhood offered up a wide array of seafood you can’t find at Whole Foods… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/e0f818fa-95b8-419d-bcd6-afabb57d5719/IMG_2170.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out Lucille and Dave at the Flower Dome - the largest greenhouse in the world, home to over 30,000 plants and 160 species - at Garden by the Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/24805e4d-ffad-422c-8ffd-3696f3758959/IMG_2275.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out Or some Brother’s Pig’s Organ Soup? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/dcb457cd-dd6e-432e-b3d3-241915cd6628/IMG_2271.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out …including a few things I wouldn’t want to buy at Whole Foods. Sea cucumbers anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/0343a5d1-2f89-4a0e-8b46-c72dc3386e14/IMG_2228.jpeg Blog - We found utopia and it’s Singapore - Make it stand out My cousin Margaret happened to be there, visiting her Singaporean family, and was kind enough to bring us on a tour of Henderson Waves - the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. 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We loved our guides and can’t say enough about them and all of the Maasai people we have met since arriving here in the Mara. 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The township was created in the 1920s, when black men were forcefully removed from their homes in District Six and relocated to these prison-like barracks, as a means of control and segregation. The township is now home to roughly 100K people, 98% are Xhosa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894818808-1EXN70ZRTW5B4S1IVHYZ/IMG_1052.jpeg Blog - 7 days… Many people are housed communally in the barracks, made of concrete block. There are others living in metal containers, split into multiple small rooms - 1 room per a family. And still others live in shanties/shacks made of scrap metal and wood. Most are without formal power or sanitation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894858396-5287VK80QSH5LFBLWCBI/IMG_1053.jpeg Blog - 7 days… The roads and paths were littered with trash. But so many of the walls were covered in powerful and uplifting art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894858956-Y8T10E9UN3TKUYIDT3HK/IMG_1057.jpeg Blog - 7 days… This young woman lived in a 10x10 metal box, which she tended to lovingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894877896-PEN705BQJUU4YZUS28LQ/IMG_1045.jpeg Blog - 7 days… The owner of Langa’s first coffeeshop was previously a café server in Cape Town. He met an Italian tourist, who gifted him a used coffee maker. Through grants, loans, and savings, he was able to rent this small space and buy the things he needed to open. He told us that the township residents are somewhat confused by this coffee shop as served coffee is a luxury they haven’t been exposed to, but slowly he is building his clientele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894887469-4OKI1ZB2GDGGZ3N8NB20/IMG_1050.jpeg Blog - 7 days… He made refreshers for the girls, served in cups he procured from the street, which the girls declared as good - if not better - than Starbucks. If we could, we’d give Mr. Langa a 5/5 on Yelp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894892227-Y78BMYDRBA67RLKMXDG3/IMG_1062.jpeg Blog - 7 days… A one room home to 27 orphaned children. This woman cooked for them all in this small kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707895107696-LQKFDGKPUNPBJ5UMVN3S/IMG_1049.jpeg Blog - 7 days… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707894895349-M9V4IOA22B38DKOUZVXD/IMG_1058.jpeg Blog - 7 days… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707895103855-F9B8O1MDPSL0QJKLY6EZ/IMG_1067.jpeg Blog - 7 days… Upcycling isn’t an environmental fad in Langa, so much as a way of life. This woman can crochet a soda can tab into just about anything you can imagine. https://www.sabbaddies.com/blog/jj9uevwy5dbo4vkbtw8cx4zh8pcdpa monthly 0.5 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707076629551-SRL0ZYS6WDLHMUKLTXYP/IMG_0944.jpg Blog - And we’re off… If we had made the plan geographically, we might have found a more efficient route. But we will be chasing spring, which will have us zig zagging across time zones a bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/659b0cbd5bf07559d2a0e205/1707075559711-ZJ9697C22NHAZRGUXD86/IMG_0818.jpeg Blog - And we’re off… Carbon offsets, thanks to Sasha and Erin. 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