Right across the river Nothing brings out the colors of nature like twilight. The sky is a canvas of orange, pink and blue with twinkling dots, the early stars. The trees take on a mysterious shade of dark as the atmosphere turns beautifully misty like a slice out of a dream sequence. The scene, despite … Continued
On July 8, 2008, I embarked on a journey to Nadi, Fiji in order to find relief from my insurmountable grief of losing a grandmother. At the young age of sixteen, I discovered life was a frightening battle filled to the brim with agony, loss and trauma. Drowning in a sea of depression, I needed … Continued
The climb to the top hurts. The pain is uncomfortable; your leg muscles throb, and the blisters on your toes sting with every pace. Dirt covers your ankles, and sweat trickles down your back, shoulders, and neck as the sun blares down like a spotlight. The incline is severe, more serious than you expected, … Continued
Somerset Walk and do not stop. I have just started my journey up on those old wooden stairs that will lead to the side of that mountain-sized hill. I am half way through when I realize that I should have gone to the gym before I start to take up on such challenges. I … Continued
South Africa ‘I will touch a lion… I will touch a lion… a real lion… I want this since I worked together with Rebecca who was from South Africa and told me that I can touch lions here. I am on the way to the Rhino and Lion park… I will be together with … Continued
My journey to inspiration and bravery started about six years ago in the Philippines; I had just finished my economics degree and was ready to make my first steps out into the real world. My father was living in Kuwait at the time, so he helped me to get a great internship at the Philippines … Continued
Kenya A man passes by with three camels on the beach. He does this journey twice every day. The camels are walking behind him on the snow-white sand proudly. Behind them the endless Indian Ocean shows off thousands shades of blue. The sun is high up, spreading its burning rays everywhere. It is a hot … Continued
I arrived in Tangier, Morocco in the middle of a torrential downpour. The bus station was chaotic with Police carrying assault rifles lounging against the walls and out front. I wasn’t sure exactly where in Tangier I had landed and deeply regretted having forgotten to load a map of the city when I was in … Continued
Shades of Green By Tom Larsen T. S. Eliot said: “The journey not the arrival matters.” Most of us, I think, would agree. I’ve certainly taken it to heart—backpacking through Europe in the Seventies, hitching from Fairbanks to Anchorage on the old Richardson Highway, flying in a small cargo plane over the … Continued
It is January 13, and I am standing very still. Steady but fragile wisps’ of snow dance mournfully around my feet; they must know that there’s no going back now and that they are to meet their resting place on what could easily be the greyest slab of concrete on earth….. At a whopping minus … Continued