He opened his wallet and showed a picture of his wife, and “his boys.” Pointing to three, killed defending their homeland. “All gone.” He shook his head, eyes glistened. “Tears cannot be shown.” Google doesn’t translate pain well. He can’t …
Category Archives: Travel
We have several reasons why we wanted to visit Ukraine: we have the time and the privilege, we want to show our support, we want to be of service (more on that later). One reason is that we prefer …
Claire here: The relief of making it through a border crossing into a new country always makes me a bit high spirited, so the clouds didn’t bother me at all, at first. Then the questions at passport control settled a …
“You know you are entering a war zone?” Pause “On bicycles.” “Yes.” “Aren’t you afraid?” “No.” Eyebrows up. “Have you cycled in a war zone before?” “No. But we cycled two days in the jungles of Laos where the anti-personnel …