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Photo Gallery: Bassari Life in Motion – Part II

Posted Jan 11 in Culture Guides, Photo Galleries by No Comments

There’s more! Learn more about village life in Senegal from the residents of Ethiolo…

Bassari Life in Motion – Part I

Posted Jan 09 in Culture Guides by 2 Comments

I’m learning that although village life moves slower, it moves constantly. Watch and learn what it takes to be Bassari—from hut building to rice pounding!

Culture Guide: 40 Bites

Posted Nov 30 in Culture Guides by 10 Comments

The secret to making friends in Jordan: eat what you are offered, even when it hurts!

Culture Guide: American Chopper

Posted Aug 01 in Culture Guides by 7 Comments

Renting a motorcycle for the day so I can learn how to ride: $10. Learning in rural Kenya while dodging cows on dirt roads? Priceless.

Culture Guide: Modest is Hottest

Posted Jul 02 in Culture Guides by 11 Comments

Apparently, the clever ladies’ Christian T-shirt adage is right—at least in Nairobi!

Culture Guide: Culinary Empathy

Posted Dec 15 in Culture Guides by 13 Comments

A sure-fire strategy for eating quail neck, tarantula and spicy Mekong river snail with a smile!

Culture Guide: Being Blan

Posted Sep 13 in Culture Guides by 9 Comments

Alien languages, sweat pheromones and sewage jumping… All in a day’s work!

Culture Guide: Expert Navigating Tips

Posted Jul 24 in Culture Guides by 4 Comments

A guide to navigation that even Sacagawea would be proud of…

Culture Guide: Living without Language

Posted Jul 14 in Culture Guides by 10 Comments

What happens when you spend your summer in a home where no one speaks English?

Culture Guide: Surviving Dinner

Posted Jul 08 in Culture Guides by 6 Comments

Like I always say, deliciousness is next to Godliness.

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