“When you find peace within yourself you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others” Peace Pilgrim The simple act of sitting and breathing has lost its importance in the modern world. We’ve forgotten that taking time to clear the mind and connect with the body is THE most productive […]
Raising The Village : Give Love Not Landfill
Women at Nanga village, rural Uganda It’s Christmas Day, you’re sitting around the tree with your nearest and dearest, eagerly eyeing up the promising looking parcels that probably contain everything you need for everlasting happiness. Minutes later your face is hurting from all the fake smiling and every time you exclaim ‘wow I really needed […]
The Challenge!
Day 1 Breakfast normally consists of espresso and maybe a piece of fruit if I’m feeling really keen. Whenever I get hungry I have the luxury of making myself whatever I fancy at my work in a busy downtown restaurant. However today this is not an option so I get up extra early to prepare […]
Living Below The Line
Children at a water pump in Kanga, Uganda (courtesy of Raising The Village) OK so I moved to Toronto in January and was lucky enough to come across Raising The Village, an amazing organisation working with villages in Uganda. Their mission statement is: ‘Empower communities so that they are able to determine their own futures […]
Texas Toast
Whilst trying to leave New Orleans, our beloved Mongmobile decided to develop Parkinson’s and start juddering down the freeway, refusing to go above 40 mph – perhaps in protest at having been abandoned for a weekend while we indulged in frivolities. Putting all your hopes and dreams into a beaten up van from 1995 is a stressful […]
Out of the Frying Pan Into the Van
It was hard to keep spirits up after such a blow to our travel plans but we still needed transport and a place to sleep so we had to get back on the van search in Tampa. Luckily we were staying at the friendliest hostel in Florida, Grams Place. If you are ever anywhere near […]
