Wanderlustress
Welcome! I'm a humanitarian aid worker, diplomatic wife, mother of twins. I write about travel, aid work, and life in a foreign country. Our next destination will be Vientiane, Laos in summer 2012. In the mean time, enjoy a look back at some of my previous experiences overseas. Thank you for visiting!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer – Mexico
It’s definitely summer when you can blow up a kiddie pool and entertain the kids for an entire afternoon. They are just so happy being in a different play environment, … Continue reading
5-Weeks Until Departure
Yes, five weeks left so I might start thinking out loud here more and more and bore you with the logistics of preparing a move overseas. But I’m doing it … Continue reading
Learning Lao Update
Remember when I mentioned that reading Lao was dreaded? Well I STILL dread it but at least I can better stomach longer narratives now… A little reminder as to why … Continue reading
How I Got To Sin City
As a mother of twins in my mid-40′s my partying days are most definitely over, but reading The.Ego.Tripper‘s post “What A Party!” triggered some reminiscence of my time in Singapore … Continue reading
When Home Feels This Good
Yesterday was so beautiful and enjoyable it felt like we were on vacation somewhere far away even though it was just a typical weekend day at home. Hope you’re all … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands – Tanzania
We had been bush camping for 10 days heading deeper into western Tanzania on our way to Katavi National Park. After a long bumpy drive through rough roads fighting tsetse … Continue reading
Preparing for 36 Dreaded Hours
I want to apologize for posting only pictures without much narrative recently. It seems like all of a sudden my brain has decided to devote itself solely to getting the … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue – Turkey
See my other Weekly Photo Challenge submissions: Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast – Uzbekistan Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual – Uzbekistan Weekly Photo Challenge: Through – Turkey Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged – … Continue reading
My Motherhood Journey
No matter how much of the world I’ve seen, everything is new again through the eyes of my children. There has been no greater journey than life as a mother … Continue reading
When I Feel Landlocked
For some reason I’ve been feeling landlocked lately and I so badly want to dive into this photo and envelope myself in the vastness of the open water and stretch … Continue reading
