Embrace the world! Join me in my adventures across cultures, celebrating what makes us different, and what makes us the same I hope to provide you with fun stories and helpful advice as I navigate my way through building a home in a new place.
So JUST between us mammals….. The River Herring are a group of fish that are similar to salmon, they travel between freshwater and saltwater throughout their lives. Given their namesake perhaps you would assume the RIVER herring spend most of their lives in rivers but you would be WRONG! These so-called ‘River’ Herring actually spend
Research Focus (ABT): River herring are an important migratory species that travel in and out of coastal bays and their associated rivers at different stages in their life cycle. These fish were once so abundant they would migrate inland up and down the coast of North America in billions. This massive migration was an important
“Your dives will be 1.6 million rupiah” the secretary at Gecko Dive Center doesn’t bat an eyelash as she rattles off this jarring number. The mere suggestion of a million of anything is enough to make my stomach drop. That’s insane! ONE MILLION?! Of course, 1 USD is equivalent to about 14,000 IDR so in
Indonesia is the largest island nation in the world with over 13,000 islands. This is just about +6,000 more than found in the Philippines. So no matter how much of Indonesia we could squeeze into our short trip, we would only see a handful of islands. To give you an overview of our travels, we