K J - K.J.H.

I'm a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a passion for photography and people! I'm working as a page designer at the Beatrice Daily Sun, a small newspaper in a small town in southeastern Nebraska. There's not a whole lot to do around here, so I drive a lot, looking for photo opportunities. At least the living's cheap! I'm looking forward to moving back to a big city and more opportunities for travel!

I'm originally from Colorado and I can't think of a better place to grow up. The beauty of the mountains and the quirky people have made me a life-long explorer and have endowed me with a definite wander-lust!

Please check out this really awesome travel blog that I can never hope to imitate, but can expect laughs from: http://killingbatteries.com/

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Joined on: April 16th 2007
Last Login: April 6th 2009

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By K J
April 4th 2009

Carolina In My Mind North America » United States » South Carolina » Edisto Island

The Atlantic
Behold Shawn's first encounter with the ocean.

So it's been quite a while since I last updated this blog! I have more free time now, since when I leave work I don't go home to homework (oh, it is truly amazing), and so here I am, updating the good ol' travel blog. A few weeks ago I went to South Carolina with my boyfriend, Shawn, and a few friends. We drove there. Twenty-five hours straight. Couldn't tell you how we did it. We broke up the drive on the way back and that was much more fun. Anyway, we stayed on Edisto Island, which is about 45 minutes [View Full Entry]

By K J
March 24th 2008

Missions in Mexico; 1 Corinthians 15:10 North America » Mexico » Coahuila » Saltillo

Mural
The mural we painted on a wall of the courtyard at El Salvador Iglesia de Cristo. The mural team was: (L to R, bottom row, then top) Kait Henderson, Bree Opfer, Scott Jones, Steph Ress, Scott Thraen, ... [more]

Another year, another missions trip, right? WRONG! Even though Christian Student Fellowship returned to Saltillo this year for our spring break missions trip, this trip was very different from the first and even better! About 45 students and 8 sponsors attended. The trip down to Mexico this year was less eventful than last as we were lucky that we did not blow two tires. We stayed in the same church in Nuevo Laredo as last year. When we arrived in Saltillo, I was happy to note that I recognized much of the town. We went to church with the parishioners of [View Full Entry]

By K J
December 7th 2007

The Heart of the Lakota Nation North America » United States » South Dakota » Badlands

The Huckleberry Hideout!
When we stopped in Broken Bow for lunch, we spotted this sign on our way out of town and it was too good to pass up. We propped my camera up on a backpack and bam! don't we look good?

So it turns out I live in the U.S. and travel here as well! This is another domestic entry. Over fall break (Oct. 19-23), a group of student photographers and myself along with our professor traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Shannon County, South Dakota. Our focus was to do a series of photo essays on women who are leaders in the Lakota community, because we decided that the whole drugs and alcohol and violence thing was way overdone. It was a wonderful experience. Our first night on the "Rez," we went Red Cloud school where a reservation-wide pow [View Full Entry]

By K J
June 19th 2007

Sunrise on Mt. Sinai Africa » Egypt » Red Sea » Sharm el-Sheikh

Still-life with Camel

So it's been quite a while since I've written and I have so much to say, though not much time right now to say it. We're so busy these days with briefings and class and it's hard to find time to sit down and write. Thus, this will mostly be a blog in pictures, which I hope you all don't mind! The highlights have been seeing the pyramids and the Sphinx (very cool) and climbing Mt. Sinai in the middle of the night to watch the sun come up from the top. After sunrise, we went down the 3,750 "Steps [View Full Entry]

By K J
June 5th 2007

Learning to Count Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

Cairo Tower
Your tax dollars at work!

A word on Arabic class: so far we have learned how to greet someone, how to ask a person's name and respond, how to say where we're from, and how to count. We also learned to write our names, and mine is quite pretty! It's pronounced Keelley though, because Arabic doesn't have a keh sound, evidently. Today in the cab on the way to the Fulbright commission, we sat in a traffic jam and I realized how hot I was. Today has been the first day that was really bad, and here's why: it was 107! Whew! I've been guzzling [View Full Entry]

By K J
June 3rd 2007

At the Intersection of Mar'ashli and Taha Husayn Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

Falafel Master
This man was making amazing falafel (made from chickpeas) in the entrance of Felfela, a great veg restaurant in downtown Cairo.

Location of AUC Hostel K.J.H. Internet access, finally! So far, life in Egypt is loud, hectic and totally fun! I'll try to be as detailed as possible in my description of things, but it's hard, because there's so much color here - it's constant sensory overload! We arrived in Cairo at 3 in the morning on Friday, June 1st. After we made it through customs and got our visas (a highly complicated process with no posted instructions - welcome to the Middle East), we went to our hotel. By the time we arrived, it was 5 a.m., so as a [View Full Entry]

By K J
June 1st 2007

Stopover in Amsterdam Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

Bridge View
We crossed over into the Red Light District (creepy) and this was the lovely view.

Salaam aleikum! I'm writing this from a cafe in Zamalek where we ate breakfast this morning and has wireless internet. We haven't gotten more than 7 hours of sleep in three days, but Turkish coffee and adrenaline have solved that problem for the most part. Yesterday, Rachel and I arrived in Amsterdam at 10 in the morning, and with our flight to Cairo at 20:45, we decided to buy train tickets and go into the city. The ride was 6.20 euros round trip and took 20 minutes on the smoothest train ever. We met up with her friend Jessica, who [View Full Entry]

By K J
April 17th 2007

Missions in Mexico; Galatians 5:13 "Serve one another in love" North America » Mexico » Coahuila » Saltillo

A Human Cement Mixer
You can do anything with cement in Mexico.

Que pax! During Spring Break this year, I went with my youth group, Christian Student Fellowship, to Saltillo, Mexico, where we helped several churches out by pouring three cement roofs and a floor, digging fence post holes and helping fence off some vacant land next to a church so the establishment can petition the government in a few years to be given ownership, playing lots and lots of futbol with kids, and having a wonderful time worshipping the Lord through service. Though a long, 30-hour drive from Nebraska to Saltillo (in the state of Coàhuila, about an hour and half [View Full Entry]

By K J
August 1st 2006

Mills Lake North America » United States » Colorado

The View from the Trail
The entire hike was picturesque, once we left the touristas behind at the first waterfall.

Elise (my hiking buddy) and I picked this hike because it's too long for the touristas (6+ miles), but not overly difficult since we'd both been out of Colorado at lower altitudes for school. We were NOT disappointed by this hike. On the way up, much of the trail is beside a steam, and then a waterfall. Other than about 100 yards against a bare rockface, the remainder of the hike is in the forest. We saw lots of wildlife and had some nice conversations with other fellow hikers. The lake unfolds once hikers reach the top of a rock [View Full Entry]

By K J
May 16th 2006

3 Weeks in Greece Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Parthanon
Sarah and I in front of the Parathanon. Since our professor has such status with the Greek government, we were able to go inside the Parthanon (it has been closed to the public) and watch first-hand t... [more]

3 Weeks in Greece Europe » Greece » Athens » Athens By K J May 16th 2006 K.J.H.This is a just a back-log journal, I suppose, getting my travelblog up-to-date! Last summer, I went to Greece for three weeks on an Art History study tour. The people I went with are AMAZING and I am so fortunate t [View Full Entry]

The Temple of Zeus with Parthenon behind

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