The Highs - Indonesia

Imagine all these eyes, and more, fixed on you as you make your entrance. In Ruteng, Flores, a bunch of high school kids on a vocational track to become tourist guides brought me to their school. They told me they were having a talent contest rehearsal that day. They did not tell me that the whole school would be there.

Intermezzo

October 30th 2017
Coming Home I landed in Honolulu on the afternoon of September 30th. I took one look out the window, and thought to myself: "ugh". It was very hazy, about as bad as I have ever seen it. In Hawaii, haze means vog - a nasty concoction of smog and volcanic gas. It usually happens when the winds stop blowing. I stayed in Honolulu until October 6, when Jeff and I departed for Cuba ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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