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World Water Day and Sibling Contributions

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Amelia

It’s the weekend! I don’t know about you, but I have big plans making earl grey tea cupcakes, filing taxes, hanging out with neighbours and sleeping in. (With a side order of schoolwork and work-work). If for some reason you are home at 6:52 on a Friday like I am, here’s a few slices of … Continue reading »

Categories: food, international, life, poverty, travel, winter | Leave a comment

Seeing

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Amelia

My Grandparents have been to more than 100 countries. Their house is adorned with matryoshka dolls, hand-carved wooden giraffes, photos of penguins and various trinkets and souvenirs. As a child, I would stare at the red pins on their world map and wonder about the life of a child in the USSR or try to … Continue reading »

Categories: family, kids, poverty, story-telling, travel | 3 Comments

Travel Tales: The Time I Fell In Love With Houseboating

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Amelia

When I first heard we were going on a houseboat, I was a bit nervous. As a kid, I used to read the book, The Story About Ping. It’s about a duck named Ping who lives on a houseboat in China. One day, Ping doesn’t come home on time to join his duck-family, so he … Continue reading »

Categories: Holidays, india, sunshine, travel | 4 Comments

Travel Tales from India: When Checking Into a Hotel Is More Difficult Than Opening A Bank Account

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Amelia

Wherever we go in India, Varun and I make a bit of a scene. Most people have seen foreigners, to be sure. But a foreigner who appears to be intimately familiar with an Indian? A foreigner not surrounded by white friends, but by an Indian family? A foreigner wearing Indian clothes and sindoor (the red … Continue reading »

Categories: awkward, confusion, embarassing, india, travel | 5 Comments

Don’t Laugh: Indian Winters Are a Real Thing

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Amelia

I’m never too sure how much people want to read blog posts about someone else’s vacation. Don’t get me wrong–I love oogling over pictures of Machu Picchu and salivating as I linger peruse images of jambalaya or gelato. But when it comes to my own travel tales, I’m hesitant. I’ve decided to limit myself to … Continue reading »

Categories: communication, india, travel, winter | 12 Comments