Travel Moments

Guest post by Helene. As we prepare for our new adventure, we spend a lot of time reading online resources. We’re big fans of a forum known as India Mike, for one. India Mike, in many ways, is the Indian ...

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” —Attributed to Seneca the Younger,  1st Century AD I don’t believe in fate. Not really. But I believe in auspicious beginnings: those times when things align just so, and the world opens ...

When we read about humanitarian crises such as famine in Somalia, or floods in New Orleans, a few words often sum them up: “We could have prevented this.” That’s what international development is about. It’s a peacetime effort to build peace and ...

I thought it’d take longer than this. When Helene and I began working on this blog, we envisioned it as a chronicle of our efforts to enter the international development sector. I felt that there would be weeks, perhaps months ...

In 1996, Helene left Montreal to teach English in South Korea. This experience left a deep impression on her, and she’s been hooked on travel—and teaching—ever since. In 2003, driven by our mutual desire to live abroad, we both quit ...