Our Year Abroad

We travel to Bali! This is our last country on our journey. In Bali we go to the Uluwatu temple to see the fire dance. We release some sea turtles and finally cook up some Chicken Sate and a Balinese Tuna salad.

Kruger National Park is a bucket list destination and now one of our family’s favorite places. Hear a few stories from our travels there, the animals we saw and our wonder at it all.

Megs reflections on leaving Senegal. Gorée island and the house of slaves and our meeting with the king in the Casamance.

We’re in Dakar, Senegal during Ramadan and a presidential election and navigating a new rhythm living with our host family. We take a trip down the petite coast and the boys try wrestling.

This episode is about our time in Spain with JPs parents. Carlos and Gramps recall the Prado trip, Juju and Nani talk about Toledo and our wandering tour guide and JP shares about Sagrado Familia.

Hiking Ciudad Perdida with a 14, 11 and 3 year old. We learned about the descendants of the Tyronna people, the history of the Lost City and experienced all the humidity and ticks we could bare.

Our time in Cartagena, boys playing baseball and Meg answers the question, would you recommend Cartagena?

Some of our memories and sharing from San Andres island. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us to you.

A compilation of stories, sounds, reflections from our time at Yasuni National Park.

A few stories from the boys, Julian and Carlos from our time in Baños de Santa Agua. A bike ride down Ruta de Cascades, Pailon del Diablo and rock climbing and zip lining at Adventure Park.

We reflect on our friends and community we made in Olon. A story about getting a first tattoo and what that meant to JP.

This episode is about our favorite high-lites from the coastal Ecuador. Whale watching and trip to Isla de la Plata, Agua Blancas, a fishing trip and more.

This episode captures our adventure into Dos Mangas and Meghan and I learning to make Encocado de cammarones.

A few scenes from our daily life here in Olon. This episode follows us as we walk to Spanish class, learn to surf, do some football drills, parent, and discuss some of the important topics that Ecuador is navigating in their recent election.

We share our first few days in Ecuador. Something’s we’re learning and some high and low moments.

We begin our journey to travel for a year as a family of five! But first, we have to get ourselves out of our house.