Category: travel
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July Recap
Here are some long overdue photos from back in July. August was a busy month, which included many hours teaching an intensive English course, celebrating Indonesia’s independence, hiking around Balige, going to a wedding as part of a family, and more. Those stories and photos will have to wait. The night before going to Jakarta, […]
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Relaxing in Bali
After attending a conference in Jakarta, I spent a few days relaxing in Bali. This small island is a popular tourist destination for Americans, Europeans, and Australians. My friends in Sumatra are very proud of Lake Toba, and it is indeed beautiful. But to walk on the beach, sand between my toes and watch the […]
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Horas from Indonesia
This post is a brief hello to say that I have made it and am doing well on my 3rd day here. After 28 hours of travel time, I finally arrived in Medan (Indonesia’s 3rd largest city and provincial capital of North Sumatra) on Sunday morning, April 1st. We spent the night there and then […]
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L I M I N A L__S P A C E
LIMINAL SPACE clickety-clack, clickety-clack this train ride at the threshold has no time of arrival and no certainty of where it will stop. clickety-clack, clickety-clack let the rhythm of the rails take hold. stare out the window hour after hour and think: oh, the places you’ll go! welcome to the liminal space, an expansive neither […]
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Of Visas and Paperwork
Let the paperwork begin! This post is a quick update about my progress to Indonesia. I am now in the midst of completing the necessary paperwork for the ELCA as well as assembling some initial documents to send off for the visa. For the visa, what I need at this time is diplomas and my […]
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Twenty-Two
For a little bit of insight into the past year of my life, I share this number. Twenty-two is the number of US states I have been to since September 2010. Well, the number is actually 23 counting the District of Columbia, which isn’t a state (but should be). Here they are, in no particular […]
Megs the Wanderer 