Spotlight on Tumbaco

Welcome to our latest Spotlight! This time around, we're Spotlighting the lovely town of Tumbaco where we spent our last three months in Peace Corps training.

Kirstie and Isaac about to be sworn in as Peace Corps volunteers.
Photo by Isaac Bickford.

Spotlight on Indonesia

Hi Friends!

Today we bring you our last Spotlight for our Fall 2011 trip to Asia. While all of you in the U.S. were getting chilly to start your winter, we headed to Indonesia!

Kirstie and Isaac explore an alien device, er, a lighthouse artifact at a maritime museum in Jakarta.
(C) Isaac and Kirstie Bickford

Spotlight on Nepal

We spent November 5-17 in Nepal, staying in Kathmandu, Biratnagar and surrounding villages, and a teeny little community called Samitar.

Isaac and Kirstie in the basmati rice fields in southeast Nepal. (C) Isaac and Kirstie Bickford

This post has a LOT of pictures, so please click to read more and be patient as things load!

Spotlight on the Philippines

Welcome to our Spotlight on the Philippines! We arrived on October 21^st and made our way to Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao, where we stayed until the 26^th. We’d love to speak to you in person about our time in Davao, so please save your questions until we see you again!

Isaac and Kirstie in Lubuagan, northern Philippine. (C) Isaac and Kirstie Bickford

FYI, this post is picture-heavy and may take a minute or two to load. Don't forget to scroll all the way down for this country's quiz!!

Spotlight on Cambodia

Here is our second Spotlight, this time on the Kingdom of Cambodia. Our Spotlights will continue to be little snippets of things we saw and learned while in each of the countries we visit this fall. Feel free to skip the parts you don’t want to read, but don’t miss the quiz at the bottom!

Kirstie and Isaac in Mondulkiri, Cambodia
(C) Isaac and Kirstie Bickford

Spotlight on Thailand

..We're going to have a series of posts called "Spotlight on..." to give a little information about each of the countries we visit. Here is the first, on Thailand..

Kirstie and Isaac in Chiangrai Province.
(C) Isaac and Kirstie Bickford