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Today in Siem Reap, Cambodia, we went on a tour of a non-profit organization called Apopo where they train HeroRats and HeroDogs. Currently over 60 countries around the world are contaminated with hidden landmines and other explosives. The rats and dogs are also able to sniff out tubulocus, tuberculosis or TB is a highly infectious bacterial disease affecting the lungs, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuburlocus has killed over 1.3 million people this year

The Brown trout or in Latin the Salmo Trutta is a fresh water fish found in lakes, rivers, and creeks. They are found all over the World including Europe, West Asia, North Africa, South America and commonly found all over North America. The Brown trout is one of the most saught over game fish in the entire world. Being so hard to catch, anglers look for these fish in the most remote of locations, brown trout are known for being some of the toughest fish out there which is wh

These are frog legs Today I went to the Cambodian National Museum and we learned about the culture and the religion. I thought that the artifacts and the meanings behind them were interesting, and learning about how Cambodian Buddhism originated from Hindu religion. Learning about the sculptures was also interesting. After the museum, we came back to our hotel to have lunch. To drink, I had a green tea iced latte and it arrived fairly quickly. I tried not to drink it super

Kenya for me was very interesting in its own way because during our time in Nairobi we did everything from playing soccer with the kids in Kibera, to going on bike safaris, hikes in local parks, to a safari in Masai Mara National Reserve. Twenty years ago, my dad created a home or shelter for street children in the slums in Kenya called Kibera. Throughout these twenty years he has been providing them with a strong education, food, and a home to live in. The organization is c

Yesterday we went on a safari in the Masai Mara National Reserve. The area spans 1510 square kilometers in the famous Great Rift Valley. We woke up at 6 am to get ready to leave from Nairobi and had to take a 45 minute drive to the place where we would get into the actual safari vehicle. After that, we had a 5 hour drive filled with big bumps that sent us towards the roof of the safari vehicle. I’m glad that we didn’t bring out big backpacks because there was barely any space

This is where they eat These are some of the kids I am the person on the top dropping a shuttlecock on people A couple of weeks ago, we visited a program that my dad started with some friends 20 years ago. The program is called Kings and Queens of Kibera and is located in the slums of Kibera, which is in Nairobi, Kenya. The program houses many kids who need a place to go to school, eat, and sleep. They also participate in art and other activities like coding and sports. The

We stayed in Italy for almost one month. We did a little bit of everything, visited some friends, did a short drive to Lake Albano (in a town where Pope Leo's summer home is, did a long drive to Sicily, and made our way to Malta. We flew into Rome from Morroco which was a big upgrade in a good way because of my experiences in Marrakech. The next day or two after we arrived to Rome, we met up with an old friend of my parents and got lunch with them in their neighborhood of Ga

Joseph repairing my flat tire My mom before she quit Yesterday we went on a 10 mile bike safari in a private conservation park near Nairobi, Kenya. The person that ran the tour was a man named Joseph (a good friend of my dad). Hillary (another friend of my dad) also joined us. First, we took a 1 hour car ride from the Karen area of Nairobi and drove to the Swara Acacia lodge which is in the park. When we arrived, we had samosas, they were pretty good but the Trader Joe’s sa

Morocco, specifically Marrakech, was one of the first places on this trip that was not to my interest or liking due to the massive crowds and the food was also not my favorite. We started our journey in the heart of Morocco, the Medina of Marrakech. Our Airbnb was located at the other end which required us to walk through the entire craziness on a Friday night at 11pm! And just from that first walk I just knew it was not for me. The streets were filled with people for as far

This is what I got. This is what my pasta looked like. Today we went to a restaurant called ConVivio in Fiumefreddo Bruzio, Italy. It was getting dark because we had been fishing late and I lost my shoes in the sand, so I had to look all over the beach until I found them. By that time, we were starving. We eventually found a restaurant where we had to drive up a winding two way street to a medieval castle on top of the mountain and inside the walls was a local family owne

Portugal and Spain were some of the most spectacular places we have been on this trip, we got to do some amazing hikes and we ate some amazing food. Our first stop was Portugal and unlike the rest of our stops this was one of the most special for me. While there we did some beautiful hikes and spent some well earned time with old friends. Originally we were only supposed to be staying there one night but our friend, Madalena, convinced us to stay for two more nights, which w

There are sailfish bills on the wall Last week, we went to Morocco from Portugal. Our first stop was Marrakech and we spent 2 nights there. I did not like Marrakech at all because it was so crowded and the food wasn't very good. After Marrakech, we drove to Essaouira and stayed in the medina. It was similar to Marrakech but much smaller and with fewer people. We ate lunch in a local stall at the fish market in the medina and for starters we had french fries. It was so salty

In Columbia we did a lot of things like fishing, eating amazing food, crabbing, and seeing some amazing things. We started our journey in Comubia by going into a party city called Cartagena where cruise ships come daily and leave at night so all the streets are full of tourists and they party till they leave. While we where their we went to the party square which was chaos and we ate some amazing food. We also got to see baby Kuala's and monkeys in a park in the middle of th

The Rainbow Trout, in latin the Oncorhybchus Mykiss is a rainbow fish found in cold water tributaries in lakes and rivers found all over the world. Rainbow Trout are one of the most famous fish to be caught from the fly and can grow up to five pounds but normally range from one - five pounds but they can also be caught with bait and lures. These fish are stocked in many places which means that they are brought into lakes every year to make sure that anglers can catch them. T

bodybuilder bird that skipped leg day While driving in Chile, we stopped in a coastal town called Coquimbo. It was lunchtime and we were hungry so we stopped at a small local seafood market to grab some food and check out the fish that the stalls were selling. The "restaurants" were just food trucks lined up. We ended up stopping at a truck that was selling mainly fish sandwiches since we were right next to the ocean. While we were eating we saw these cool birds that looke

Our time in Patagonia, Chile was amazing but the rain held us back quite a bit, even though this was a set back, we still had tons of fun and did a lot of cool things. Once we arrived to Patagonia by plane, we had to take three ferries and drive about two hours to finaly arrive to our destination on lake Yelcho. It was pretty desolate and the closest town was a fourty five minute drive. The place we where we stayed was a cabin that was part of a lodge and it was super nice.

For three days my family and I traveled all throughout Bolivia in a four wheeler with two other people to see what Bolivia has to offer to us. We experienced everything from salt flat covering almost 4000 square miles to seeing geysers in a semi active volcano. We began our journey in a town called Uyuni where we were dropped off after an over night bus ride. Once we arrived, a vehicle from the tour company came and picked us up to bring us to their store to get breakfast a

this is one of the funguses Yesterday we went on a hike in Sendero los Alerces. It’s a hiking trail that is part of Patagonia’s Pumalin National Park. The Alerce (also known as the Patagonian cypress), is only found in the Andean rainforests of Chile and Argentina. The Alerce trees is endangered due to illegal logging. It is the second oldest living tree species on earth, many can live up to 4000 years (the oldest is the bristlecone pine). The oldest Alerce tree is called G

About a week ago, we stayed in the Atacama desert of Northern Chile. This desert is a 1,000 mile long high altitude plateau and is recognized as the driest non-polar desert on earth. The Atacama desert is between the Andes mountains and extends to Peru, Chile, and Argentina. A fun and cool fact about this desert is that NASA uses it for testing rover-like instruments because of its Mars-like arid landscape. After the Atacama Desert, we drove to Pan de Azucar national park i