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Panning for Gold in Laos

March 27, 2010

Are those boys are panning for gold?  I learned, while kayaking on the Nam Ou River in Laos near Luang Prabang, that in fact they were.   Many of the poor rural villagers in this area practice small-scale artisanal gold mining.  The average family finds 24 grams of gold through panning at the river during the [...]

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Happy Anniversary!

January 10, 2010

Today marks the one year anniversary of the day that our idea to leave our jobs to travel the world was born.  Twelve months later, the stress of tying up the loose ends of our lives back home and the anxiety about taking a career break are behind us and we are living a life [...]

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How I quit my job

August 4, 2009

11:47am: “I think it is time for me to pursue other opportunities outside of the company.” 11:47 and 1 second: silence 11:47 and 2 seconds: My internal voice screaming, “Did I really just say that? I did, and it felt pretty good! Wait, what does that expression on her (my boss’s) face mean? What will [...]

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