Tag: poverty

• The luxury of safety

  We piled into the minivan (or “mini”, as we affectionately call it, dreaming it’s actually a mini Cooper).  I couldn’t tell my Burmese friend no.  No, I can’t take you to the hospital because your daughter is too large for that infant carseat and I can’t install it properly.  When I showed up at their…

  willtravelwithkids

  April 25, 2013

  Children, Family, Parenting, Refugees, San Diego, Travel, United States

  Car seat, car seat laws, children, luxury, poverty, refugees, San Diego, Toddler

• Living Carnival Triumph conditions every day

  “Passengers sleeping in areas resembling campgrounds, getting by with lunch meats and fruit for food and using red plastic bags and ice buckets as toilets.“ “No power, no toilets, nothing. . . limited food and filthy conditions.“ “. . .  No air conditioning, no diapers for babies, the toilets won’t flush and four-hour lines for food.“…

  willtravelwithkids

  February 16, 2013

  Africa, Current Events, Refugees, Travel

  Carnival, CarnivalCruiseLines, CarnivalTriumph, Kibera, Mae Sot, Matt Damon, Nairobi, poverty, refugees, sanitation, suffering, Thailand, water.org

• Haiti – under a U.N.-blue tarp

  U.N.-blue.  You know instantly what color I’m talking about.  It’s a real color.  Just like you can visualize Tiffany-blue – also a certifiable color.  Where I lived in Africa for several years as a child, we frequently saw U.N. Land Rovers with the U.N.-blue logo emblazoned on the sides and hood of the vehicle.  Large…

  willtravelwithkids

  November 8, 2012

  Current Events, Haiti, Travel

  Haiti, homelessness, hospitality, Hurricane Sandy, Port-au-Prince, poverty, San Diego, tarps