Gillian Rhodes is currently living in Cambodia, working as a choreographer, teaching workshops and dancing, and immersing herself in the rich arts scene of Phnom Penh. As part of her work, she has been meeting all sorts of organizations, in all sorts of crazy places....
Guest Bloggers
Climbing Mount Pisgah and Creating Suspense: An Author’s Adventure – by Guest Trekker Karen McCullough
Please welcome my guest today, Karen McCullough, an author of mystery, romantic suspense, and fantasy novels who will share how a personal adventure played a part in one of her books. Karen is one of my fellow authors from the new e-book 25 Years in the Rearview...
Adventure in the Night: A Girl Escapes Abuse on an Angel’s Wings – By Guest Trekker Monica Brinkman
My guest today is an author who offers a spiritual twist on adventure. I often talk about the healing power of adventure, but Monica Brinkman shares how healing itself can be the adventure. Monica is one of my fellow contributors to the new anthology, 25 Years in the...
Want to Help Save Giant Pandas? – Calling All Ambassadors – by Guest Trekker Ashley Robertson
Have you ever taken a leap of faith that changed your life forever? I did, and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. My story starts back in 2010, sitting in the living room with my dad watching cute videos of giant pandas on YouTube. A website caught my eye that...
Rain-drenched Locks: Sailing Eerie Canal & The Trent-Severn Waterway – By Guest Trekker Norma Huss
My guest trekker today is the Grandma Moses of Mystery, and an adventurous woman in her own right, Norma Huss. Norma is one of my fellow contributors to the new anthology, 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror: 52 Authors Look Back, a collection of funny, poignant,...
MARKETS, KHMER, AND TUK-TUKS: An American Dancer in Cambodia (part 1) – by Guest Trekker Gillian Rhodes
Gillian Rhodes is spending eight months in Cambodia to teach choreography workshops and produce an evening that shows the fusion between contemporary and Cambodian classical dance. In the meantime, she's alone in a country completely alien to her - her last time...
HURLED INTO THE KENAI FJORDS: An Alaskan Adventure You Won’t Find in Travel Brochures – by Guest Trekker Laura JK Chamberlain
“-est”… That's how I'd describe Alaska. It's the United States’ furthest northwest state, with the Aleutian Islands reaching further west than Hawaii. It has North America’s highest mountain – Mount McKinley - the largest national park, the largest national forest,...
HINDU TEMPLE IN A MONKEY FOREST: An Unholy Climb to Bali’s Sacred Pura Lempuyang – by Guest Trekker Aleta Ulibarri
“We swear you’ll thank us for this,” is what Lonely Planet said. The travel book described it, quite simply, as one of Bali’s most sacred Hindu temples, and it turned out to be, quite simply, the opposite. Pura Lempuyang sits high on a mountain overlooking the Bali...
AN ALASKAN SECRET: Part Two – by Guest Trekker Ron Shale
“You hear that?” I asked. “Stop and listen.” Diane and I stood quiet, catching our breath, heart rates slowing. “No, all I hear is Esther coming, crunching the snow.” We were walking single file on one of our frozen tire tracks. Esther was about half a minute back. We...
AN ALASKAN SECRET: Part One – by Guest Trekker Ron Shale
John, our new neighbor, was lost, and we had lost him in an Alaskan winter. The kind of far north winter that had grainy snow that crunched when you walked on it. Snow so white, so bright, shadows disappeared, and you’d walk out into thin air not knowing, falling so...