“Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.”
Paulo Coelho
40
Countries visited
5
Continents visited
Since returning from my year abroad in 2016-17, I have continued to blog about teaching and traveling on this site. Here is a list of some of my travels and upcoming plans.
| February – May? 2024 South America, starting in Colombia on February 25. |
| September, 2023 Back to Pátzcuaro, Mexico |
| August, 2023 House Sitting in Boulder, Colorado. Amtrak from Denver to Salt Lake City. |
| July-August, 2023 Two weeks exploring Japan, including climbing Mt. Fuji |
| June-July, 2023 Discover Korea Fellowship (postponed from 2020) |
| May-June, 2023 Six weeks in Mexico: Bajio, Chiapas, Yucatan |
| July, 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship: Little Tokyo at the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles |
| April, 2022 Adventures in Guatemala with Vicky Ann! |
| June, 2021 Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham Alabama as a Fund for Teachers Equity Circle fellow |
| (June, 2020) Keizai Koho Center Fellowship to Japan – moved online due to COVID 🙁 |
| (March, 2020) TEACH Bahrain fellow, week-long study tour (postponed due to COVID) |
| August, 2019 Oaxaca, Mexico |
| July, 2019 Aesthetic Education Immersion Lab, Lincoln Center, New York City |
| June, 2019 Dimensions of the Middle East Institute, Duke University, North Carolina |
| April, 2019 One week in Mexico’s “magic towns” during Semana Santa (Cholula, Puebla, Taxco) |
| July – August, 2018 Fund for Teachers, Cuba |
| June – July, 2018 Transatlantic Outreach Program, Germany, and a visit to Prague |
| April, 2018 Mexico City, first time in Mexico! |
| November, 2017 National Council for Social Studies, San Francisco |
| January – June, 2017 Teaching, volunteering, traveling in Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, and Mae Ra Moe Refugee Camp |
| September, 2016 – January, 2017 Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| June – August, 2016 Teaching, volunteering, and traveling in Honduras and Guatemala |
Prior travels before starting this blog include:
2015 – India and Nepal (GEEO tour and volunteering on my own)
2014 – Morocco, Fulbright-Hays program
2008 – Kyrgyzstan, Teachers for Global Classrooms (then known as TEA, Teaching, Excellence and Achievement)
1996, 2000, 2003, 2010 – Return trips to Brazil and Bolivia (’96, ’10), and travel in Argentina and Chile (’96)
1997, 1998, 1999 (summers) – Studying in Mallorca, Spain and travel in Spain and Portugal
1992-1995 – Teaching in Porto Alegre, Brazil and travel throughout Brazil; trips to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
1990-92 – Teaching in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and travel around Bolivia and Peru
1989 – Travel in the UK and Ireland
1989 – Cross country camping trip, USA
1989 – Travel to Venezuela
1987 – Student teaching in England; travel throughout Europe
Here’s a map of places I’ve been. Check back for updates!
June 24, 2016 @ 16:51
Hi Tim,
I am very excited for you to take the year off to travel! You are an inspiration to me and I look forward to hearing about your experiences and where you will be going. I would imagine you will learn a lot about yourself and meet some amazing people along the way!
Thank you for your willingness and time to share your journey and enrich other’s lives!
Take care,
Julie
June 24, 2016 @ 22:34
Julie, you should know that Portland is on my list of places to get to over the next year, but I don’t know if I’ll make it. Maybe on the way back from Vietnam? Anyway, great to hear from you and you’re right about the learning. Feel free to visit wherever I am!
June 29, 2016 @ 12:48
Hi Hi My Dearest Tim!
Oh, I thought of you so many times, and really happy to hear your news! A great soul to go out to meet other spirit and soul – people around the globe.
Thanks for letting me know – and for you sharing your joy of going out on this new adventure. I hope you left a good schoolyear behind you and will share and enrich others too with your experiences – all around the world! If your way comes around here, crossing this little country, be my guest at any time, now, here in Budapest, HU.
Hugs and good luck.
Love,
Lisa
July 1, 2016 @ 14:59
Thanks for your comment, Lisa. I don’t know how far west I’ll go from SE Asia, but I do have a few places I could stay in Europe, so who knows. Glad to hear from you!