I was asked by the publisher of the weekly newspaper in the Lansing/East Lansing area to write about my journey.  It came out this week.  This is what I had submitted to them. 

Flat Mallory's Last Stand
As I was finishing up my tour of Syria, I had an e-mail discussion with Mallory's father, Steve, about getting Flat Mallory home.  Mallory's project was due on April 30 and Flat Mallory needed to be back in Owosso for the festivities.  I was initially thinking that I would send Flat Mallory [...]

Kili Kids—A Tough Good Bye
I enjoyed my two weeks volunteering with Kili Kids.  I thought the organization had a number of good things working for them.  They have a great system with an on-site teacher.  At the same time, like any other nonprofit, they have their struggles.  I was working with one of their [...]

Celebrating International Volunteer Day
I caught up with one of my nonprofit colleagues while I was in Singapore.  I met Jason Wee at the International Association of Voluntary Effort conference in Panama this past April.  Jason works on nonprofit engagement at the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre so you can imagine why we hit it off.  [...]

My Father’s VillagePictured: Me hanging out at the village with the next generation.
One day my father and I made a day trip to my father's village to visit his side of the family.  I had not been back to the village since the passing of my Dada (grandfather) over a decade ago.  The village has [...]

I have mentioned, in this
blog, how I came up with my plan to travel around the world in August
of 2004.  My friend, Patrick Krips, and I were on the Greek Island of
Ios and over breakfast, we decided that we should make the commitment
to pursue this journey.  The next day Patrick and I hopped a ferry [...]

I am staying in a small hostel in Central Beijing.  I have had three sets of roommates over the past two weeks. The last two people to share my room was two brothers that were traveling from Korea.  When I asked where they were from, they replied, " Michigan." They grew up ten minutes from [...]

A week before I went to Moscow, I received an e-mail from Walt Sorg.  Walt has a morning news radio show in Lansing and has been interviewing me monthly since the adventure has started.  You can listen to the interviews by going to the press section of the website.  Walt’s e-mail said that he thought [...]

Alternate titles: The Travel Gods Looked Down and Smiled                          You Can’t Stop Sam Singh- You Can Only Hope to Contain Him   

Dear Gentle Reader,
The saga of the Russian visa has come to a successful ending. Just like it was planned.  Well, maybe not like it was [...]

We had decided to join this Habitat For Humanity build because of the location.  I was pleasantly surprised when I saw there was a build opportunity in Cluj-Nopoca, Romania.  When I was Mayor and a councilmember, we had a number of opportunities to host delegations from Cluj in East Lansing.  It was a perfect combination [...]