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May 21, 2013

Why TripIt is my top itinerary app for family travel

TripIt creates itineraries automatically for all of your travel

I’m discerning about which apps I actually use for family travel. They have to work easily and well and solve actual problems or I can’t be bothered. And one app that I have used on every trip during the past year is TripIt.

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Other recent adventures

Community meeting in Niva, Haiti
May 15, 2013

Haiti Part Two: The process of getting clean water

I realize that when Passports With Purpose ran its fundraiser in 2012 I only understood a tiny fraction of what we were undertaking in Haiti – and also a tiny fraction of the true human need there. Here’s the second part of my story.

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Children in Belanjé Haiti
May 14, 2013

Haiti Part One: More than wells

I realize that when Passports With Purpose ran its fundraiser in 2012 I only understood a tiny fraction of what we were undertaking in Haiti – and also a tiny fraction of the true human need there. Here’s the first part of my story.

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Kids in Haiti carrying water - courtesy Water.org
May 3, 2013

I’m going to Haiti

I’m going to Haiti! I have to keep typing those words to actually believe that they are true. But they are – on Sunday morning I’ll be heading down there for a very quick trip to visit the site of one of the two wells Water.org is helping build with the money raised by the 2012 Passports With Purpose travel blogging fundraiser. So if you’re one of the hundreds of people who donated to make that happen, I’ll be your eyes and ears as I learn about how the well was built and what it means for the people of the community.

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I’m Mara

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