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 Intrepidmom ― http://Intrepidmom.ca

The Armstrongs are a Canadian family based in the beautiful “Beach” area of Toronto, Ontario. We are traveling the world from July 2011 to June 2012 with our two younger children, Melissa and Christopher, and look forward to meeting up with our older three boys along the way!

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The Playing Field is Underway!

intrepidmom ― Thanks to our never-say-die friends on the ground in Kenya and the generous contributions of our family and friends all over the world, the playground at Solio Public School in Nyeri, Kenya has begun. As you can see above, the heavy equipment has...

Tags: Education, Kenya

Intrepidmom ― 38 weeks ago

Coming Home – Part 1

intrepidmom ― We are on our way home, sitting now on an Air Canada flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, where we have spent the last 6 weeks of our journey, heading back to the comfort and familiarity of the home in Toronto we left almost 12 months ago. We munch ...

Tags: Costa Rica, Surfing

Intrepidmom ― 47 weeks ago

My Hippie Life in the 21st Century

intrepidmom ― So here I sit in a bamboo yoga studio, surrounded by the Costa Rican highland jungle. Across from me a 20-something with dreadlocks and piercings in her lip stretches to the tunes of The Who. A young man with a long blonde ponytail and a beaded...

Tags: Costa Rica, Education, Organic Farming

Intrepidmom ― 49 weeks ago

Christopher’s Month in Grenada

intrepidmom ― When I was in Grenada, my dad and I took the PADI Open Water Scuba Diving certification course. It was a lot of work but now I’m certified! For the course we had to read through a 5-pound book and do a test every chapter. The book talked about how ...

Tags: Boat, Grenada

Intrepidmom ― 24 May, 12

Melissa’s Month in Grenada (so far)

intrepidmom ― When we first arrived in Grenada I was sad to leave Ecuador and the house there with the dogs. But our new place in Grenada has a dog named Brownie and 3 little kittens (Speedy, Speedet, Lizzy). The Sylvester family owns them. They have 2 kids. ...

Tags: Boat, Grenada

Intrepidmom ― 5 May, 12

Leopard mom and her cubs

intrepidmom ― Our Internet in Grenada is the fastest we’ve had since… Toronto. So I’m celebrating by uploading some video from our travels. I shot this sequence in The Maasai Mara National Reserve at the end of November. We were traveling with...

Tags: Kenya, Videos, Cubs, Leopard, Maasai Mara, Wildcat

Intrepidmom ― 27 Apr, 12

Who are we?

intrepidmom ― We were in town the other day visiting a batik printing studio/store when the shopkeeper showed us the cruise ship schedule and warned us to stay out of downtown the following Monday and Wednesday. “They’re not like you.” She ...

Tags: Grenada, Planning, Transportation

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

Ecuador – Our Routine Life

intrepidmom ― As we settle in for a month in our new home-away-from-home in Ecuador, I realize how much we like our routines. Since leaving our stay in Thailand in February, we were pretty much living out of suitcases as we toured through Phuket and Borneo, and...

Tags: Accommodation, Ecuador, Education, Organic Farming

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

Back to the Future

intrepidmom ― I feel like I’ve stepped into a time capsule. After traveling in one direction for 8 months, we have arrived back to the same time-zone we departed from but coming at it from the back-end. In fact, by flying eastward and crossing the Pacific ...

Tags: Air Travel, Ecuador, Galapagos, Photos, Singapore, Transportation

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

Borneo Expedition

intrepidmom ― In the 2004 sequel – Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid a group of scientists take a slow boat up a river in Borneo in search of a magical flower, they end up being squeezed by a pack of really big and angry Anacondas. About a week ago we...

Tags: Borneo

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

Uncharted Territory – Southeast Asia

intrepidmom ― I don’t know why exactly but for some reason the Asian leg of our journey was the one I was the least excited about. I’d always wanted to go to Africa and South America, the Middle East was intriguing to me and of course Europe is always a fun...

Tags: Accommodation, Boat, Thailand

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

Leveling the playing field – Update

intrepidmom ― A couple of months ago we launched a web appeal to our friends and family to join us in ‘leveling the playing field’ at a rural school in the foothills of Mount Kenya. We had visited the school in November with our friends Petra and ...

Tags: Education, Kenya

Intrepidmom ― 25 Apr, 12

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