This week’s story takes us back to South America with Our Family Passport, an amazing extended family that shares their adventures and tips. I just love the kindness and respect they exude, and love following their adventures. “When we were … Read More
As I started typing, I realized we rolled into San Francisco exactly two years ago after our 4,500 mile cross-country road trip. I can hardly believe it! In some ways, I still feel like a Virginian; in other ways, I’ve definitely … Read More
DAY 8 After getting into Albuquerque late, we slept in, had another leisurely Marriott-sponsored breakfast, and then drove 3 hours to Petrified Forest National Park. There, we met up with cousins again at the visitors’ center. It was so cute … Read More
DAY 5 After packing up the next morning in Flagstaff, we hit the road to head toward Sedona. We cruised through, admiring the gorgeous red rock along the way. We headed straight for Phoenix, where we stopped in for lunch … Read More
I’m excited to share this story from a wonderful old friend. I especially love it because I feel like the French – especially Parisians – tend to get a bad rap for being rude and unaccommodating. But having studied abroad … Read More
DAY 3 Started in Flagstaff Spent the entire day in Grand Canyon National Park Ended in Flagstaff We left Grandma’s early on a Monday morning and drove the 3.5 hours to Wupatki National Monument. If I’m being perfectly honest, … Read More
The Southwest United States just feels like a different world to me. So many crazy geological formations, weather patterns, flora & fauna. I grew up mostly in Alabama, spent two years in Utah during high school, then moved to Philadelphia … Read More
I’ve mentioned a couple of times on my Instagram what our plans are for the summer, but I thought it would be fun to write it all out in one place. While we haven’t completely nailed down all the details … Read More
“A couple weekends ago, I was traveling alone and landed at the bus station in Boulder at 4am. I met a sweet homeless man who asked if there was any way he could “earn” some food from me. I was … Read More
I feel like San Jose is a bit of a black sheep of the Bay Area. It’s fairly spread out and not super cohesive and there are lots of varied pockets. It tends to be a city of suburbs, with … Read More
I feel like San Jose is a bit of a black sheep of the Bay Area. It’s fairly spread out and not super cohesive and there are lots of varied pockets. It tends to be a city of suburbs, with … Read More
Late last year, I was texting with a couple of friends and we decided we should take a girls’ trip in 2018. We sort of threw around a few dates and locations, but never really confirmed anything. Then in January, … Read More
This week’s story takes us back to South America with Our Family Passport, an amazing extended family that shares their adventures and tips. I just love the kindness and respect they exude, and love following their adventures.
“When we were in Peru in 2009, traveling through a rather poor area, I lost my wallet. Literally everything was in it – my identification, cash, my business Amex, honestly my life was in that wallet. We were convinced that wherever I had lost it that it would be long gone. I hadn’t needed my wallet for a few days because we had been using my husband’s credit card, etc. Honestly, I had no idea when or where I had lost it.
As soon as we were able, we contacted our credit card company to cancel my credit card because obviously a missing card is a problem. When we called them, the credit card company told me that someone had already called and canceled my card and had also left their personal information because they had my wallet along with the rest of the contents.
Long story short…when we had been at Machu Picchu, you have to take a bus from the little town of Aguas Calientes to the top of the mountain. It was on this bus that my wallet had fallen out of my purse and the bus driver had found it. He was the one that had called the credit card company to cancel my card and also, he had my wallet. He sent it to me after my arrival home and it had everything inside exactly as it had been; my identification, my cash, my everything. I was so grateful that he had been honest because it had been 3 days since my wallet had been missing and he could have really done some damage with it.
It restored my faith in people and made me more determined to be more honest in my dealings. It has something that has stuck with my family for nearly ten years and often my children still talk about it. :)”
Having been to Machu Picchu myself, I know just how touristy that bus can be and how many hundreds of people ride it each day. It’s remarkable to me that that driver not only found the wallet and didn’t misuse it, but went out of his way to return it. Stories like this inspire me and remind me that we can learn so much from so many around us.
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