Watch Erin Run the Rapids of the White Nile!

Erin | March 9, 2010

September 2007 – Jinga, Uganda
After volunteering for a few days with an amazing organization called Mifumi, in Tororo, Uganda, I was looking to chill out and have a little fun. I had heard of some fairly radical white water rafting at the mouth of the Nile (the “White Nile”) in Jinga, on the Uganda side [...]

New Video: Paragliding Peril: “We’re too close to the mountain!”

Erin | November 28, 2009

July 18, 2009 – Kaş, Turkey
Check out this new video of me paragliding over the Turkish Mediterranean. Me and my ex-Turkish Army pilot, “Whiskey,” set sail from the mountains high above the town of Kaş.
The term “paragliding” was first coined in the 1970s to refer to a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft.  The pilot sits in [...]

New Video! Tour Turkey’s Keşlik Monastery

Erin | October 29, 2009

July 13, 2009 – Cappadocia, Turkey
While visiting Turkey this past summer, I spent a day riding around Cappadocia on the back of a scooter — fun!  Our day trip took us from our home base of Ürgüp, past the small Greek-inspired town of Cemİl, to the Keşlik Monastery.
Keşlik Monastery is one of the biggest monastic [...]