http://goeringo.com Adventure Philanthropy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:25:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3358 February 24, 2010 -- NYC Last week I was in NYC and hanging out with friends at a midtown bar. It was a swanky place, think big name steak joint, off of 6th Ave. The 4 of us were drinking martinis and catching up, when we noticed a young woman getting ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3383 March 3, 2010 – West Marin, California Well, it’s the 9-month anniversary of GoErinGo!  Yippee!  Yahoo! And with this milestone, it appears to be high time for another site re-design – our 3rd one.  (What? Am I crazy?! Apparently so.) Look for the re-re-launch around June. I’m not a perfectionist, believe me – ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3374 February 27, 2010 -- Chicago, IL Several months ago, my friend Fredlet told me about a Flickr group called “What’s in your bag?” It took me a while to get there, but now I’m hooked, in a kind of voyeuristic way. Basically people photograph what’s in their bag and post it online. The ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3362 Love Love Love Spain! Here's what I like most about Spain:  Personality – So friendly! The waiters in particular were very patient with my bad Spanish, and would take time to show me the things on the menu when I had no clue what I was ordering. Passion –  Whoa!  There was ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3341 February 19, 2010 -- Marin, California Yesterday afternoon, I was shopping in Whole Foods and a fellow shopper, a young woman, was wearing a head scarf.  A third shopper came up to her while she was standing in front of the poultry case and asked her how she liked this country, ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3330 January 2010 –All of Egypt & Jordan (and Morocco) Rarely have I a traveled to a country or region and absorbed so little of the language. Rats!  Arabic got the best of me this trip, but I’m still fascinated by the language, especially the beautiful script. The Arabic alphabet was recorded in ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3312 As a community of Adventure Philanthropists, we get to decide where to donate my charity dollars each month.  Place your vote for the organization with the most heart and GoErinGo.com will donate $100 to that charity! For more information on each charity, subscribe to GoErinGo's monthly eNews: The Adventure Philanthorpist [poll id="18"] http://goeringo.com/archives/3303 February 13, 2010 – Marin, California I truly believe that the internet and education are the two great equalizers in life. - Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Well said. Now, join me in working toward Nelson Mandela’s sentiment. Vote for one of the three organizations below and I'll donate $250. Together let's help educate and ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3291 January 2005 -- Cape Town, South Africa Yep – that’s me all right. Jumping out of a perfectly good plane. Me and my seatmate on the flight down to South Africa started talking and became fast friends. She was going to join her boyfriend, who was a sky diver, and after 17-hours ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3280 January 1-14, 2010 – The beautiful country of Morocco I did the impossible: culled my 500+ photos to only 25 that I think best represent my recent trip to Morocco.  Note – these aren’t necessarily the prettiest pictures, just the ones I think provide the flavor of my adventure. Here are 3 ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3250 February 4, 2010 - Bay Area, California Hi friends – I never do this – but it’s important!  My client, Generations of Hope, has entered the Pepsi Refresh Challenge and is in the running for $250,000. Within a day we moved from 176 to 76 in the standings!!!! Generations of Hope, an award-winning ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3240 January 4, 2010 – Fez, Morocco On a Monday night in January, I got married. Like most marriages, the blessed event took place before I even knew what hit me. I was innocently eating dinner, when some guy approached me and literally whisked me off me feet. And no, I wasn't drunk ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3216 January 31, 2010 - Amman, Jordan Fun factoids provided (but not verified) by our Jordan guide Sam: 2.5 million people live in Amman, the capital, and 6.5 million in the entire country The last King had 4 wives (in order: an Egyptian, a Palestinian, a Brit and an American) The country is 95% desert Jordan is ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3206 January 29, 2010 – Dead Sea, Jordan We were in it to have fun: giggling, laughing, splashing (but just a little – no salt in the eyes!) Visiting the Dead Sea was the proverbial Day at the Beach. [caption id="attachment_3188" align="alignnone" width="395" caption="Tootsies soaking in the Dead Sea!"][/caption] First we did our floating ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3186 January 27, 2010 -  Petra, Jordan When I launched the GoErinGo.com site last June, y’all had a chance to vote on where I should go for an adventure on my next trip:  Climbing Mt. Sinai, Diving the Red Sea, or Visiting Petra. Well, I managed to do all three within the ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3155 January 24, 2010 – Aqaba, Jordan I consider myself to be an open-minded person. No, really. Very open-minded.  So I’m a bit surprised that traveling around North Africa-the Middle East-Muslim nations for the past month has given me a new totally perspective.  I wasn’t quite ready for the complex nature of these ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3141 January 22, 2010 – Luxor, Egypt We were expecting to see the famed Valley of the Kings during sunrise from the vantage of a hot air balloon. That was the plan anyway. As it turns out, the execution was a tad faulty. Five of us went up, piling in to the basket ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3112 January 20, 2010 – Luxor, Egypt In Egyptian Arabic, “miya miya” means 100 x 100 or “perfect.” I think that’s a fair assessment of my life in general, but the last few days especially.  Take the day before yesterday. We woke at 4:00 am to visit the incredible Egyptian ruins of Rames ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3078 January 17, 2010 – Giza, Cairo, Egypt Seeing the Sphinx, the pyramids and more than 25 mummies in one day would leave anyone speechless. Even me. [caption id="attachment_3057" align="alignnone" width="395" caption="That's a whole lot of antiquity"][/caption] Years ago I was prattling on about Efes’ amazing ruins in Turkey, when my friend, who had just ... http://goeringo.com/archives/3055