Find Penguins and the biggest hits

So where are you supposed to Find Penguins? Well, none on this trip, but I did see penguins in South Africa in 2023.

Trivia from Around the Planet:
Most surprising country: Kazakhstan with its prosperity and advances

Least surprising: Chile, I like it and I feel like I’ve been here before

Most chaotic city: Kathmandu, Nepal, narrow streets, no sidewalks in front of shops, chaotic traffic

Best history: Petra, Jordan

Hottest place: Dubai

Most beautiful: Iguazú and Himalayas

Least impressed: Bali, Indonesia. Crowded on the streets, too many vendors and the beach nothing special

Quietest city: London

Most embarrassing moment: Being separated from new “friends” and placed at a fancy dinner table all by myself at the winery, Moldova

Biggest mistake: Taking equivalent of $700 from ATM when I wanted $70 in Albania

Where I was the tallest: Nepal

Where I didn’t stand out as a foreigner: Kazakhstan and Australia

Friendliest people: Honduras and almost everywhere else

Don’t leave home without it: iPhone for directions, translations, exchange rate, everything, constantly feeling my pocket to make sure it’s there

Most difficult visa: Australia

Biggest airport: Istanbul, I walked 6 miles one day going through airport and passed through here three different times

Best hosts: Albania, Georgia, Moldova, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia,Timor Leste, Paraguay, Honduras, Jordan

Most elaborate welcoming ceremonies: Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Timor Leste

Friendliest dogs: Georgia, community dogs

Biggest Peace Corps program: Paraguay

Smallest Peace Corps program: Indonesia

Best monkeys: Sri Lanka

Saddest moments: saying goodbye to new people at the end of the day or the end of the week

Most avoided: Horse sausage and kangaroo meat

Most impressive Peace Corps Volunteers: Too many to count

Safest for pedestrians: Moldova, the otherwise aggressive drivers will stop if you just approach the curb

Least safe for pedestrians: Amman, Jordan. Some places it was almost impossible to cross the street.

Hardest ride: A long bus ride in Albania on a sweltering hot day with no A/C and closed windows

Most comfortable: Bus in Paraguay with comfortable recliners

Most work: Keeping track in a different language each week of how to say Hello and Thank You.

Second most work: Keeping track of exchange rates (In Indonesia, for example, 16,500 rupiah to US$1)

Most difficult question: Why did US elect Trump the second time?

Easiest question: Where are you from? (California gets much more positive response than US)

Most frequent question: Do you like our country? (I do, but is there any other possible response?)

Easiest to give money to: Frail old ladies who sit by the church door. What would Jesus do?

Best opening line: Do you speak English?Læs mere