“Can you deliver my sister’s baby? The midwife couldn’t do it and they said you delivered babies.” I asked where his sister was. “At the clinic” was his reply. It was about 2pm, I had closed the clinic at about noon since most of the back country “taxis” or jalónes (Toyota pickups with metal railings around the bed) had already gone back to the further out villages. After 1pm it was usually only emergency cases and the person in need, or their representative, would come up to our house to seek out the “doctor.” (more…)

A big stormed slammed the Eastern US on the very day my team was departing from Louisville, Kentucky with a destination of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It was a rather large group of 21 dentists, dental students, and support personnel. As is my SOP, the Mrs. and I had arrived two days earlier to make sure all was well and ready for the group’s arrival. I was already awake when my Honduran cell phone rang at 5:00am and it was one of the team members frantically explaining that the weather had caused a two-hour delay and it was looking like the team may miss their connecting flight in Atlanta. (more…)

Disclaimer:

Nothing written below should be construed as legal advice. It is a description of my personal experience only. If you get into legal trouble after you read this, it’s your own fault!

Since the question comes up so often “how do you start an NGO?” it seems like the right thing to do is to give my personal experience on creating one. For those of you wondering, NGO stands for Non-Government Organization. In the adventure travel world, it is usually some kind of relief organization. (more…)

No travel tips this time, just a “had a great time, wish you were there” story. We had a small group for a medical team in Honduras. As usual, you never know what you will run into in the NGO world. (more…)