The Big Field Trip

The world has many religions. From Sikhism to Judaism, many different religions are practiced world wide. People follow religions because they explain creation, why we are here on earth and what happens when we die. Religions also give people hope, through prayer, and mark rites of passage, which are rituals that help people see themselves [...]

One of the most difficult things about traveling is learning different languages. It’s uncomfortable when I am sitting next to strangers on an airplane and I want to speak with them, but I don’t know if they speak the same language as I do. Sometimes I get nervous when I walk down the street and [...]

Chili peppers and their cousins the sweet or bell peppers are almost everywhere. From Eastern China to Mexico, there are peppers. Peppers play an important role in many cuisines world-wide.
Chili peppers were being cultivated in Peru more than 6,000 years ago. From the coast birds brought the seeds inland. Chilis are not spicy to birds, slugs, snails, [...]

Since our video camera was stolen in Brazil, we only have pictures and audio so we made slideshows. Here they are from Peru, Brazil and Tunisia.

Tunisia slideshow from Jason Kirkman on Vimeo.

Our planet has lots of different biomes, the fresh water biome, marine biome, desert biome, tundra biome, forest biome and grassland biome. A biome is an area with similar climate and species. For instance, both the Sahara desert and the Gobi desert are part of the desert biome. They are different continents and some different [...]

Finally I have vanquised the bug in our moviemaker program (or at least learned how to side-step it) and videos are coming easilly. We’ll be caught up in no time.
The two videos below are from days three and four of the Gran Vilaya trek near Chachapoyas, Peru from last October. We were cold and rain-soaked, [...]

This is a video of the second day of our 4 day trek into the countryside around the town of Chachapoyas, Peru. We hiked from the Valle Belen, up into the remote cloud forest to explore recently discovered ruins of an ancient Chachapoya city called Pirquilla, and then down into the small, isolated village of [...]

Hi everyone. Sorry it has taken us so long to publish any videos. We ran into a whole bunch of glitches in trying to make movies. We have decided to make a series of smaller videos, and I think this will allow us to catch up on our moviemaking without too many problems.
This little video [...]

We have spent 5 weeks in Cajamarca, Peru. Exploring the countryside, history, music, and food has been a great experience. On Saturday we boarded an overnight bus to Lima. The seats converted into fully reclined beds, but the road was so bumpy that we didn’t sleep very well. We have already received a few calls [...]

     My family and I have been living in Cajamarca for about five weeks. Cajamarca is a city in Peru. We have been living in a four story building. Maruja is the owner of the house. She is a nurse. When Cruz (my brother) got a big cut in his head, she braided it together. [...]