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Elephant Island, Antarctica
I got up at the wonderful time of 4:40am to catch the 5:00 am Antarctic sunrise this morning, and I was greeted with Antarctic weather....

Andrew Heffren
Feb 12, 20172 min read


Welcome to Antarctica!
Woke up this morning to the announcement on the PA system “Welcome to Antarctica”. I got ready as quickly as I could, had bite to eat and...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 11, 20171 min read


Cape Horn, Chile
This morning we arose at 5:15am to begin to bundle up for the sights ahead. As we continue to move south the temperature, as you would...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 10, 20171 min read


Ushuaia, Argentina – The End of the World
Phrase of the day: Chromatic Aberration Otherwise known as huge pain in my butt…. But I’ll get to that later. This morning I woke up at...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 10, 20172 min read


Buenos Aires Day 2
Day 2 of my world travels with my Grandma, today we started our morning with a tour of the city of Buenos Aires. We started off by...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 6, 20172 min read


The Journey to Buenos Aires
Happy to say we have safely arrived in Buenos Aires where it is a lovely 23 degrees C! Hard to believe that less than 24 hours ago I was...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 4, 20172 min read
Over 2 Years in the making…
Today is the day. 7 Countries, 4 Continents, approximately 42,000 km, in 3 weeks. Here we go! The first stage of this trip was planned...

Andrew Heffren
Feb 3, 20171 min read


The Countdown is on!!
4 Weeks from today I will be heading out on the trip of a life time! Beginning with my Grandma, we will be visiting Argentina, Chile, The...

Andrew Heffren
Jan 6, 20171 min read


Now What?
I’m not even sure where to begin when it comes to processing the events of this last trip. I’ve had this post in the drafts forever...

Andrew Heffren
Dec 30, 20164 min read


A journey’s end
We left Amman, Jordan early this morning and set off to endure a lengthy border crossing to re enter Israel. I think we went through at...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 20, 20161 min read


Jordan Day 4
We visited a small village in the North of Jordan today called Mafraq, right in the middle of the desert. The village had about 15 small...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 19, 20161 min read


Jordan Day 3
Today we had the privledge of working with over 100 child refugees. We did some therapeutic activities with them cantered around art, did...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 18, 20161 min read


Jordan Day 2
Our first day working directly with the refugees was today. Today we worked with approximately 30 men and the 55 women and gave them the...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 17, 20161 min read


Jordan Day 1
We crossed the border early this morning into Jordan. The crossing was much easier than I was lead to believe, but once we were over the...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 16, 20161 min read


Israel Day 12
Today we visited Mount Hermon/Phillipi Ceaseria in the Golan Heights. The Golan Heights were previously seized by Israel from Syria...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 15, 20161 min read


Israel Day 11
It’s been a very jam packed day. We visited Tel Meggido this morning, an ancient city that has been rebuilt about 25 times over thoudands...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 14, 20162 min read


Israel Day 10
We were invited to attend a local Arab Baptist Church service this morning and as always it is a very unique and uplifting experience to...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 13, 20161 min read


Israel Day 9
With the Gathering over we took the opportunity today to visit Mesada and the Dead Sea on our way from Jerusalem to Nazareth. The...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 13, 20161 min read


Israel Day 8
Today was the last day of the Jerusalem World Gathering and I am wiped. It was an absolutely amazing experience and I was so glad I had...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 13, 20161 min read


Israel Day 3
I’ve been told it’s day 3 of the journey and I’ll trust that since the jet lag is finally wearing off. We had the opportunity today to...

Andrew Heffren
Nov 7, 20161 min read
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