Robin Sparks

An American woman’s global search for a new country

At Home in Buenos Aires

January 26, 2006 was the departure date on my airplane ticket from San Francisco to Bangkok. From Bangkok, I’d go to India, and from there to Bali. India has beckoned me for years, especially Kerala. With more and more jobs being exported to India every day and...

The Personal Travel Story

Hello from Robin in Argentina. Please click the link below to join Larry Habegger and me in Turkey this June as we learn to write ‘The Personal Travel Story.’ See you in June! PDF: The Personal Travel Story (Turkey, June 3-10, 2006)

Alright Already

Make your choice, adventurous stranger: strike the bell and bide the danger or wonder, till it drives you mad, what would have happened if you had” –the quote is from C.S. Lewis, author of “The Chronicles of...

A Home At The End of The World

I picked the movie for its title, but it was the story that wedged its way into my heart. A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD is about how loved ones enter and exit our lives not always on schedule. It re-examines the definition of family, of friends, and lovers. And...

Go South Old Man

August 22, 2005 Why have I moved from checking the pulse of Asia to revisiting South America? And why Brazil? Brazil is categorized in investing circles as a developing country. Which means it’s a poor country with lousy infrastructure and unfathomable corruption OR...