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Jill Dobbe

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Jill is an international educator, travel writer, amateur photographer, and author of three travel memoirs. She enjoys writing about her experiences living and working in schools and countries around the world. Making her home in Honduras, Jill continues to travel and write about the beautiful people and places of Central America, while muddling her way through the Spanish language.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 232 ratings · 135 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Only in India: Adventures of an International Educator 4.22 avg rating — 74 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kids, Camels, & Cairo 4.20 avg rating — 69 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here We Are & There We Go: Teaching and Traveling With Kids in Tow 4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travel Stories and Highlights: 2018 Edition by Robert Fear (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alison Galilian (Contributor), Alison Ripley Cubitt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cantarranas, Honduras, City of Murals

Honduras is the one country in Latin America which tourists tend to ignore. Many bypass the Spanish-speaking nation viewing it as poor, gang-ridden and dangerous. Yet those who look beneath the surface will find a country with white sand beaches, prehistoric Mayan ruins, vast cloud forests and charming mountainous towns and cities overflowing with art and life. The warm, kind-hearted and welcoming Read more of this blog post »

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Little Wonder

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I Love Yous Are for White People

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Jill’s Quotes

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”
― Angela Schwindt

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“Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.”
― Kathleen Norris

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“I can't believe anyone would voluntarily run 26 miles. Sometimes I sit on the couch cross-legged because I don't feel like walking to the bathroom.”
― jen lancaster

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“If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”
― Albert Einstein

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“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

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