Become a Discoverer.
Discover more about your world by living in it. Learn languages and master skills through total immersion. Go where you feel uncomfortable until strangers become your friends and you feel at home.
Our best material comes by email. Join for guides on immersing yourself in the world around us. Here’s what we’ve sent so far.
About Us
We’re on a mission to help people become more connected our world. We believe in living like a local, learning the language and doing local things. As we go, we’ll share what we learn.
We’re currently in Israel. We just spent 10 weeks in Egypt learning Egyptian Arabic (see us speaking it here). Next up we’ll learn Swahili, then go running in Kenya, then Chinese martial arts and many more things — all in different places, in compressed time frames and on limited budgets. We’ll sometimes succeed and often fail, but share what we learn and always make it fun. Join us for the ride!
I want to…
Popular Posts
Building Hebrew’s Cultural Fortress
Hebrew is thousands of years old and yet has evolved into a language that many use as their primary — or only — language. This is its story.… Read More
The “Garbage People”: The Faces Behind Cairo’s Giant Trash Problem
The story of the Zabaleen – “Garbage People” who have for generations been the informal backbone of Cairo’s waste management.… Read More
Watch us speaking Arabic after 60 days
The conclusion of our 60 day challenge to learn Arabic in 60 days.… Read More
Egyptian Arabic in 60 days: Our final 60-day videos
We learned to speak Egyptian Arabic in 60 days. See the video evidence, read how we did it and what we learned for our future challenges.… Read More
Tech Worker, Will Work for Vegan Food
The story of how we nearly ended up living on a beachfront paradise in exchange for management skills.… Read More
Can you ever truly be “like a local”?
Why we’ll never be truly be local foreigners in Egypt… and that’s OK.… Read More