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Live Mythically
An elderly couple with grey hair sharing a meal at a kitchen table.
A Buddhist monk in orange robes meditating in a Chiang Mai temple.
Maasai men walking across open savanna.

Hosted by Jonathan Keim

Eat with elders.Pray with monks.Walk with Maasai.

Private expeditions built around personal growth, nature and adventure.

Limestone islands. Mountain temples. Open savanna.

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Places are limited per departure

  1. Limestone islands around a lagoon in Bacuit Bay, El Nido, Palawan.

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    Bacuit Bay, El Nido, PalawanPhotograph by Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web. Source

    The Philippines

    Palawan & surrounding islands

    Palawan first — and the islands that ring it. Boat days, lagoon light. The Philippines, focused. Dates and details by inquiry.

    Jonathan hosts you as guests under Tagbanwa protocol, with Indigenous guides. The Tagbanwa of Coron Island and the Calamianes steward sacred lakes and ancestral waters. Entry is by their consent. Closed lakes stay closed.

    With the Tagbanwa

    Coron Island and the Calamianes

    Sacred lakes and ancestral waters, opened by consent. Indigenous guides. Tagbanwa protocol.

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  2. A novice monk and an elephant at morning alms in Myanmar.

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    Morning alms, MyanmarPhotograph by Kyaw Zayar Lin, CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web. Source

    Thailand

    Sanctuary north, islands south

    First, the north: overnight at an elephant sanctuary — presence, care, the land trial without spectacle. Then fly to Koh Phangan and take the boat to Ko Tao — islands as the release. Two climates. One journey. Dates and details by inquiry.

    Jonathan hosts. Along the way, time with Buddhist monks.

    1. Northern Thailand

      Overnight at an elephant sanctuary. Presence, care, and the land trial without spectacle.

    2. Koh Phangan

      A flight south from the north.

    3. Ko Tao

      A boat from Koh Phangan. The islands are the release.

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  3. Elephants on the Amboseli plain, with Kilimanjaro beyond.

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    Amboseli National Park, KenyaPhotograph by Ninara, CC BY 4.0. Resized for the web. Source

    Kenya

    Amboseli, then Lamu

    First, Amboseli: wake in safari camp, wear the country, watch the land move. Then Lamu: leave the dust for the boat, the wind, the slower coast. Two epic tales. One journey. Dates and details by inquiry.

    Time with Maasai warriors, in kinship on ground that is theirs.

    1. Amboseli

      Wake in safari camp. Safari camo — dust, silence, dawn. Time with Maasai warriors, received as guests.

    2. Lamu

      A boat after the camp. Leave the dust for the wind and the slower coast.

    Held in partnership with Kire Godal’s foundation. Jonathan will serve on the board.

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The inquiry

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Places are limited per departure.

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    Tell us which epic tale — the Philippines, Thailand, or Kenya — and a rough timing.

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    We reply with fit, the next departure window, and what the journey asks of you.

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    If you are aligned, we hold a place and build the private details.

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What would you do next if you chose to Live Mythically?

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