EduTravel – Travel as an Education In my recent newsletter (#2) I wrote about how I turned travel into a form of self-organized direct…
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Copán Maya Ruins, Honduras, Central America “Archaeologists believe that the Maya culture in Copán collapsed because the land could no longer support it. As…
Travelogue: Rapa Nui – Highlights of Day 5 (continued) + Days 6 & 7 Te Pito Kura the magnetic stone, Manavai plant enclosures, Hare…
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Travelogue: Rapa Nui – Day 4 Highlights In the morning I went to the tourist information office to pick up some maps and brochures.…
Travelogue: Rapa Nui – Day 3 Highlights The following morning I set out early. It was raining all night and the clouds were just…
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Just over a year ago I returned from Ireland. For me this is so recent that I could just as well still be there,…
Pechory Monastery, Pskov Region, Russia, 2006. We were told on arrival not to address the monks directly, not to stare at them or attempt…
From a bleak Pskov city we were transported by bus into the rural Russian countryside. On the way, we were asked not to consume…