A Multigenerational Trip to Tulum

If the whole family’s involved, there can be more to Cancun than one might think:
http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2009/10/03/AR2009100303436.html?cnn=yes

The Fine Art of Permaculture

… From Travel Educator Bob Fisher

… a podcast with Graeme Calder
To listen to this podcast, click here.

Culture and Permaculture
Culture is one of the prime reasons we travel. And travel as a unique human behaviour — as well as a concept — is always a process. Despite the perceptions of the traveller, the [...]

Andalucia Is Not Just A Bunch of Bull

From Travel Educator Bijan C. Bayne
There are learning adventures in Southern Spain:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/10/20/ronda.spain.travel/index.html

Climate Change and the Art of Jeroen Bechtold

… From Travel Educator Bob Fisher
Jeroen Bechtold is a ceramic artist that I have had the pleasure of meeting, interviewing, and writing about.
His new series “15 Claims” which focuses on Climate Change is a remarkable work that accomplishes many artistic and human objectives.

For more information, visit:
Jeroen Bechtold Ceramics, Amsterdam, NL
See also…
The Virtual and Other Realities [...]

The “Other” Dominican Republic

From Travel Educator Bijan C. Bayne
The D.R. beyond the beach:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/25/santo.domingo.tourism/index.html

Muktuk Kennels – Where Dogs Rule

… From Travel Journalist Julia Bayly

WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory – Ah, to be a dog in Frank Turner and Anne Taylor’s Muktuk Kennel, a place where all 130 four-legged team members have the best of every possible world.
Part racing kennel and part adventure-tour camp, Muktuk is all heart and there are few better ambassadors for the [...]

Bannock Bread in The Yukon

… From Travel Educator Susan McKee
I write a regular blog – Road Trips for Foodies – so I’m always sniffing out indigenous cooking. On a trip last July to the Yukon Territory of Canada, I was wandering past the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson City when the delicious aroma of bannock caught my attention. [...]

Dr. Kyi May Kaung Interviewed on Voice of America

From Travel Educator Bijan C. Bayne
My colleague, Fulbright Scholar Dr. Kyi May Kaung, has translated her recent Voice of America interview from Burmese:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlXLXpQP8E
Thank you to VOA, U Win Pe and videographer Ko Panthee (U Win Pe’s son).
Informal summary:
UWP:  In the USA where there are so many strong(artistic)influences, poet, political scientist and economist Dr. Kyi May [...]

The Chinese Diaspora: A Brief Look at the Power of Culture

… From Travel Educator Bob Fisher

The annual World Congress of the World Federation of Journalists and Travel Writers (FIJET) will take place in Shanghai in October 2009
There is little doubt that human beings are a migratory species. However, even though most of us moved beyond the transient stage in our evolution and “settled down” in [...]

The Lessons of St. Francisville: What is Antebellum?

The American South at once calls up scenery, slavery, and its Spanish, French and Scotch-Irish settlement. Its Native American past is largely unsung, its music and cuisine celebrated as uniquely American (despite Irish, creole, African, and Arcadian influnces). Travel Educator Kelly Westhoff looks among the live oaks for the lessons of stately St. Francisville, La:
http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0909/louisiana-st-francisville.html