Posted by Admin in Caribbean, Environment & Sustainability, Food and Agriculture, Health and Healing, Trip Participant Stories on 29th June, 2011 | No Comments
Though most associate the island of Cuba with rum, tobacco and rumba, one Global Exchange Reality Tour participant discovered that Cubans are also enthusiastic and accomplished organic gardeners and growers.
Linda Slezak, a leader of the Slow Food movement in Glen Cove, New York recently returned from a Global Exchange/Food First research trip to Cuba. Linda described the tour as “the most memorable trip I have ever taken – I am still talking about it to everyone I know.” Here’s more from Linda about her recent trip to Cuba.
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Posted by Admin in Caribbean, Trip Participant Stories on 28th June, 2011 | No Comments
Paul Taylor Hess is participating in Global Exchange’s upcoming Environmental Protection
and Sustainable Development trip to Cuba. Paul shares some of his thoughts as he prepares for this adventure.
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Posted by Admin in Middle East, Trip Participant Stories on 28th June, 2011 | No Comments
A moving, honest piece written by a Reality Tours participants currently writing from Iran. She shares her thoughts about what it’s like to fall in love with a place in your mind, and how the fear that surfaces once you decide to travel there.
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Posted by Tex Dworkin in Middle East, Trip Participant Stories on 28th June, 2011 | 2 Comments
What happens when an American young woman visits Iran for the first time? You can find out as you follow the adventures of Alexa, a Tufts University student majoring in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic who is en route to Iran.
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Posted by Admin in Middle East, Trip Participant Stories on 13th January, 2011 | 2 Comments
This was post was written by former participant Jennifer Huber shortly after her trip to Kabul, Afghanistan with Reality Tours and originally appeared on http://www.SoloTravelGirl.com Laughing in Afghanistan Jennifer Huber Sky-blue burqas continue to flow down the dusty streets of Kabul. They’re remnants of the Taliban’s harsh reign and belief women should not be seen. »
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Latin America, Trip Participant Stories on 18th November, 2010 | No Comments
For today’s Giving Thanks series, Global Exchange’s Zarah Patriana thanks two past Reality Tours participants, Anne Kelly and Mark Van Wormer, fellow travelers she met on a delegation to Nicaragua.
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Posted by Corina Nolet in Art and Culture, Caribbean, Trip Participant Stories on 21st October, 2010 | 2 Comments
In September 2010, Reality Tour participant Harlan Crowder went to Cuba with the Business of Art & Technology in Cuba delegation. Read the story behind two of Harlan’s favorite photographs that he made on the trip. My personal mission on this trip was to photograph and document Cuban life and society as I experienced it. »
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Posted by Corina Nolet in Featured, Human trafficking, Latin America, Trip Participant Stories on 12th October, 2010 | 1 Comment
This past June, Reality Tour participant, Amy Murray went to Peru on the Not For Sale Advocacy Delegation on Human Trafficking. Read on as she shares her experience with us. I am a graduate student, and, as a requirement for my school, I had to do a cultural immersion. The immersion required me to spend »
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Posted by Zarah Patriana in Latin America, Trip Participant Stories on 7th October, 2010 | No Comments
This past July, Reality Tour participant, Larry Heath went on the Reality Tour delegation to Nicaragua to explore Fair Trade and alternatives to neo-liberalism. Read on as he shares his experience with us.
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Posted by Corina Nolet in Middle East, Trip Participant Stories on 8th September, 2010 | 1 Comment
The sixth and final part of the ‘Journey to Iran’ series. One last stop to Tehran to explore the capital city and to reflect on the whole delegation and a new and better understanding of the Iranian people.
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