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Excerpts from the Diaries of Local Travelers
September 2009
by Richard Jaeggi
Neto and I and fourteen young people crammed ourselves into a creaking passenger van for the one hour ride from urban San Salvador to rural Suchitoto. Ernesto, as he introduced himself, sat next to me. He spoke only a little English and I was equally lacking in Spanish, but Daniel, sitting in front of us, was willing to translate.
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Youth from Takoma Park and Silver Spring traveled to Suchitoto, El Salvador, this summer for cross-cultural exchange and to teach videography. |
September 2009
by Ava and Kirk Talbott
This was the first time in our African adventure that we might be crossing into the danger zone. Each of the three countries we visited had recently emerged from civil strife or war, but we had always felt safe. Would this time be different? We expected the unexpected as we crossed the bridge into Sudan and drove up to the first of many military checkpoints. We looked at each other, readied our smiles and stepped out of the Land Rover to walk over and meet the eyes of the soldiers.
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Ava Talbott visits with rehabilitating disabled children at a hospital near Mount Kenya. |
September 2009
Raising global children
by Dani James
Last July, my family began an adventure. We had noticed a certain restlessness as we approached major midlife milestones. Fifteen years of marriage; a daughter entering high school; even the “baby” was an elementary school grad.
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The author with one of her new friends. |
September 2009
Raising global children
by Sue Katz Miller
Our family chronicle includes three years living in Senegal, and three years living in Brazil. Finally, we settled in Takoma Park when our children were six months and three and a half years old. So they have few, or no, conscious memories of those formative years abroad. And yet, as in many other Takoma families with international connections, those experiences pervade our daily life. Our house is filled with art and instruments from Africa and South America. We listen to stacks of CDs in French and Portuguese. The stories we tell our children about our history together weave in strands from three continents.
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Memories with a Brazilian accent: Aimee and Ben are reunited with Cleide, their nanny. |
August 2007
story by Angela Hood |
photos by Matt Hood and Chris Farrell |
March 2007
story & photos by Jay Keller |
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February 2007
by Mike Tabor |
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January 2007
by Angela Hood |
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August 2006
story by Brent Houston
photos by NASA/Kennedy Space Center |
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July 2006
Photos and story by Laurel Schwartz |
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April 2006
A memorable family trip around the world
In December 2005 and January 2006, the Partridge/Ravitz family of Takoma Park traveled to India and Kenya.
The children Irene and Cheney wrote journals of their adventures.
Their sister Sally and their father Larry took photos.
Below are excerpts from their travel diaries in India and Kenya. |
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April 2006
by Cheney Ravitz |
April 2006
by Irene Ravitz |
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April 2006
by Irene Ravitz |
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2005 - 2006
Ex-pats report back to Takoma
Takoma Park expatriates Reverend George Taylor and his wife Ellen Taylor are peace activists who periodically share insights from their travels. |
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June 2006
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February 2006
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January 2006
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July 2005
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2005
Gap year
Amina Baird is a Takoma Park resident. Taking a gap year following her graduation from Montgomery Blair in 2004, she traveled around the world, working on farms, visiting new lands, learning about the struggles of indigenous people.
To read Amina's accounts of her travels, go to www.livejournal.com/
users/aminaalthea.
Her postings to the Voice appear below. |
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June 2005
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May 2005
by Alexandra Escudero |
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