February 2007

Ruminations of an American Jew in Israel
by Mike Tabor

January 2007

Eerily warm in Russia
by Angela Hood

July 2006

Greetings from the top of the world
Photos and story by Laurel Schwartz

In December and January 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.

April 2006

Wild beasts, wondrous colors, warm friends by Cheney Ravitz

Impressions of Kenya by Irene Ravitz

March 2006

Globetrotters: Seeing India for the first time

March 2006

Clothes and travel in India by Irene Ravitz

March 2006

Impressions of India, a land of rich and poor

Takoma Park expatriates, Reverend George Taylor and his wife Ellen Taylor are peace activists who periodically share insights from their travels.

Halliburton Mischief

Peace presence in Crawford, TX, II

February 2006

Post-Election report from Canada

January 2006

Peace Presence in Crawford, TX 

July 2005

Our man in Havana 

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.

June 2005

Walking out on convention in India

April 2005

Monsoons, Buddha minds

March 2005

From Hawaii to New Zealand

Alex Escudero is a Takoma Park writer who has worked around the world promoting and protecting human rights.

May 2005

Ecotourism: Traveling the globe without harming it