Florida Culture for the Week of August 22 by Josh Garrick
Off track Planet is a fun site for young travelers (read: You, college-age students heading off to study abroad!). Who is Off Track Planet?
Phiona Mutesi is currently a member of the 9-person, Ugandan female chess team, the Mulago Queens. Here, she is just part of the team, even though she is the youngest and had the most remarkable journey to playing chess competitively at the International level. Chess is a sport dominated by white males, yet Phiona is a poor, under-educated black girl from the slums of Uganda and has successfully competed in International tournaments.
The Germans refer to chamomile as alles zutraut, meaning 'capable of anything.' When traveling, this can be a very space-saving solution for a multitude of issues that can plague a traveling cat or dog (or human).
Sir Edmund Hillary is never really out of mind in Nepal's Khumbu district. By far the greatest tourism draw is Mount Everest, which is forever linked to the names of its first summiters, Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Ever want to give back when traveling in the world of need? Love to take photos? Then join Dog Meets World, the photo diplomacy project and help connect cultures through the power of photography. The ambitious mission of Dog Meets World (DMW) is to give all children/families in developing countries personal photograph,
often for the first time.