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On December 1st, I watched as President Obama announced his intention to send an additional 30,000 US troops into Afghanistan to create a “surge” and hopefully end the war. In November, I watched as P… more →
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Academic Travel Abroad & Professionals Abroad
academictravel wrote 1 day ago: On December 1st, I watched as President Obama announced his intention to send an additional 30,000 U … more →
An Eye for China
academictravel wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been traveling to China for, I’m shocked to admit, nearly 20 years. One of the first pictures I … more →
Ethiopia; A Pacific Science Center Experience.
academictravel wrote 6 months ago: I had wanted to travel to Ethiopia ever since my earliest childhood. A friend of our family was one … more →
Authenticity in Travel
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academictravel wrote 7 months ago: Dear Friends, St.-Cirq-Lapopie: The Ideal or Authentic French Village? On a recent trip to the south … more →
ATA heads to Morocco
academictravel wrote 7 months ago: Moroccan musician I was standing on the Djemaa el Fna in Marrakech in March when I “got” something a … more →
ATA Staff Out in the Community
academictravel wrote 7 months ago: Tourism Cares Event in Gettysburg, PA Times are tight, and our business is asking us to do more wi … more →
Academic Travel Abroad Travel Tip: Consider Stopovers to Consolidate Costs and Travel Time
academictravel wrote 8 months ago: Mongolian Landscape As we all continue to tighten our belts when it comes to spending on things we o … more →
China: Build it, and we will come. Complete it, and we can go elsewhere?
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academictravel wrote 8 months ago: Dear Friends, It seems like an eternity ago when I was a young China program manager for ATA and s … more →
Bermuda - A North Atlantic Historical Gem
academictravel wrote 8 months ago: The historical home of Bloomfield. Many think of Bermuda as a subtropical island get-away in the nor … more →
Across Russia by Train
academictravel wrote 8 months ago: The Trans-Siberian Express Completed at the end of the 19th century, the Trans-Siberian Railway al … more →
Ballooning over Egypt with Smithsonian Journeys
academictravel wrote 9 months ago: A view of where the desert meets the greens of the Nile basin. Last Sunday, I was on the Nile with … more →
ATA Opens Old Play Book to Survive in Today’s Economic Downturn
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academictravel wrote 9 months ago: Chairman David Parry and President Kate Simpson need two hands to count the number of world crises t … more →
The Resilience of the Travel Industry
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academictravel wrote 9 months ago: Dear Friends, Reading the daily news has become an increasingly depressing exercise of late. We, in … more →
Vietnam: My Experiences
academictravel wrote 9 months ago: I first visited Viet Nam in 1994 as a new employee of ATA and then again leading Smithsonian Study … more →
ATA Chairman David Parry Reminisces About Traveling to Russia during glasnost.
academictravel wrote 10 months ago: Sneaking into Russia! During the excitement over the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991 I … more →
Paths we've travelled
academictravel wrote 11 months ago: With the turning of another new year, the Auld Lang Syne asks us, “Should old acquaintances be … more →
Local travel renders unexpected results.
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academictravel wrote 11 months ago: Some days we all envision traveling far and wide to unknown reaches of the globe to find that elusiv … more →
Colombia: Coming Full Circle
academictravel wrote 11 months ago: As my three-year-old daughter tested her dexterity by leaping from cobblestone to cobblestone in Vil … more →
The Sound of Salzburg
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academictravel wrote 11 months ago: Grüß Gott! For those of you who have ever wondered if the scenery in The Sound of Music can possibly … more →
