"Walking to Woot" A Photographic Narrative Discovering New Dimensions for Parent-Teen Bonding helps the reader absorb a rare experience. "Id like to buy your daughter for 500 pigs," said her guide to the author after the trek. The story pierces time and place to treat the reader with an intimate peek inside a Stone-Age culture. The richest treasure veins of lifes experiences can be mined away from home. Follow in the footsteps of Jackie and Katherine (a typical mom and teenage daughter) as they offer a compulsively readable story of their conspiracy of curiosity and courage to explore the...

"Walking to Woot" A Photographic Narrative Discovering New Dimensions for Parent-Teen Bonding helps the reader absorb a rare experience. "Id like to buy your daughter for 500 pigs," said her guide to the author after the trek. The story pierces time and place to treat the reader with an intimate peek inside a Stone-Age culture. The richest treasure veins of lifes experiences can be mined away from home. Follow in the footsteps of Jackie and Katherine (a typical mom and teenage daughter) as they offer a compulsively readable story of their conspiracy of curiosity and courage to explore the...

Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, (for an unpublished manuscript) this Handbook shares ideas about the fun and heart-changing qualities of travel. It includes (among other things) tips on preparation, how to meet speakers of another language, packing, safety, and bargaining for cultural treasures. It even deals with the thump of returning home. Every thoughtful traveler should own the book in "E" and/or print form. It is illustrated with story-telling images from Jackie's immersion in the cultures of over 100 countries. The book will be kept current through WorldTravelDiva.com and...

Bring cultures to life with real people "Giraffe-Neck Girl" introduces ten-year-old Mucha and her family. Wearing the brass neck rings sets the Padaung, or giraffe neck tribe of Asia, apart as a unique tribe. How and why girls wear these heavy rings around their necks intrigues young readers. Lush, colorful photographs show how this community maintains harmony. Become a part of Mucha's family by sharing her daily activities, like catching locusts and eating them for a snack. Visit the school, play with children having water fights at the local well, help a father build a porch, and watch two...

All Hands Working Together; Cruise for a Week: Meet 79 Cultures, by Jackie Chase "Experience living in the never-ending voyage of cruising." All Hands Working Together peeks below the waterline and behind water-tight doors to discover the secrets of how a crew from 79 nations were united into a guest-pleasing team on the world's largest cruise ship. Cruise travel conjures up words like passion, boundless enthusiasm, impatient yearning, and intense satisfaction. The laid-back attitudes, awesome entertainment, and superb food flavors awaken a wonderful place inside. But let's not rob ourselves...

Bring cultures to life with real people "Giraffe-Neck Girl" introduces ten-year-old Mucha and her family. Wearing the brass neck rings sets the Padaung, or giraffe neck tribe of Asia, apart as a unique tribe. How and why girls wear these heavy rings around their necks intrigues young readers. Lush, colorful photographs show how this community maintains harmony. Become a part of Mucha's family by sharing her daily activities, like catching locusts and eating them for a snack. Visit the school, play with children having water fights at the local well, help a father build a porch, and watch two...

Live life Break away from the mundane habits and predictable schedules of everyday living Interactions with new cultures will transcend the limitations of your world. Should you be immune to the lessons life is waiting to teach? Let me introduce you to dozens of people to meet along the way, as you gain personal insights cultures, customs, and hints about the incredible changes taking place inside yourself from this type of exposure. The icing on the cake is the compelling photographs that take you through the daily life of an unfamiliar culture. A travel experience starts with the place...