Hello! What interests me most in life, is people, and not necessarily from one country, but from the world.
It is fascinating to me, how we as human beings, all possess some of the same things, but demonstrate and use them so differently. Born in the Netherlands, now living in the US and working mostly in Russia, whils also having traveled worldwide, I constantly am amazed that we even get along at all. Being in tourism development, which requires that you understand the product and how it is operated versus potential cleints and their buying habits,cultural differences rather than being enhanced seem sometimes to get lost in the development.
Similary, I find myself drawn into issues of age, which being an energetic, always on the go, person, I find myself battling how opthers view me versus what I know about myself. I love to travel, am a good speaker, like to be an excellent writer, but still working on it and hope to live an involved life until I move to another realm.

My passion is ...

travel and people

I know too much about ...

globalization

My parents always told me ...

to wear clean underwear

My childhood ambition ...

I have no idea

My favorite memory ...

When I got a ten on my middle school diploma for handicrafts, i do not like doing that at all

Why I write ...

because I do not have too many people in my life to discuss these issues with

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Echard Tolle's books

My first job ...

working in a shoe store

My best moment ...

When I made a speech in front of Al Gore

My inspiration ...

life

Travel > Europe (Other) Ecotourism development in East Russia

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Ecotourism Development in East RussiaMost travelers are familiar with the western part of Russia, specifically those areas and activities which are of interest to international travelers, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg and the wonderful river cruises along the Volga River. The eastern part of Russia, almost seven time zones away, and including Siberia and the Russian Far East, is less known and getting there is much more difficult. While there are ecotourism development projects taking place in the western part of Russia, the eastern part consisting of large tracks of pristine wilderness, a...

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