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jjstravels

Gender:

Female

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Minnesota, USA

Currently in:

New Jersey, USA

Traveling Next:

Siberia

Favorite places I've been:

Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Panama

Places I want to go to:

Siberia, Seychelles, Maldives, Ethiopia

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/jjstravels

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I'm fired up on:

travel, hiking, walks, tennis, cooking, writing, reading, finding beautiful remote places, learning new things, politic, economic and social issues, international development, justice and equality, health policy, microfinance, literature, demography, healthy living, nature, parenting, culture, Spanish and Russian, friends.

Tunes I rock out to:

Emma Shaplin, Emmylou Harris, Alina Simone, Andrea Bocelli, Phillip Glass, Carlos Vives, Midori, Paper Moon, Sarah Chang, Jack Johnson, Decembrists, Regina Spektor, Shearwater, Juan Luis Guerra, Eduardo Darnauchans

Travel style:

I am up for all kinds of travel, from business travel to wandering remote areas with a backpack to my latest, traveling with children.

Sports I do:

Tennis, hiking

Favorite books:

American Tragedy, Memoirs of a Cow, Light in August, 100 Years of Solitude, Kafka and the Traveling Doll, The Bridge on the River Drina, Anna Karenina, Midnight's Children, books by TC Boyle

I want to make a difference by:

Paying attention to my footprint, making a difference in the life of a child, supporting organizations that are making the world a better place.

Languages spoken, other than English:

Spanish, Russian

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I was living with an Uzbek family for ten months in Kyrgyzstan (see my guidebook: Roaming Kyrgyzstan: Beyond the Tourist Track); when I was living in a Siberian village; when I lived with a family of 10 in Senegal.

Why I travel:

To learn, to explore, to broaden my horizons, to challenge myself, to keep life interesting.

My links:

http://jjstravels.blogspot.com/
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Roaming-Kyrgyzstan/Jessica-Jacobson/e/9780595526864/?itm=1

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