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by Karin-Marijke | 2010/05/09
Hi Julie,
Nice to meet you! Let me know if you need specific information on a [future] trip in South America – we've been travelling here for more than 3 years and have quite some insight information. Especially love to travel of the beaten track. And yes, do go to the Uygur Region in China – it is simply fabulous. We absolutely loved it.
happy travelling, Karin-Marijke
by pastor_riel | 2010/04/30
Hi Julie,
Thanks a lot for the invite! I'm pretty new here @ matador and I'm looking forward to interacting more with the community. Thanks again!
Aloha, Pastore
by Todd Wassel | 2010/04/30
Hi Julie,
Thanks for friending me here. As you can see I am just getting into the Matador community.
Cheers, Todd
by CinemaSaudade | 2010/04/14
Hi Julie! Thanks for the advice on Colombia.
If I may inquire, how did you have the chance to go to Cuba? I would really love to go there before it ever opens up for Americans, haha!
Also, would you know if Matador offers internships or entry level jobs for recent graduates?
If you'd like any advice about Boston, I've been living there my whole life!
Meaghan
by Edwina Storie | 2010/03/14
Hi Julie!
Thank you so much for your warm welcome and interest in my thesis! It is encouraging to hear I am not the only person who finds it intriguing!
It started from a trip I volunteered with a commercial Volunteer Agency early last year. I saved up for a long time to be able to afford to volunteer with a commercial organization thinking it was the best of all options. I was reassured that 70% if my fee was going to the project I was working on (which would work out to around $2300 Australian dollars). During and after my volunteering I stayed in contact with the teachers and school I worked with and they never received any financial support from the agency.
I am now writing the thesis on the selfless and selfish motivations behind Volunteer Tourism journeys, and the implications of Westerners traveling to Third World countries often with no qualifications to work with children or animals, yet all with the assumption that just because we are from the First World then the Third World has something to learn from us. Through my research I have observed that it is quite a colonialist act.
There are also issues with this market remaining currently unregulated particular when it concerns vulnerable groups. The most popular volunteer tourism projects are caring for Third World orphans who are arguably the most vulnerable group of human beings. Whilst the volunteers have only good intentions, the impact on the orphans of volunteers coming into their lives, forming a bond with them, and then leaving them only to experience the process over again with the next volunteer can cause more harm than good.
I will also explore the influences of the Volunteer Tourism promotional material and how it influences people of the First World to perceive the Third World as dependent and incapable.
This is not to say I am not an advocate of volunteer tourism - I cherish my volunteer experience as life changing and I believe it is a wonderful niche of sustainable tourism that could contribute to equalizing the world. However, it is a complex issue that can work against itself and it's a market that needs to be regulated and should rarely be capitalized on.
Anyway that is the end of my rant!
I just have a quick question regarding having an article published on matador; is it favorable to first build up a blog before emailing an article pitch?
I hope you are safe and happy!
Edwina x
by Priyanka Kumar | 2010/03/11
Love your blog, Julie, I've dreamt of travelling through Latin America forever =)
by awanderingsole.com | 2010/02/28
Very cool! I see that you're an expert on Havana, Cuba... I just may need to hit you up on some information :)
Profile Full Bio
Birthday:
09/09
About me
I'm Matador's managing editor and lead editor of the Change and Pulse blogs. I've just finished up two guidebook gigs for Fodor's-- Puerto Rico (where I used to live) and the Caribbean. In the process, I learned more about reggae and pirates than I ever imagined.
Why I travel
To know myself better and to know the world better. To be challenged. To see with new eyes. To witness. To be able to tell meaningful stories.
Travel style
As if I lived in a place--getting as deep into it as possible. Learning as much about it and being as present as I can.
Ideal place to watch the sunset
Over El Morro in Viejo San Juan, PR; OR from the Long Island City docks, with a stunning, unimpeded view of the entire Manhattan skyline.
Ideal place to watch the sunrise
Anywhere. Just making it up that early is an accomplishment.
Before I die I'd like to
Speak more languages. Travel with my husband. Make sushi. Build a house with my own hands. Live in every Spanish speaking country for at least a year. This is a long long list.
I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when
I live there for an extended period of time and speak the language. When I know how to use the phone and local transportation. When I don't need a map anymore. When I know the political parties and what they stand for. When I know what makes people sing, protest, write, and cry.
Let's collaborate
I'm always interested in a story. I also work as a freelance writer, editor, researcher, and translator (English/Spanish- Spanish/English). I'm also Matador's managing editor, so if you'd like to pitch a story, I'm your woman.
Favorite artist(s)
Juan Antonio Picasso
Sports I do
Rollerblading; kayaking
I want to make a difference by
Telling stories and being the medium through which others can find a voice.
Tunes I rock out to
Ana Belen, Ani Difranco, Bebo Valdes, Johnny Hartman, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Bamboleo, Laura Pausini, Carlos Varela, Mario Frangoulis, Angelique Kidjo, Cesaria Evora, Joao Gilberto, Polo Montanez, Francisco Cespedes...
Favorite books
SOOO many. I have been deeply interested in memoirs recently.
My links
www.collazoprojects.com www.cuadernoinedito.wordpress.com www.9mos.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/collazoprojects/ www.twitter.com/collazoprojects
Looking to Meet:
My best self. You.
Other Languages:
Espanol; Portugues; Mandarin; learning German
Favorite Quote:
"Podria decir que estas son cronicas de viaje, pero seria inexacto; son cronicas de estar." -Alma Guillermoprieto/ "You could say these are chronicles of travel, but that would be inexact; they are stories of being."
Favorite Places:
Every place I've ever been, but the top of the list: La Habana, Cuba; Sintra, Portugal; Fuzhou, China. NYC and Mexico City, of course. Colombia. Everywhere in Mexico. Chile.
Places I Want To Go:
Australia with my mom; Venezuela to check in on Chavez; China, to visit old friends; the houses of Pablo Neruda...Suriname, Uruguay, Paraguay, the Uighur region of China. Everywhere, really.
Travel Blog
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03/01/2008 United States 4
for Diane, who told me the duck story again, and for Nicole, who said "Please blog more" about events in NYC.
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"Do you remember the story about ten possibilities?" I asked Diane, as I dipped into my miso soup. "I remember it involved a duck." It had...
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03/02/2009 Brazil 9
Brazil seems far away this morning.
It could be the six inches of snow on the ground.
Or maybe it's the fact I never really connected with anyone or anything there the way I always do when I travel.
But still, there are some things I can't get out of my head,...
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02/21/2009 Brazil 10
We were standing in what was described to us as the "press box," ready to capture and transmit Caetano Veloso's concert in real time, when Dilma showed up and the floor began to tremble. My colleague from Atlanta made another comment about the dais holding many more working revelers than the 250...
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02/20/2009 Brazil 3
The first thought that occurs to me as I’m sitting in the backseat of a taxi, speeding through the streets of Recife, is that I could easily like a country where nine out of 10 people wear flip flops.
A strange first thought, and apropos of nothing, but I’ve been running through...
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11/18/2008 Chile 7
"No other word will do. For that's what it was. Gravy.... [I]t was all gravy, every minute of it...."- Raymond Carver, "Gravy"
On Thursday, we bounded into the van with a German couple who became increasingly amorous during the day, a Spanish couple who was smart enough to bring...
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11/16/2008 Chile 12
There are a few reasons I should say "No" when the Chilean bloggers invite us to go out for drinks after our five hour dinner.
I don't like bars much.
I haven't slept in 36 hours.
I have 56 e-mails in my inbox.
We're getting up at 6 AM.
But as the plan...
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10/31/2008 Cuba 1
I am full.
This is just one of the symptoms of "the Gitmo disconnect"* I've experienced this week. There were others: The sputtering plane bouncing onto the runway after skimming a lonely coast. "Cuba? I'm in Cuba?" Standing on the shore of Windmill Beach and...
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10/28/2008 Cuba 7
Everything's been going so well.
I don't get much sleep, but I get my morning coffee.
My press affairs minders are authentic, funny, and fascinating, not the party line puppets I thought they might be.
I'm one of a small number of people who have been at this important...
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10/25/2008 Cuba 0
The happiest woman at Guantanamo is Sam, the assistant manager of the food service division, responsible for preparing detainees' meals.
I've published a video of my interview with Sam on my own website, and I encourage you to watch it: she's not only the happiest woman at Guantanamo,...
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10/27/2008 Cuba 9
"So, guys, what are the plans for the day?" I ask the press affairs officers who are quickly becoming my buddies. The days so far have been full: a tour of Camp X-Ray, current detention facilities, and the Northeast Gate--the dividing line between the base and "Cuba proper", and interviews with...
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71-72 Fever, 1 min left in game. Crowd is craaazy. #WNBA — 16 hours 8 min ago |
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At the WNBA game; brought neighbor's kids — 16 hours 59 min ago |
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Guide books aren't going to die. Online guides & apps aren't necessarily up to date. : http://wp.me/pCHOj-7W — 21 hours 46 min ago |
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Thank you again to @USVIMockoJumbie for a fun time at the #USOpen. Nadal-Gabashvili was tight, nerve-wracking game all the way! — 1 day 13 hours ago |
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@CasaAmarilla: Just emailed you about it. Let me know if you didn't receive; not sure if you're still using hotmail. — 1 day 13 hours ago |
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Thanks, @nancyharder, for sharing this really thought-provoking post about intersections of #art & do-gooderism: http://bit.ly/aEZQSp — 1 day 13 hours ago |
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So @MediaBistro says Gourmet Mag is coming back to life in print... sorta. Wonder what @RuthReichl thinks. http://bit.ly/caoSO9 — 1 day 13 hours ago |
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Potentially an interesting model for "new media": Steed Media Group Launches Producer 10 Magazine http://bit.ly/ar37EQ — 1 day 13 hours ago |
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