Mumbuca Quilombo
The gold of the Jalapão Community Tourism in the Mumbuca Quilombo community and Jalapão State park, Tocantins state, Brazil This is a community project established in the Mumbuca Quilombo community, founded by two women, Ilana and Miriam.At 35 km from the town of Mateiro, in the midst of the Jalapão State park, in the Tocantins […]
The great ambitions of Évora
The great ambitions of Évora – the Davos for Travel and Tourism The current global scenario forces us to acknowledge where we are, and, especially, where we are heading. Time is limited, and the tourism industry has been taken to the corner of the ring, with a sudden push. The climate crisis, the environmental degradation, […]
Huay Pu Keng
Huay Pu Keng, a rural Kayan village at the border with Myanmar, has something special waiting for you. Something that you might not expect. In the imagination of most responsible travellers, the long-neck women are immediately associated with the stigma of tourism exploitation, and therefore thought of as something that we, as ethical visitors, must […]
Leymebamba
A small town of the Utcubamba Valley – in the northern region of Chachapoya –perching at 1,800 metres in the Peruvian Amazon, has re-discovered its cultural roots thanks to the warm passion of its inhabitants. In the quietness of the altitude, surrounded by much higher peaks and built on stones, you will find a town, […]
Red Rocks Rwanda
Internationally renowned for their gorillas and for the successful conservation programme, Rwanda is a rising tourism destination and the home of an inspiring grassroots project, whose goal is to combine local sustainable development with environmental conservation and social innovation. Red Rocks Rwanda was born, from the determination of its founder Greg Bakunzi, as a visionary […]
Morrinho
If you have never been in a carioca slum before, and you still have some cultural resistance, you could not do better than to start by visiting the Morrinho Project in the Pereirão in the Laranjeiras neighbourhood in the southern and wealthy area of the city of Rio de Janeiro. You will be welcomed by […]
Kamey
Kamey’s life revolves amid the waters of the Indian Ocean that surrounds the Maldives islands. He studied marine science and engineering, but today he prefers the technical challenges of being a ‘Dive Master’, a lifeguard and a paramedic. He coaches people swimming in open waters, but he is also a local swim guide for the […]
Cirlan
I went to meet the founder and director of the Morrinho Project and I found a philosopher. Someone who cares deeply for the individuals that live in his community, and even though he maintains a critical view of the world and of society, he has chosen to remain positive and creative. Paraphrasing his words, […]
Jesse
Jesse was born in Naduri, in the southern province of Papua New Guinea, along the Kokoda track. Many of the vivid childhood memories that he treasures took place on the coffee farm his parents owned, as well as while involved in gardening activities among the passion fruits, tomatoes, taros – the vegetable root well known […]
Myoe Keng Lay
𝓜𝔂𝓸𝓮 𝓚𝓮𝓷𝓰 𝓛𝓪𝔂 (pronounced Miocáim) moved to Huay Pu Keng village with her cousins in 2006 when she was a young girl, leaving her parents behind in Myanmar. “She is one of the Kayan or ‘long neck’ ladies.” But what does that mean? Even through a camera I can feel the calm and yet vibrant […]