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Participants have written:
"Roger, we can't praise you enough for this memorable life experience.
Your organization and choices of things to see and do are just a wonderful
mix of education, adventure and fun--not to mention the many good and
new foods
we got to experience over many bowls of good humor." EP Seattle.
2006.
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Worldviews
Asian Adventures
with
Roger Harmon, Ph.D.
Greetings and thank
you for your interest in our Asian trips. This is our fifth year of organizing
and leading small groups of 7-12 people, plus Roger and sometimes his
wife Nancy. We hope this year you will join us for what we think will
be our most interesting trips yet! Our next three trips are as follows:
November
15-29, 2008: VIETNAM. Experience 14 days in beautiful northern
Vietnam, including energetic, artistic Hanoi, where we begin our trip,
and the World Heritage site of Halong Bay, with its wonderful seascapes
and limestone cliffs. We have also arranged the special opportunity to
explore highland villages, markets and cultures, where tribal traditions
have been maintained more fully than in neighboring countries.
December 2-19, 2008:
THAILAND AND LAOS. December 2-19, 2008: THAILAND AND LAOS.
After orientation in Bangkok, enjoy four days in Nan Province, Northern
Thailand. the home of some of Thailand's most welcoming artists, weavers
and farmers. We will be with them in their homes, fields, community forests
and rituals, and understand that some are masters at sustaining their
environment and culture. Then we continue to the former Lao royal capital
of Luang Prabang with its exquisite temples on the Mekong River. In addition,
we will drive to the very rural provinces of Xieng Khouang and Sam Neua.
Here we will meet numerous ethnic minorities, seek out the best traditional
silk weaving in Laos, see ancient funerary vessels on the Plain of Jars,
and visit recently-opened caves which sheltered Lao revolutionaries during
"Vietnam War" days (actually should be Southeast Asian War days.)
We conclude with two nights in the Lao capital of Vientiane and one night
in Bangkok. Better roads and improved, though basic, lodging now allows
us to see the wonderful scenery and rich cultural diversity of up-country
Laos and Thailand
January 25-Feb. 7, 2009. Thailand and Laos (with optional
"Add On" to Angkor in Cambodia) Experience lowland Buddhist
society and highland tribal life as it is lived. Fly to Mae Hong Son Province
in Northern Thailand and stay at an eco-resort while enjoying mountains,
forests, rivers and villages. Visit Burmese refugee projects escorted
by our program staff friends and tribal schools run by a female principal
who is like a sister to us. Then, proceed to Southern Laos to the Boulevan
Plateau and the Mekong River to enjoy coffee plantations, waterfalls,
7th Century A.D. ruins, and the decaying colonial architecture of the
French. If lucky--as we were last year--we will see the endangered freshwater
Irrawaddy dolpins that live in the Mekong near the Lao-Kampuchea border!
January 25-Feb. 7,
2009. Thailand and Laos (with optional "Add On" to Angkor in
Cambodia). Please contact us for details.
 Themes
for 2008 Trips As in past years, the central focus of our
trips is to experience societies and cultures through personal contact
with local people.
Our
Approach to Travel Visit places of great cultural meaning
and natural beauty where you get to know extraordinary people. Travel
with curiosity, humility, and humor.
Additional
Services and Trips
- Pre- and post-trip itineraries
to fit with any of our trips. Tell us your interests and we will suggest
possible destinations.
- Additional accompanied trips
from mid Oct.-late January. Several individuals have inquired and are
seeking traveling companions. Please inquire if dates other than those
for announced trips would fit for you.
- Unaccompanied travel itineraries
in Southeast Asia. We are helping an increasing number of people plan
thier trips.
 Trips
Central Asian in Summer 2009. Kyrgyzstan and possibly Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Yak yogurt in a yurt in the high pastures, and an intriguing cultural
mix throughout.
WORLDVIEWS 2000
Roger Harmon, LLC
412 Lafayette Pl NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106
Tel; (505) 254-4666 harmon_roger@yahoo.com
www.worldviews2000.com
All photographs
on this website copywritten by Roger Harmon, unless credited to and copywritten
by other individuals. Contact Roger Harmon at the above addresses for
permission to use photographs. Otherwise, use prohibited.
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"This trip has imprinted indelible images of
the people, locations, food, and laughter we all shared...[You have] created
a very rich and unforgettable experience for us. What a culmination [to
the year] we have all shared!"
Please Consider These Additional Learning
Opportunities:
2008 Virginia Satir Global Network World Conference
Becoming More Fully Human ... Building a Dynamic World Community
August 2 - 5, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
www.SatirGlobal.org/2008conference
Jean Houston's Social Artistry Summer Leadership Institute in Ashland,
Oregon .
Design for a New World: The Social Artist as Creator of a World that Works
for Everyone
August 10 - 19, 2008
http://www.jeanhouston.org/socialartistry-programs-new.cfm
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