In our sixth year, Journeys Within continued making the press for being pioneers in philanthropic travel, our team stayed busy not just planning and running guest tours but traveling throughout the region themselves, and Narla took his first trip to the US!
2009
Milestones:
Andrea named a judge for the Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Awards
Narla travels to the US for Journeys Within Our Community Fundraising tour
Touring to these countries:
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma
Press:
Planet Good Radio: Vacations That Create Change
Do the Right Thing on Truth.Travel: A Tour Operator’s Take on Philanthropic Travel
Budget Travel: Lost in Laos
Girlfriend Getaways: Fly Girl – Andrea Ross
Conde Nast Traveler: 126 Top Travel Specialists
Capitalist Chicks: Social Entrepreneur – Andrea Ross
TalkShoe: Journeys Within Our Community & VolunTourism
Galavanting: Women’s Travel Magazine & Community
Special Memories from 2009:
Couper and Callie on a day tour in Seoul. Couper was not too enthusiastic about the tour, but he was still cute!
Brandon, Narla and Andrea at Narla’s graduation ceremony.
The hotel and tour company team head out to dinner in Siem Reap.
Callie, Brandon and Couper having fun on a night tour of Angkor Wat.
Andrea and Waew meeting in Bangkok. Waew was on the original JW Bangkok team.
Callie being a great mahout taking care of her elephant at Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Callie and Srey Nut swimming at Journeys Within B & B aka Home.
Students at Journeys Within Our Community are all smiles.
Callie and Andrea take a bike ride on the dirt roads in Pakse, Laos.
Andrea finds cell phone service on a boat on the Mekong in Laos. Callie finds a great place to take a nap!
April, Nicole and Andrea having a little fun at the Green Travel Conference in Vientiane, Laos.
Nicole, Andrea and April on a tour of the city in Vientiane, Laos.
April in the Cu Chi tunnels in Saigon, Vietnam.
Callie explores Southern Laos.
April and Andrea with Mr and Mrs. Nam and their beautiful family in Saigon, Vietnam.
Couper, Narla and Callie napping on the way back from SFO. Narla was tired from the long flight from Cambodia and Couper and Callie well, they were 3 and 4 years old and it’s exhausting being little!
Nicole helps students at Phik Noy school in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Andrea, Brandon and Narla attend an awards ceremony in Los Angeles for A Drop in the Bucket documentary which JWOC was featured.
Narla gets the chance to tour the US while also fundraising for JWOC.
Andrea finds cell service again! This time on a cyclo in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Andrea and April at the Friendship Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam.
Andrea and April give alms to monks in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Sunset at La Folie Lodge in Southern Laos.
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