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Category: Interviews

Also includes geography stuff that doesn’t fit into Photos or Quizzes so that I can categorize it on the overview page.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

The Internationalization of Trekking the Planet Education Materials

Darren discusses how advances in machine translation are making it possible for all students to take advantage of the materials produced by the Trekking the Planet team.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Read our Follow-Up Story in the Fullerton (CA) Observer!

Last November, our upcoming journey was featured in the Fullerton Observer, a newspaper for the residents of Fullerton, California. Now, a follow-up story has been published, chronicling our journey to date.

Geography / Interviews

Introducing Geography Navigator!

We are introducing a new way to view our material. Geography Navigator allows you to visually locate any of our previous dispatch emails, videos or education modules on a world map.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Europe by the Numbers

Now that we have recently completed our 12 weeks in Europe, Sandy provides some trip statistics, as well as country information, for the 19 nations that we visited there.

Geography / Interviews

The Man Who Ran Around the World… Twice! [Audio]

Jesper Ken Olsen probably is not a name that you have heard, but it should be! Jesper has literally run around the world twice!

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Asia by the Numbers

This is a story for those of you who are “into the numbers”. We kept track of some statistics and fun measures during our three months of travels in Asia. These numbers can be found in this story.

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Behind the Scenes: How We Bring Geography to Life

One of the challenges for Trekking the Planet is how to make the sometimes dry subject of geography come to life. Because people respond to different forms of media, we chronicle our trip both in written form (with photos) and video form.

Geography / Interviews

25 Things You Wouldn’t Believe About Countries in the World

Courtesy of List25.com, this is a list of 25 things that may surprise you about certain countries in the world. View the list yourself by reading the story.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Oceania by the Numbers

Sandy provides some trip statistics, as well as country information, for the three nations that we visited during our seven weeks in Oceania.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Princess Cruises Trekking the Planet Video

Princess Cruises released a video about our journey and our first day on the ship. Take a look by reading the story.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Trekking the Planet in the News

We are featured in the mid-November edition of the Fullerton Observer, a newspaper for the residents of Fullerton, California.

Geography / Interviews / TTP Around the World

Trekking the Planet Q&A

We recently took a list of some of our most frequently asked questions and each took turns answering them. Learn why we are taking our trip, our packing strategy and our communication plans on the road.

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Since their original 424-day journey around the world to raise K-12 geo-literacy, Darren and Sandy Van Soye have continued to focus on authentic adventures highlighting the cultural and natural significance of some of the most remote areas of the world.

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