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This table is a list of talks and slide shows presented at TRAVEL BUG since October of 2001. If you would like to see your name listed, contact us and we will set up a date. Remember, these shows are provided by volunteers from the community who share in a belief that travel and knowledge of the larger world benefit us all. We would like to thank everyone who has made or is planning to make a presentation in our store

. updated 11.17.08

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Nov 15 Mapping the Dutch Rhine Landscape Through Time Jan-Willem Jansens
Nov 8 Timor & Florence, Indonesia Kathleen Finegan
Nov 1 Peacebuilding in NE India/Bolivia Seth B. Cohen
Oct 18 Mongolia Brian Long
Oct 4 Botswana & Namibia John Pitts
Sep 27 Exploring New Mexico guidbook release Sharon Niederman
Sep 20 Utah's Canyon Wilderness in Comfort & Style Bill Priedhorsky
Sep 4 Book Group: Men of Salt

by Michael Benanav (author will be present)

Natalie Golberg

Eddie Lewis

Aug 16 Biking Tibet Josh Greenlaw
Aug 23 Immersion Travel USA: Best & Most Meaningful Volunteering
Sheryl Kayne

www.immersiontraveler.com

Aug 30 Armenia Lynn Noell Lynn Noell
June 21 Escape to Mexico Herve Goujon
June 7 Pakistan Daniel Long
May 31 Michael Benanav author of "Men of Salt" booksigning for his new book "Joshua & Isadora: A true tale of love and loss in the holocaust. Michael Benanav

May 25

(sun)

Peruvian Potluck Party!!!

Short talk of the cuisine of Peru by Parrish Marcenaro
1pm - Bring a Peruvian inspired dish you'd like to share.

If there is inerest in this we will do it quarterly with focus on varying cuisines

You can find some recipes at www.yanuq.com

Travel Bug Provides Utensils and Plates
May 24 Annapurna Himal Conservation Area Emily Glaser, Leia Barnett
May 22

(thurs)

Book Group: Season of Migration to the North

by Tayeb Salih

(6pm in store)

Natalie Golberg

Eddie Lewis

May 17 Transiberian Rail: Genghis Khan Mongolia to Beijing Victor Atyas
May 11

(sun)

GPS Class

9:00-10:30 am. $10 / Free with GPS purchase from us. Reservation and prepayment required.

Staff
May 10 Bhutan Trek - Southern Thailand Jim Mafchir
Ma y 3 Chile Anita Pisa
Apr 26 Burma 2007 just before the riots Oceanna Holton
Apr 19
Pakistan: Trekking the Hindu Kush
Richard Hughes
Apr 12
Botswana & Zambia
Evalyn Bemis
Sun Apr 6
GPS Class 9 - 10:30 $10 fee
free with previous GPS purchase from us. Call 992-0418 for reservations
staff
Mar 29
Around the World in 80 Dinners
with local celebrated cookbook authors
Bill & Cheyl JamisonBooksigning!
Bill & Cheryl Jamison
Mar 22
Yosemite, Half Dome & Beyond
Tom Brooks
Mar 20
Book Group: Cry the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
Meet in the store at 6:00 pm
Natalie Goldberg
Eddie Lewis
Mar 15
Peru: Andes and the Amazon
Dmitry Bittson
Sun
Mar 9
Tango: Birth of a Passion
free lecture 3:00 pm
Jorje Midon
Mar 8
Bali Rituals & Daily Life
Maud Sejournant
Mar 1 Sage & Chris
Feb 23
Bicycling Holland, + Brussels & Paris
Jean Lawton
Feb 16
East Sub-Saharan Africa
Emily Glaser
Feb 13
Illustrated Journey - journal workshop
call for info 995 9909
Lisa de St. Croix
Feb 3
GPS Class 9 to 10:30 am
$10 limited Call 992-0418 for reservation
Staff
Feb 2
Rock Climbing in Rio de Janeiro
Sandra Corso
Jan 26
Mongolia Horse Trek
John Pitts
Jan 19
Namibia
Charryl Berger
Jan 12, 2008
Great Parks of East Africa
Melissa Bartlett
Dec 22
Bali 35 years in paradise!
Bennet Tew
Dec 16
GPS Class 9 to 10:30 am
$10 limited Call 992-0418 for reservation
Staff
Dec 15
Colorado Plateau Adventure Photography
Steve Miller
Dec 13
Africa Bookgroup

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetze

Meet in the Store 6:00 pm
Books available at Travel Bug

Natalie Goldberg

Eddie Lewis

Dec 8
Trans-Siberian Journey to Mongolia
Victor Atyas
Dec 1
Everything Namibia
John Pitts
Nov 17
Sacred Valley of Peru
Jeff Della Penna
Nov 3
Indigenous Communities of Peru
Parrish J Marcenaro K
Oct 27
China, Vietnam , Cambodia & Laos
David Wiles
Oct 20
Kyrgistan on horseback
Juliet Staveley
Oct 13
Western & Central Turkey:
James & Michele Bond
Sept 29
Zambia to Ireland
Eric Peters
Sept 22
El Camino Real
Elaine Pinkerton
Sept 15
St. Petersburg / Moscow: Russian Revolution
Victor Atyas
Sept 1
Nicaragua
Judy Richardson
Aug 25
Sleeping with the Toucans: 100 Great Places to Stay in Costa Rica
Alison & Chris Tinsley
Aug 18
Travel Writing
Richard Harris
Aug 4
Peru
John Farnsworth
July 28
Peru Adventure
Rosa Carlson
July 21
Japan Ecotours
Randy & Nao Sadewic
July 7
Living with the Hadza Tanzania
Hib Sabin
June 30
Eastern Turkey Video
Annie Sahlin
June 23
Nepal: Return to my Peace Corp Village
John Vavruska
June 20
Book Group: "An African in Greenland" by Tete-Michel Kpomassie
Natalie Goldberg
June 9
Mesa Verde World
David Grant Noble
June 2
Iran 2006
Peter White
May 26
Mayan Archeology of Belize
Phil Alldritt
May 20
Day Hikes in the Santa Fe Area
Sierra Club
May 12
Walks Through Lost Paris (Booksigning)
Leonard Pitt
May 5
Cambodia
Ken Hughes
Apr 28
Highland Quechua Culture Andes Trekking
Woven Stories Andean Textiles and Rituals
Andrea Heckman
Apr 14
Climbing Shiprock
Don Liska
Apr 7
Outdoor Adventures in Rio
Brazil
Sandra Corso
Tuesday

Apr 3

Change Your Life through Travel: Lecture & Booksigning
Jillian Robinson
Mar 31
Guatemala & Micro Credit
Sandy Place
Wednesday
Mar 21
Travel Bug Book Group: Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins
Goldberg & Lewis

Mar 17
Kyrgyzstan & Central Asia
Roger & Nancy Harmon www.worldviews2000.com
Mar 14
Travel Bug Walking Group
Lucy Foley
Mar 10
An Inconveinient Truth Lecture: Global Warming and New Mexico
Douglas Stewart
Mar 3
Wildlife and Geology of Galapagos Islands
Kirt Kempter
Wed Feb 21
Travel Bug Walking Group
Lucy Foley
Feb 17
Kurds of Eastern Turkey
Rob Leutheuser
www.beyondbordersphotography.com
Wed Feb 14
Travel Bug Walking Group
Lucy Foley
Feb 10
Morocco : Tangier to the Sahara
Alexander Hale
Feb 9
Reprise:Cave Paintings of the Drakensberg
John Pitts
Feb 3
Finding American Paradise - Santa Fe to Mt Raineer
Victor Atyas
Jan 20
Mesa Verde World
David Grant Noble
Jan 13
Pioneering First Ascents
Don Liska

2006

Dec 9
Western Canada by rail
Jeanne Lawton
Dec 2
Peru's sacred valleys
Jeff De La Penna & Rob Pettus
Nov 18
South Africa: Bushmen in the Drakensberg
John Pitts
Nov 11
Mountains of New Mexico
Mike Butterfield
Nov 4
Newfoundland
Ken Collins
Oct 21
Peru:Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail
Stephen Hazen
Oct 14
Spain: Santiago de Campostela
Robert & Hadley Witcher
Oct 7
Mystical Land of Turkey
Latif Bolat
Sep 23
Spain & Morocco
Alexander Hale
Sep 16
Winter Desert Camping (Arizona & California)
Victor Atyas
Sep 9
Kayaking in Glacier Bay
John McClure
Aug 30
Africa Video: "Lost Boys of Sudan"
Natalie Goldberg & Eddie Lewis
Aug 26
Tibetan Village Project
Julia Takahashi
Aug 19
Costa Rica drumming with dolphins
Marta Macbeth
Aug 5
Bicycles of China
Tarik Saleh
Jul 22
From the Amazon to the Andes
Barbara Briggs
Jul 15
Mayan Archaeology of Belize
Phil Aldritt
Jul 8
Africa: Uncharted Outpost
Sandy Cunningham
Jun 24
Antarctica
Dave Caldwell
Jun 17
First American Woman up Aconcagua
Erica Elliott
Jun 14 (WED)
BOOKGROUP: Graceland by Chris Abani
Natalie Goldberg & Eddie Lewis
Jun 10
Reunion, Madagscar, & Mauritius
Molly Padget
May 27
Ecuador indigenous cultures
Sheri Brautigan
May 13
Motorcycling Nice to Fez (Morocco)
Roger Hathaway & Peggy Abbott
May 6
Arctic Dreams
cruises in the Canadian Arctic:
flora ,fauna, inuit art & culture
Carol Heppenstall
Apr 22
Pacific Crest Trail Part 2 - Oregon/Washington
Darrell Gardner
Apr 15
Minority People & Textiles in SW China
Pam Najdowski
Apr 14
BOOKSIGNING: Gastronomie! Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France
Meredith Hughs
Apr 8
Tsunamis & Lamas: India
Memphis Barbree
Apr 7
BOOKSIGNING: Into the Canyon 7 Years in Navajo Country
Lucy Moore
Mar 25
Ethiopia: travels and impressions
Arvid Lundy
Mar 24
BOOKSIGNING: Burma "Down the Rat Hole"
Edith Mirante
Mar 22 (WED)
BOOKGROUP: We Wish to Inform You
that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
by Philip Gourevitch
Meet in the Store 6:00 pm with Natalie Goldberg
Books available at Travel Bug
Everyone Welcome
Mar 18
Peru: Shamanic Journey
Sharon Cheney
Mar 11
India & Thailand
Paul Werenko
Feb 25
Nepal to Tibet - Friendship Highway
Eric Moffat
Feb 18
Sub-Arctic Canada: Yellowknife
Victor Atyas
Feb 11
History & Archaeology of Turkey
Umit Dogan
Feb 4
Trekking Ladakh & Lanskar
June Dickinson
Jan 28
Photographing Oaxaca
Krista Elrick
Jan 27
BOOKSIGNING/PRESENTATION: Men of Salt
Michael Benanav
Jan 21
Best Art Towns in America
John Villani
Jan 20
BOOKSIGNING: The Grand (photo journey of Grand Canyon)
Steve Miller
Jan 14
Namibia & Botswana Wildlife
Emily Zantas, Rodman Sharp
Jan 7
Cuba: People and Culture
Phil Aldritt

2005

Dec 17
Himalayan Journey
Marilyn Stablein
Dec 10
Sarajevo
David Jondreau
Dec 7
BOOKGROUP: Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
Everyone Welcome
Dec 3
Living and Working in Antarctica During the Austral Winter
Tom Hamann
Nov 19
Patagonia: Torres del Paine
Georgia Stricksaden & Betsy Raichur
Nov 12
Madagascar (plus Paris & Switzerland)
Rex Raymond
Nov 5
Sailing the South Atlantic in a Square Rigger
Don Lisko
Oct 29
3 Months of Family World Travel : Bangkok & beyond
David Garcia
Oct 22
New Mexicos Railroad Legacy (Booksigning -UNNM Press)
Anne Marci Riskin
Oct 8
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Tom Brooks
Oct 1
West Africa: Exploring the Niger Inner Delta
Jan-Willem Jansens
Sep 17
Jungles of New Guinea to the Deserts of Mali
Beverly Carl
Wed, Sep
14
BOOK GROUP: Black Livingstone by Pagan Kennedy
6:00 PM in the store, copies
available here
Led by Natalie Goldberg
Sep 10
Egypt
Judy Mundy-Youens
Fri, Sep 9
BOOKSIGNING: On the Ridge Between Life and Death
Presentation and discussion on mountaineering
and why we take risks in the great outdoors, 6 PM
David Roberts, Author
Sep 3
Solo Journey to Greenland
Victor Atyas
Aug 27
Yemen Photo-journalism
Peggy Crawford
Aug 20
Aconcagua Expedition (Argentina mountain climbing)
John Pitts
Aug 13
South Central France
Nancy Terry
Aug 6
WWII Passage to India
Elaine Pinkerton
July 30
Nicaragua
Evelyn Bemis
July 23
Mongolia
Gregory Gutin
July 16
Guatemala
Bob D'antonio
July 9
Asia: Himalayan pilgrimage
Heidi Svoboda
June 25
Rock Art of Cedar Mesa: UTAH
Jeff Nelson
June 18
Himalaya High: Pakistan Nepal Bhutan 1985-95
Marv Van Dilla
June 4
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail 1700 California miles
Darrell Gardener
May 31
Mezo America Permaculture Project
Rebecca Cutter
May 28
Alaska Goldrush (Chilkoot Pass)
Don Liska
May 21
Romainia Folklife
Diana Baker
May 14
Spain: Camino de Santiago Pamplona to Santiago 420 miles
Joan Candler
May 7
Antarctica: Summer Solstice on the Antarctic Penninsula
Katie Macauly & Jim Attlesey
Apr 30
Tasmania 1981
Bill Weihofen
Apr 23
Trekking Sikkim India
Goeffrey Gorman & Mark Morgan
Apr 16
Southern India
Memphis Barbee
Apr 9
Sled dogs of Alaska
Dr. Julie Kittams DVM
Apr 2
Bicycling Ireland In Pursuit of a Saint
David Moore
Mar 26
Geology of Iceland
Kirt Kempter
Mar 19
Madrid & Barcelona
Maclovia Quintana
Mar 12
Tonga Adventures Last Polynesian Kindom
Suellen Bowersock
Mar 5
Motorcycling around the Black Sea
Roger Hathaway
Feb 19
Hiking Dolomites Alps Pyrenees Italy & France
Victor Atyas
Feb 12
Patagonia
Effrain Padrow
Feb 5
Guatemala
Shelli Rottschafer
Jan 29
Sea Kayaking in Magdelena Bay (Baja California)
Jan Saunders
Jan 22
Cuba & Old Havana
Phil Alldritt
Jan 15
Sudan & Khartoum
John McClure
Jan 8
Bhutan
Bonnie Minkus
2004
Dec 18
Bene Menasha: Lost Tribe of Israel
Sabra Minkus
Dec 11
Botswana Wildlife Safari
Dorsey Tray
Dec 4
Myanmar (Burma)
Peter White
Nov 27
Canoeing Solo in Alaska
Scott Ernst
Nov 20
Canoeing Maine
Matthew Suhre
Nov 13
Guatemala archeology: Peten Site
Phil Alldritt
Nov 27
Canoeing Solo in Alaska
Scott Ernst
Nov 20
Canoeing Maine
Matthew Suhre
Nov 13
Guatemala archeology: Peten Site
Phil Alldritt
Nov 6
Hundterwasser: Austrian Architect
Shanti Elke Bannwart
10/02/04
Cycling Through Turkey
Karl Kamm
9/18/04
South Africa - Namibia - Botswana - Kalahari Bushman
Vanessa Nixon
9/11/04
Kenya Masai Maru & Samburu nature reserves
Sandor Brent
9/04/04
Peru: climbing & trekking Macchu Pichu
Philip Clark
8/28/04
China
Betsy Walker
8/14/04
Scotland Islands & Highlands
Victor Atays
8/07/04
Eating Your Way Through Southwest France
Cheryl & Bill Jamison
7/31/04
Saudi Arabia
Beill Weihofen
7/23/04
Turkey Uzbekistan : musical journey
Jack Clift
7/17/04
Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands
Donna & Paul Luehrmann
7/10/04
Journey Through Rural Japan
Gail Rieke
7/3/04
Guatamala Mayan Healers
Esha Chiocchio
6/26/04
Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
June Dickenson
619/04
Greenland 1971
Don Liska
6/12/04
Holy Week in San Miguel de Allende & Guanajuato mexico
Nina Mastrangelo & Jerry Wellman
6/5/04
Trekking thru Time: Tanzania & Zanzibar
Marilyn Mason
5/29/04
Camino de Santiago spain
Libby Arndt
5/23/04
GPS class: using GPS with USGS topo maps
Travel Bug staff
5/22/04
Brazil
Philip Clark
5/15/04
Caja del Rio: hike, bike, and ride
Deirdre Boak
5/8/04
Cycling Seattle to San Francisco
Joshua Willis
5/1/04
Trekking Mongolia
Michael Benanav
4/24/04
The Netherlands
Donna Luehrmann
4/17/04
Provence
Nancy Terry
4/3/04
Mali's Mud Mosques
Andaluz Van Hattum
3/27/04
Ancient Sicily & Malta
John Pitts
3/20/04
Cycling Corsica
Sue Ellen bowersock
3/13/04
Hadrian's Wall National Trail
Ed Aldworth
2003
12/6/03
Corsica & Sardinia
Victor Atyas
11/22/03
Day Hikes near Santa Fe with the Sierra Club
Norbert Sperlich
11/8/03
Motorcycling Africa
Roger Hathaway
10/25/03
Overland Canoeing: Yellowknife to Coppermine
Tracey Williams
10/18/03
Summit Stategies: Mastering Everest in Daily Life
Gary Scott
10/11/03
Greece: Crete & Karpathos
Nancy Terry
9/20/03
Hiking the Southwests's Geology
Ralph Lee Hopkins
8/16/03
Tunisa
Victor Atyas
8/2/03
Cuba: Restoration of old Havana
Ken Hughes
7/19/03
Sahara Desert: Aswan to Khartoum
John McClure
7/5/03
Alaska in winter
Jim Spehar
6/7/03
Morocco : Imperial Cities
Ken Collins
5/24/03
Afghanistan: Mountaineering
Donald Liska
5/10/03
Bhutan
Marilyn Mason
4/26/03
History of the Baca Ranch (Valle Grande)
Craig Martin
4/12/03
Across Iran
John McClure
3/29/03
Iceland
Victor Atyas
3/8/03
Costa Rica
Henry Wilson
3/1/03
Denali: mountaineering
Sara Rhoton
2/15/03
Belize rainforests reefs ruins
Richard Mahler
2/8/03
Norway:Coastal express and beyond
Diana Baker
2/1/03
Patagonia
Sam Esmiol
1/25/03
Salton Sea: Dead or Alive?
John Pitts
1/18/03
Lake Country of N Minnesota
Jim Spehar
1/4/03
Peru: cordillera blanca
Karl Kamm
2002
8/31/02
Mt. Everest
Kim Rieman (Gatton)
8/17/02
Chile - Chiloe island
Esha Chiocchio
8/3/02
Himalayan Travels
Douglas Brown
7/20/02
Iran/Turkey(confirmed!)
Rob Leutheuser
7/13/02
Mali (Djenne) mudding of the mosques
Esha Chiocchio
6/22/02
Backroads of Poland
Henry & Peggy Wilson
6/8/02
Peru Cuzco & the Inca areas
Donna Luehrmann
5/18/02
Author Frommers Oudoor Guide to Arizona and New Mexico
Leslie King
5/11/02
Iceland
Jim Spehar
4/20/02
Wildlife in Brazil
Doug Trent
4/13/02
North Pole from Siberia
Slate Stern
3/30/02
Colorado San Juan River Rafting
John Pitts
3/23/02
Greece walking & hiking
Thordis Simonsen
3/9/02
Ethiopia
Marie Wilkinson & Cyril Christo
3/2/02
Conservation
Doug Trent
2/23/02
Norway Tour de light Lofoten Is.
Suellen Bowersock
2/9/02
Mayan Ruins
Philip Wells
1/26/02
Motorcyling Black Sea
Roger Hathaway
1/12/02
Ecuador & galapagos
Dan Murry
1/5/02
Grand Gulch Utah
John Pitts
2001
12/22/01
Greece & Turkey
Victor Atyas
12/8/01
Mongolia
June Dickenson
12/1/01
Afghanistan 1976 overland trip
John McClure
11/24/01
Madagascar
Helen Lyons
11/10/01
Sahara
Ken Collins
10/22/01
Spain: Camino de Santiago
Elyn Aviva

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