http://blog.ptpi.org The PTPI Blog aims to provide a place to share our members' stories. They inspire us and they will inspire others. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/21/a-note-from-regina-and-ernest-walti/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/21/a-note-from-regina-and-ernest-walti/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:25 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=1021 Typical People to People:  We meet one another any time and any place.  About twenty years ago, at a PTPI conference in America, we met Marsha Wallace, an active, engaged and engaging PTPI member from Los Angeles, with a heartwarming and unforgetable laugh, and exceptional generosity. We were reminded of 1996, when a Russian group [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/21/a-note-from-regina-and-ernest-walti/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/18/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-turkey-a-note-from-tracy-justinak/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/18/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-turkey-a-note-from-tracy-justinak/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:25:40 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=1056 This was my second PTPI Educational & Humanitarian Initiative, and not my last.  Anyone can take a tour, but meeting the locals, sharing a meal in their home, bringing much needed school supplies to a three room rural school, interacting and playing with students, sharing English skills and so much more – it is life [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/18/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-turkey-a-note-from-tracy-justinak/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/24/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-peru/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/24/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-peru/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 22:18:15 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=877 So what is a PTPI EHI?  EHI stands for Educational and Humanitarian Initiative, and describes PTPI’s unique travel programs that are designed to provide a more complete understanding of another culture through travel and firsthand experiences.  Each EHI includes humanitarian projects and an array of opportunities to learn more about a country’s: People History Economy [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/24/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-peru/feed/ 0 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:35 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=805 Answered by Liz Wegman, Director of Public Relations and Development at PTPI. 8. In talking about visiting Uluru for the first time, the author writes: “In some odd way that you don’t understand and can’t begin to articulate you feel an acquaintance with it – a familiarity on an unfamiliar level.  Somewhere in the deep [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 3 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/04/discussion-question-6-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/04/discussion-question-6-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 13:00:52 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=801 Question answered by Katherine Hubbard, Manager of Student Conferences at PTPI. 6. The author speaks of his adventures traveling by train across Australia.  What is the most unusual travel experience you have ever had? I once had the opportunity to travel with friends to a sleepy Swiss village called Gimmelwald, located in the Alps.  Several [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/04/discussion-question-6-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/29/discussion-question-5-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/29/discussion-question-5-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:00:36 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=790 Question answered by Ahmed Roushdy, Middle East/Africa Coordinator at PTPI’s Middle East/Africa office in Cairo. 5. Can you ever really experience a country just touring?  How can you best get a real feel for a country and its people? Once you tour a new country, you would definitely enjoy the scenery, the history, and learn more [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/29/discussion-question-5-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/27/discussion-question-4-for-in-a-sunburned-country/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/27/discussion-question-4-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:00:15 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=786 Question answered by Liz Wegman, Director of Public Relations and Development at PTPI 4. How do you think reading this book would influence how you experience Australia?  When you travel, do you read beforehand, to get a better sense of the place you are visiting?  Has a travel experience ever been enhanced or diminished by [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/27/discussion-question-4-for-in-a-sunburned-country/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:28 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=770 We would like to introduce the group of staff readers for our Global Book Club’s third book, In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. Get to know them here, through their self-written bios, and stay tuned for the first book discussion later this week. Katherine Hubbard, Manager, Student Conferences I am a native of Kansas [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/feed/ 1 http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/09/educational-humanitarian-initiative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-two/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/09/educational-humanitarian-initiative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-two/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:09:33 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=534 Rachel Murphy is currently serving as the travel manager for PTPI’s Educational and Humanitarian Initiative to Cambodia and Vietnam.  The group left on Thursday, December 3, 2009.  Stay tuned for more updates from Rachel here on the PTPI Blog, follow Rachel’s updates on Twitter, or read more on her blog. We’re moving at the speed [...]

]]> http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/09/educational-humanitarian-initiative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-two/feed/ 2 http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/08/educational-humanitarian-initative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-one/ http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/08/educational-humanitarian-initative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-one/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:12:33 +0000 admin http://blog.ptpi.org/?p=525 Rachel Murphy is currently serving as the travel manager for PTPI’s Educational and Humanitarian Initiative to Cambodia and Vietnam.  The group left on Thursday, December 3, 2009.  Stay tuned for more updates from Rachel here on the PTPI Blog, follow Rachel’s updates on Twitter or read more on her blog. The sun rises in the [...]

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