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		<title>A Note from Regina and Ernest Walti</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/21/a-note-from-regina-and-ernest-walti/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/21/a-note-from-regina-and-ernest-walti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PTPI&#8217;s 2010 EHI to Turkey &#8211; A Note from Tracy Justinak</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/18/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-turkey-a-note-from-tracy-justinak/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/06/18/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-turkey-a-note-from-tracy-justinak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my second PTPI Educational &#38; 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 &#8211; it is life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PTPI&#8217;s 2010 EHI to Peru</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/24/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-peru/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/24/ptpis-2010-ehi-to-peru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what is a PTPI EHI?  EHI stands for Educational and Humanitarian Initiative, and describes PTPI&#8217;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&#8217;s: People History Economy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 8 for In a Sunburned Country</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/11/discussion-question-8-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global Book Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 6 for In a Sunburned Country</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/04/discussion-question-6-for-in-a-sunburned-country/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/05/04/discussion-question-6-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 5 for In a Sunburned Country</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/29/discussion-question-5-for-in-a-sunburned-country/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/29/discussion-question-5-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question answered by Ahmed Roushdy, Middle East/Africa Coordinator at PTPI&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 4 for In a Sunburned Country</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/27/discussion-question-4-for-in-a-sunburned-country/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/27/discussion-question-4-for-in-a-sunburned-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction of Staff Readers &#8211; Book #3</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/04/13/introduction-of-staff-readers-book-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational &amp; Humanitarian Initiative to Cambodia and Vietnam &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/09/educational-humanitarian-initiative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/09/educational-humanitarian-initiative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Where in the World is Mary Jean Eisenhower...and the rest of the PTPI Staff?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Murphy is currently serving as the travel manager for PTPI&#8217;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&#8217;s updates on Twitter, or read more on her blog. We’re moving at the speed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational &amp; Humanitarian Initative to Cambodia and Vietnam &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/08/educational-humanitarian-initative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2009/12/08/educational-humanitarian-initative-to-cambodia-and-vietnam-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Murphy is currently serving as the travel manager for PTPI&#8217;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&#8217;s updates on Twitter or read more on her blog. The sun rises in the [...]]]></description>
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