Takoma Voice/Silver Spring Voice: World View

The independent voice of Takoma Park and Silver Spring, Maryland, since 1987

Features: World View
Excerpts from the Diaries of Local Travelers

Russia
There again and almost back
Story by Angela Hood
Photos by Matt Hood and Chris Farrell

Window to the world:
Takoma Park guest house is haven to international visitors
Story & photos by Jay Keller

Ruminations of an American Jew in Israel
by Mike Tabor

Eerily warm in Russia
by Angela Hood

A space shuttle launch
Story: Brent Houston
Photos: NASA/Kennedy Space Center

July 2006		Greetings from the top of the world Photos and story by Laurel Schwartz
In December and January the Partridge/Ravitz family of Takoma Park traveled to India and Kenya. The children Irene and Cheney wrote journals of their adventures. Their sister Sally and their father Larry took photos. Below are excerpts from their travel diaries in India and Kenya.
April 2006	Wild beasts, wondrous colors, warm friends by Cheney Ravitz
April 2006	Impressions of Kenya by Irene Ravitz
March 2006	Globetrotters: Seeing India for the first time
March 2006	Clothes and travel in India by Irene Ravitz
March 2006	Impressions of India, a land of rich and poor

	Takoma Park expatriates, Reverend George Taylor and his wife Ellen Taylor are peace activists who periodically share insights from their travels.
June 2006	Halliburton Mischief
May 2006	Peace presence in Crawford, TX, II
February 2006	Post-Election report from Canada
January 2006	Peace Presence in Crawford, TX
July 2005	Our man in Havana
Amina Baird is a Takoma Park resident. Taking a gap year following her graduation from Montgomery Blair in 2004, she traveled around the world, working on farms, visiting new lands, learning about the struggles of indigenous people. To read Amina's accounts of her travels, go to www.livejournal.com/users/aminaalthea.