Thursday, April 21, 2011

Back from Panama





Our Panama trip is over and back home again. Had a great time going through part of the Panama Canal, visiting rain fortest habitats, and visiting Indian villages. I did spend time looking at and photographing different interpretive panels and exhibits, and went on some museum tours. Here are some pics from the trip:
- A Kuna Indian marketplace, they make famous mola embroidery.
- Judi getting a "tatoo" from a Embera Indian woman during a visit to their village.
- Embera village dance performance.
- On a tour boat going through several locks in the Panama Canal.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Books to be out this summer.



Hi folks,
Just got the covers for my two new books. One is the revised/updated version of my original Master Planning text book, and the other a collection of about 20 articles on various aspects of interpretation. They will be out sometime this summer.
Off to Panama tomorrow.
Cheers,
JV

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Panama Coming Up.


Looking forward to a get-a-way to Panama for a short 8 day trip. We are looking forward to visiting the canal - of course - as well as interpretive centers and other cultural heritage experiences. We'll be gone from the 13th - 20th of April.

JVA and Heritage Destination Consulting, our UK partner will have some other exciting news to post too in the upcoming weeks. Still lots of work on the desk to wrap up before the 13th. All-in-all, 2011 looks to be a busy year.