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A 35-Year Journey
Of Ecotourism And
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Journeys International hosts Jamboree
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Allan Nahajewski
Contributing Writer
Ann Arbor
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34 September 19 • 2013
L
ove to travel? A week-
end of events is set
for Sept. 27-29 in Ann
Arbor for globetrotters and
those who want to be.
It's Journeys International's
35th Anniversary Jubilee, cel-
ebrating the travel company
that Will and Joan Weber
started in 1978 when they
organized a trip to Nepal for a
small group of friends. Today,
Journeys International founders Will and Joan
as the Webers prepare to begin
Weber are retiring after 35 years. Their daugh-
retirement and turn the reins
ter, Robin Weber Pollak (center), is now presi-
over to their daughter, Robin
dent of the company.
Weber Pollak, the company
organizes hundreds of small
group tours each year to nearly
60 countries around the world.
Picchu, Mount Everest, the Galapagos
About 20 of Journeys International's
Islands, the tropical rainforest and the
travel guides and partners are coming to North and South Pole.
the Jamboree, representing several of the
Journeys International is built on the
company's destinations, including Nepal, concept of ecotourism.
Myanmar, Bhutan, Tanzania, India,
"Our idea is that a traveler should do
Uganda, Rwanda, Panama, Costa Rica,
more than just take pictures and leave
Indonesia, Turkey, China, Egypt, Kenya
footprints:' Will says. "When you visit
and Ladakh.
another culture, particularly one that
While some of the Jamboree events
doesn't have the resources or informa-
are reserved for Journeys International's
tion that we have, there's an opportunity
guides and customers, two are open
to have a deeper engagement, something
to the public. A travel storytelling
that really informs your own life and
event, "On the Way: Tales of Travel and
helps you be a better person.
Transformation," will be held at 7 p.m.
A big element of that is the exchange
Friday, Sept. 27, at the Michigan Theater of information and resources, not just
in Ann Arbor, hosted by Moth Story
looking through the window of a bus or
Slam winner Allison Downey. Tickets
going through the tour of a city square;
are $10 in advance and are available by
it's connecting with the soul of a place:'
calling (734) 665-4407.
A strong network of local guides is
On Saturday, Sept. 28, from 1-4 p.m.,
key to the success and value of Journeys
"The Power of Travel: A Forum on
International tours, he adds. "They've
the Future of World Exploration" will
worked so hard to help us understand
be held at the University of Michigan
their locale and culture. Now, with our
Union. The free event will feature sev-
Jamboree, we have the chance to bring
eral of the visiting travel guides from
them here and share our culture:'
around the world, with Will Weber as
Jewish Influence
the keynote speaker.
Topics include connecting across cul-
The family's Jewish heritage will be a
tures, the best African safaris, exploring
part of the Jamboree experience for visi-
Buddhist Asia, encountering the Great
tors. Joan, who is Jewish, met Will at the
University of Wisconsin, while working
Apes, exploring the world as a family,
as well as travel to Kilimanjaro, Macchu
on the first Earth Day. They raised their