Panama!

I was fortunate enough to visit Panama with some friends during the Thanksgiving holidays last week. It was such an enriching experience, and the landscape was breathtaking! I had never experienced that sort of intense humidity, lush vegetation and rain forest rain.

The highlight of my time there was when we were taken on a boat through the rain forest and spend some time with members of the Embera tribe that live in the forest near the Panama Canal.

Spending time with the Indian tribe was special. I was reassured about how similar people are as we swam together under a waterfall, as I giggled with a young girl about my name (its very similar to the plant they use to weave baskets- Nawala), or when a little Indian child came to sit on my lap,... unprompted.





It was a great experience to see how the environment, the plants and the atmosphere has such a powerful impact on cultures. It is what determines the food you eat, the crafts you make and the way you live.












Embera tribe traditional body painting. Just like Henna!





(Man Vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel debuts its new episode tonight, November 30th 9/8pm. The survivor man Bear Grylls hunts with the Embera tribe. )



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Travelling Morocco 2007

I was inspired to start this blog for the same reason that I was inspired to move to New York City when I was 18, and, more recently, to start a business importing things from Morocco- its the desire to learn and share as much as possible about culture, all cultures,... about people.




About how similar we are, and how different, and how we can all relate so strongly to each other.

Back in April, I went on my first official buying trip to Morocco. Six months later I received my first container full of handcrafted pieces from Morocco.





Now, just a few weeks shy of launching the web store, I'm reminded about what made me decide to do this. Its all about sharing the experience.

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