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  • Home - Ecotravel opportunities in Jamaica, Egypt, Belize, Guatemala. Stay with Roots Rasta, learn from People of the Corn, experience Bedouin festival, explore tropical rainforest, dive the barrier reef of Belize. Travel through photos, stories and video.
  • Places to Travel
    • Belize - Eco-travel opportunities in Belize. Stay in a Mopan Mayan Village and learn their ways. Stay near the sea and explore reefs, cayes, whale shark diving. Stay in the tropical rainforest, pursue jaguars, medicinal plants, waterfalls. Travel virtually through photos, stories and video.
      • Quichpan Luum: Mopan Mayan Village Homestay
        • Introduction - Learn the Mayan language while staying with a Mayan family, the original people of this land, Belize. Tour the rainforest, learn medicinal herbs, skills, culture, traditions.
        • Your Host-German Sho - Biography of German Sho, your host to a Mopan Mayan Homestay Program in Belize.
        • Things To Do - While staying with the Sho family in Belize you can learn the Mopan Mayan language, work the milpa, tour the rainforest, learn medicinal herbs, mayan crafts, traditions.
        • Family - German Sho tell about his family who are Mopan Mayans, living the traditional life in Belize.
        • Our Dream - German Sho from Mopan Mayan Homestay Program explains the dreams his family has of starting a school that teaches in his native tongue and serving as mentors in the Mayan ways.
        • History - Traces Mopan and Kekchi Mayan history in Belize from 1600s to present.
        • Culture - Description of Mopan Mayan clothes, music, festivals, dances, health and local government system in Belize.
        • Language - A brief account of the history of the Mopan Mayan Language.
        • Prices - Prices given for staying for 2-6 nights.
        • Getting There - Location and travel information by bus or air.
      • Jungle Huts
        • Your Host - Belize eco tourist opportunity at Jungle Huts Tours and Adventure Lodge. Stay near the sea and soak up the Caribbean, snorkeling, island hopping. Beautiful photos.
        • Things To Do/Prices - Eco tourist opportunities in southern Belize at Jungle Huts. Stay near the sea and soak up the Caribbean or participate in the many activities at hand.
        • Family - Meet the family at Jungle Huts Lodge and Adventure Tours.
        • Facilities - A description of the facilities at Jungle Huts Lodge, prices included.
        • Getting There - Eco tourist opportunity in Belize. Located in Dangriga, Belize on the coast with snorkeling, traditional Belizean cuisine.
        • Letters to Phil & Rebecca - News from Phil and Rebecca, who host Jungle Huts tours in Belize.
      • Belize Festival: Garifuna Settlement Days - Carnival like atmosphere describes the festival in Belize which marks the arrival of the Garifuna people to Belize.
      • Belize Map - View the location of two Eco tourist opportunities in Belize. Maps of Belize and Dangriga.
      • Belize Links - Travel links to Belize information and eco tourist opportunities.
    • Egypt - Eco tourist opportunities in Egypt, the oldest travel destination, visit ancient monuments and temples, attend a Bedouin festival or market, stay by the Red Sea or in the desert. Travel virtually through photos, stories and video.
      • Beth Hart's Bio - Beth Hart, author of Egypt pages, tells about her background.
        • Beth's Blog - Current stories from Egypt and more.
        • Death of Lola: A Story - Beth tells of the loss of her faithful travel companion, Lola, a "93 Ford Escort in this amusing story.
      • Ancient Monuments
        • Your Host - Tour Ancient Egypt's monuments and stay in a friendly, family oriented hotel on the west bank of the Nile.
        • Getting There - View the location of Eco tourist opportunity in Egypt by the ancient monuments.
        • Things to Do - Suggestions for visiting Luxor, Egypt and strategies for activities.
      • Desert Life
        • Your Host - Tour the Western Desert of Egypt starting from the Bahariya Oasis, enjoy Bedouin food and music.
        • Getting There - Location of eco tourist opportunity in Egyptian Western desert.
        • Things to Do - Eco tourist opportunities in Egyptian oasis, enjoy Bedouin cooking and music.
      • Sinai and the Red Sea
        • Your Host - Visit Basata (means simplicity) an ecovillage on the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea. Stay in bungalows or tent in traditional Bedouin style.
        • Getting There - See the location of an eco tourist opportunity in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea.
        • Things to Do - Explore activities available at Basata in Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula by the Red Sea.
      • Egypt Map - Map of eco tourist opportunities in Egypt's Upper Nile, Western Desert and Sinai.
      • Egypt Travel Tips -
      • Egypt Links - Quality links about Egypt, news, archaeology, museums.
      • Learn Arabic - Learn simple and useful arabic words.
    • Jamaica - Eco-travel in Jamaica. Stay with a Roots Rasta, learn Ital cooking and patios, climb Blue Mountain Peak or stay at Zion Country eco beach cabins with Manatee in the bay. Travel virtually through photos, stories and video.
      • Roots Rasta
        • Your Host - Eco tourist opportunities in east Jamaica. Stay with a Roots Rasta, learn Ital cooking, patios, hike beautiful St. Thomas Parish, see east Jamaica sites with a Rasta guide.
        • Family - Stay with a Roots Rasta and his family, play with the kids and visit their school, gather fresh food and learn to prepare it over a wood fire.
        • Community - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica. Hike St. Thomas parish and find a hidden waterfall, visit with local Rasta farmers, or visit Morant Bay.
        • Hiking - Overview of hiking opportunities, visit rasta family, slave quarters, waterfall over a dam. Travel with Mokko, a rasta who will teach you roots and culture.
          • Rasta Family - Hike to the house of a Rasta Family, with Mokko as your guide. He will teach you roots and culture.
          • Slave Quarters - Hike to an abandon Slave Quarters with Mokko as your guide. He will tell you his point of view on the past and present.
          • Hillside Dam - Hike to Hillside Dam with Mokko as your guide. Swim and picnic and sunbathe.
          • Sunning Hill - Walk the river, hike to the Rasta Tree, rest and reason with Mokko as your guide.
          • Mount Felix - Hike to Mt Felix with Mokko as your guide.
          • Cunha Cunha Pass Trail - Hike the well maintained Cunha Cunha Pass Trail where the maroons fought the British with Mokko as your guide.
        • School - See photos of a Jamaican Primary School and read their wish list of supplies.
        • Ital Cooking-with video - Learn Rasta recipes and Ital cooking, ackee and saltfish, natural juices, roots tonic. Cook over natural wood.
          • Pumpkin Soup Recipe - Jamaican recipe for Pumpkin Soup cooked Ital by Ras Soloman. Stay with him and learn Ital cooking first hand.
          • Plantain Porridge Recipe - Try this Jamaican Ital recipe for green plantain porridge, a popular Jamaican breakfast.
          • Callaloo Recipe - Ras Soloman Jackson provides a recipe for Callaloo, the traditional greens meal in Jamaica.
          • Pepper Pot Soup - Check out this hearty, spicy traditional Jamaican stew.
          • Fritters Recipe - Rasta Mokka makes this traditional Jamaican recipe for fritters over a wood stove, cooked to perfection.
          • Making Chocolate-with video - Jamaican woman describes how to make chocolate tea, starting from the bean on the chocolate tree. Video.
        • Facilities/Prices - Eco tourist opportunities in Jamaica. Prices for staying with a Rasta.
        • Getting There - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica. Located in St. Thomas Parish, East Jamaica. Stay with a Rasta, learn Ital cooking and patios language.
        • Letter from Mokko - Read a letter of welcome from Ras Soloman (Mokko), inviting you to his cottages in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica.
        • Story: Mokko Saves My Life - Read the story about Mokko, Jamaican Roots Rasta saving my life at Reach Falls.
      • Zion Country
        • Your Host - Zion Country eco-beach cabins are on a bay with Manatee. Tour east Jamaica with Free-I as your guide.
        • Things to Do Inside Zion - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica at Zion Country, with Manatee in the bay, blow holes, wonderful Jamaican cuisine.
        • Cooking - Jamaican cooking is very special at Zion Country eco beach cabins. Owen demonstrates his techniques in this pictorial essay.
        • Community - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica at Zion Country. Connect with the local community, learn to play dominoes, stay as Free-I's guests.
          • Henry's Guesthouse and Bammy - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica. Stay at with Mrs. Lange, surrogate mother to many and keeper of the traditional art of making bammy.
        • Street Party - Photos and description of a Big Up Bashment, street party in Portland Parish, Jamaica.
        • Walkways - View the walkways in Zion Country, Jamaica, designed to exercise every leg muscle.
        • Getting There - Eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica at Zion Country. See the location of Zion Country.
      • Blue Mountains
        • Your Host - Visit the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, stay with a Bobo Rasta family, growers of Blue Mountain coffee, climb to the Blue Mountain peak.
        • Things to Do - Immersion travel opportunity in Jamaica. Trek to the Blue Mountain Peak in Jamaica, see long tailed hummingbirds at dawn, drink fresh Blue Mountain coffee.
        • Getting There - Location of Blue Mountain eco tourist opportunity in Jamaica. Stay with a Bobo Rasta family, learn about Blue Mountain coffee growing, climb to the Blue Mountain Peak.
      • Jamaica Maps - Eco tourist opportunities in Jamaica. View interactive map of guest houses and touring opportunities.
      • Jamaican Touring
        • Morant Bay - Visit Morant Bay, an authentic Jamaican city. Leave the tourist traps behind.
        • Bath - Tour Bath, Jamaica, a hot mineral springs with local experience outside the hotel and a Colonial Jamaican experience inside the hotel.
        • Reach Falls - Visit Reach Falls, little known, yet one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Jamaica.
          • Road to Reach Falls - Photos and description of the people and shops on the road from Reach Falls, Jamaica.
          • Update on Reach Falls - Reach Falls is officially open. Here is the story of what it looks like now.
        • Manchioneal - Visit Manchioneal, Jamaica in lush Portland Parish.
        • Long Bay - Discover Long Bay, Jamaica in lush Portland Parish.
        • Boston Bay - Photos and description of Boston Bay, Jamaica, home of jerk and best surfing in Jamaica.
          • Great Huts Lodging - Eco tourist opportunities in Jamaica. Stay in a tree house or yurt at Great Huts in Boston Bay, Jamaica.
        • Winnifred Beach - Visit a tucked away local beach in Jamaica where the movie Club Paradise with Robin Williams was shot.
          • Update on Winnifred Beach - This delightful public beach in Portland, Jamaica is being threatened with development from the Jamaican Government. A small defense committee currently is keeping it free and public.
        • Rafting - Raft on the Rio Grande River, Jamaica as Errol Flynd popularized, near Port Antonio, Jamaica.
        • Port Antonio - Tour Port Antonio, Jamaica with its vibrant markets, sights and sounds.
          • Port Antonio Craft Market - View the venders and their wares at the craft market in Port Antonio, Jamaica.
          • Ivanhoe's Guesthouse - Stay at this elegant, affordable guesthouse with Mrs. Burke as your host on the lush, untouristed side of the Isle of Jamaica.
        • Jamaican Local Artists with video - Meet local artists in east Jamaica. Wood carvers, toy makers, calabash artists.
        • Bredda Lion - See Bredda Lion perform on this video and become his friend on My Space
      • Jamaican Travel Tips - Read tips for traveling to Jamaica and in Jamaica in a budget, eco traveler manner.
      • Jamaican Links - Jamaican links about history and culture. Links to Rasta Heart, Jamaican language sites.
    • What's New
      • New On Website - Quickly review what is new or revised on Worlds Together Travel Network Website.
      • Soon Come - Travel sites and products that are under development at Worlds Together Travel Network, Minnesota Fly Fishing, Dominican Republic yoga retreat, shopping!
    • Traveler's Pages
    • Videos
    • Healthy Travel
      • Healthy Travels - Introduction and index of monthly articles about travel related health issues by Dr. Jolie Bookspan.
      • Traveller's Stomach - Discusses treatment of traveler's stomach problems and diarrhea through use of pro biotic as an alternative to antibiotics and anti diarrhea medications.
      • Preventing Back Pain - Practical ways to prevent back pain by understanding the concepts of how strain and injury occur so you can avoid them by sitting in healthy ways.
      • Backpacking Without Pain - Dr. Jolie Bookspan shows ways to carry large load with proper balance and techniques to prevent back pain, through description, diagrams and photo.
    • Travel Links - Links to travel information sites, discount airfare sites, sustainable travel development philosophy, and helpful travel products. Beautiful photos.
      • Link with Us - Information needed to link your website to Worlds Together Travel Network, and contact information to request a reciprocal link.
    • About Us
      • Who We Are - Biography of founders of Worlds Together Travel Network and a story about why they started the network. Beautiful photos.
      • Mission Statement - Mission statement to provide immersion style travel opportunities, direct income for hosts, sharing of cultures. Beautiful photos.
      • Travel Philosophy - Philosophy of immersion travel, directing travel dollars into local communities, developing cultural understanding and friendships. Beautiful photos
      • What We Are Up To - Travel plans and future host sites for Worlds Together Travel Network.
    • Site Map - Site map for Worlds Together Travel Network, offering ecotourism opportunities in East Jamaica, Egypt, Belize, Guatemala.
    • How to Reach Us - Contact information for Worlds Together Travel Network, to give feedback and suggest new host sites
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Two men smiling in Zion Country, Portland, Jamaica
Dave & Free-I at Zion Country

Women standing under a cave formation that looks like a sombraro
Anne with cave hat in Guatemala

Two huge statues of kings sitting with an air balloon suspended between them in Luxor, Egypt
Colossi at Luxor in Ancient Egypt

Eel popping his head out from a rock in Dangriga, Belize
Eel near Jungle Huts, Dangriga, Belize


Gamoosa in Egypt


Hacky Sac in Blue Mountains of Jamaica


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