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Date
February 5, 2013
- Time 7:00 p.m.
- Location Washington, D.C.
- Price Series tickets: Subscribers $54; General Public $59; Single tickets: Subscribers $20; General Public $22
Photograph by Dana Romanoff
The Davis family in Africa
Photograph by Jo-Anne McArthurMeet this amazingly diverse group of audacious individuals selected by National Geographic Traveler magazine as 2012’s Travelers of the Year. Be inspired by people who explore the world with passion and purpose…
Theron Humphrey, a maverick storyteller, took a yearlong road trip across America recording the story of one person in film and audio each day. 66,000 miles. 90,000 photos.
Booker Mitchell, a 15-year-old Manhattan high-schooler, is skateboarding his way around the world, starring in his own web-video series Booker Travels.
Paula Busey, a Colorado high-school librarian, set up a unique cultural exchange with a Maasai warrior, to bring the Serengeti to the suburbs of Littleton, Colorado.
The Davises, a globetrotting Canadian couple, “yanked their sons out of school” to journey around the world, believing that their passports were tickets to go and grow.
Hear about their triumphs, discoveries, and the lessons they learned in a conversation with Traveler contributing editor George W. Stone.
In partnership with National Geographic Traveler. A reception will follow the event.
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Best-selling writers and award-winning travelers share tales of far-flung travel.
Join us for a moving exploration of Africa —and beyond—in a conversation with Alexandra Fuller, an award-winning writer and National Geographic contributor, and National Geographic Traveler editor-at-large Don George.
Spend an evening with one of Latin America’s great literary voices, in conversation with Traveler’s Don George.
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