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    I’m Angry at Uganda | Ben’s Musings

    Apr 16, 2012 · Ben Bressler

    Is it ethical to travel to Uganda? NHA Founder & Director Ben Bressler reflects on the quandary of promoting tourism to countries with oppressive policies.

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    A Masai Thanksgiving | Ben’s Musings

    Nov 26, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, I just finished Thanksgiving dinner with my family – a free-range turkey supplemented with two types of potatoes, three squashes and several carefully-prepared bean and vegetable items I’d never seen or heard of before. Add a choice of fine wines and a table full of freshly baked deserts (for just five of us!)

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    It’s All One Song | Ben’s Musings

    Feb 4, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, Someone once commented to Neil Young that his songs all seemed to sound the same. He replied that “It’s all one song.”

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    Running a Travel Company is Not Like Making Donuts | Ben’s Musings

    Jan 7, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, I like donuts… heck, pretty much everybody likes donuts. (Especially Canadians!) I like Boston creams and chocolate glazed the most. But I’ll eat any of them. Really, I will. But as much as I like donuts…nay, “love” them might be more appropriate…

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    Nature Seems to be Everywhere | Ben's Musings

    Aug 24, 2010 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, This may seem pretty obvious to you, but nature seems to be everywhere. As a nature tour operator, I sometimes (wrongly) tend to think of nature as only being in Africa or the Galapagos Islands or Yellowstone.

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    I Wish I Were Kevin Taylor | Ben's Musings

    Apr 7, 2010 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, It’s never a good thing to wish you were somebody else. I tell my kids that all the time. Yet some folks wish they were this celebrity (Paris Hilton, really?) or that musician (Pete Townshend, now you’re talkin’) or some famous magnate (Bill Gates, ok that works).

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    Technology Is For The Birds | Ben's Musings

    Mar 11, 2010 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, I’m really not a big technology guy. In fact, I think it pretty much stinks. I hate my Blackberry and I loathe my lap top, although I am easily found working one or the other most of my day.

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    My Stupid Sunday Afternoon | Ben's Musings

    Feb 15, 2010 · Ben Bressler

    Hi Friends, I have a friend who takes issue with the concept of travel operators claiming that their trips are life-changing. “Who are we to tell our guests to ‘change their lives’,” says Sven Lindblad, the esteemed founder of Lindblad Expeditions, the world leader in ship-based expeditionary travel.

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    The Happiest Man in The World | Ben's Musings

    Jan 19, 2010 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friends, Red-eyed and sleepy after hours of weather delays, I read a story in an in-flight magazine late last night about the happiest man on the planet. He’s a young man, 24 years old, and he’s not been educated in the traditional sense.

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    My 15 Minutes of Fame | Ben’s Musings

    Nov 10, 2009 · Ben Bressler

    Hiya Folks, This past week I was slightly famous. Not like Mick Jagger or Muhammad Ali famous, but slightly famous, like a few folks up in Churchill were happy to see me.