Posts Tagged ‘brazil’

The Camel and the Cell Phone

Posted: October 23, 2010 in Animals, China, Facebook, India, Inspiration, Media, Middle East, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Social Networking, Technology, Television, Travel, United States of America, Women
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Andres from Switzerland, his girlfriend, Paola from Brazil and I were riding on camels in the Thar Desert outside of the western Indian town of Jaisalmer. We were in a spot as remote as I’ve ever been, 21 hours by train from Delhi, just 60 kilometers from the border with Pakistan. It’s a flat, arid [...]

Slum Tourism

Posted: December 23, 2009 in Books & Authors, Community Service, Global Poverty, Homelessness, Human Rights, Inspiration, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Photography, Politics, Poverty, South America, Travel
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My story on slum tourism or “poorism” has been chosen by Ode Magazine as one of its top 10 positive stories of 2009.  It ran in the April travel issue.  This is my first magazine article and it came as a result of stories I introduced on my blog.  http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/62/slum-tours/ http://www.odemagazine.com/exchange/13599/ode_s_top_10_positive_stories_from_2009 For more information about [...]

Blair and the Balloon Boy

Posted: October 22, 2009 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Technology, Television, Weather, Women
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My 11 year old son, Blair, wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil this year, but because our schedules were so busy, we missed it.  Instead he went to the Balloon Boy media circus.  Because my husband was traveling and I was a single mom over the weekend I didn’t want to leave him at [...]

How People Live

Posted: April 25, 2009 in Africa, Arts and Culture, Children, China, Colorado, Community Service, Facebook, Global Poverty, Human Rights, India, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Photography, Poverty, Social Networking, Travel, Women
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During April I’ve had a photo exhibit running in Studio 13 Gallery in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District.  It’s called “How People Live” and is a collection of photographs from the streets and slums around the world that illuminate the diversity of people and the condition of the poor.  Photos were taken in Uganda, China, Thailand, India, [...]

Slum Tourism

Posted: March 28, 2009 in Business, Global Poverty, News, News and Views, Poverty, Travel
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Check out Ode Magazine for my story on slum tourism or “poorism” as it is sometimes called.  This is my first magazine article and it came as a result of stories I introduced on my blog.  Thanks to all for reading.  http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/62/slum-tours/ For more information about Vicky Collins visit http://www.teletrendstv.com

Favela Tour in Rio de Janeiro

Posted: May 16, 2008 in Global Poverty, Travel
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Rogean Rodriguez builds castles in the sand. For eleven years he has squatted on a little piece of shoreline across from the fancy hotels on Rio’s famed Copacabana Beach. On this patch of real estate he creates fantasies by hand with sand and water. His exquisite palaces catch the light and eyes of tourists who [...]