I stumbled across this today on Vagablogging and really felt like I should repost here and share.
Gringo Trails is a documentary in production about backpackers and their impacts on the places they visit. Pegi Vail, an anthropologist at Columbia University, explores these impacts on locations in Thailand, Mali, and Bolivia. Though the segment on Bolivia has a positive counterpoint and it is acknowledged that, “Backpackers aren’t the bad guys,” the …

Dear Travelettes,
if you are Berlin based, I might have something for you. Via the couchsurfing forums Ina came across the Road Junky Film Festival which takes place in Berlin this weekend. They will show shorts and features from independent film makers, which will be preceded by rounds of storytelling from travelers in the audience. Road Junky also hosts exhibitions, workshops on photography, writing on the road, making and editing …