“[Cyprus] was like walking into a polyglot bazaar.” — Paul Salopek, talking with The World’s Carolyn Beeler.

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Pictured: Moving inland across one of the planet’s oldest inhabited islands. 📷Paul Salopek

Walking across a divided island--through a 50-year-old frozen conflict that much of the world has forgotten. Traversing #Cyprus : A new Out of Eden Walk episode on The World. PRX #EdenWalk theworld.org/stories/2024/0…

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A delightful month of meeting fellows & collaborators from Veditum India Foundation's Moving Upstream - Veditum fellowship program

23 fellows have till now walked the lengths of 3 Indian rivers - Betwa, Sindh & Luni! My heart is full of gratitude, especially for Paul Salopek, Pooja Prasad, Mohit Rao.

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Carolyn Beeler of The World: We've been discussing this place being a draw for people from all over. So, what kind of languages did you hear while walking across the island?

Paul Salopek: It was like walking into a polyglot bazaar.

🔊🎙️ Listen to the full conversation below.

It took just 8 days traverse #Cyprus on the Out of Eden Walk: the smallest nation on the global route. I met African dockhands, Indian farmers & beachloads of Russian tourists. Where were all the Cypriots? Looking back at an island crossroads with The World theworld.org/stories/2024-0…

🔍Calling all #educators ! Don't miss out on the opportunity to connect your #Students to the world through captivating stories. Sign up for the Explorer Classroom Storytelling Series + unlock a journey of exploration and inspiration w/ Paul Salopek #NatGeo #Explorers #learning

Educators— Join National Geographic Education’s Explorer Classroom Storytelling Series and immerse learners in a program to explore the power of #storytelling .

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“We settled. We invented agriculture. We started piling rocks on top of each other. We smelted metal. And this era, called the Neolithic, is the one, essentially, that we're still inhabiting today.” Paul Salopek theworld.org/stories/2024-0… Pictured: Ghawarna women dye wool using mud.

7 years after I concluded my 3000km walk at Gangotri, for @Veditum's @Moving_Upstream project, our documentary - Moving Upstream: Ganga - is now open access via YouTube!

Head to the link below to watch, & help us spread the word? Thanks everyone who has made this possible!

A great early human dispersal map, indeed, made for Out of Eden Walk by cartographer Jeff Blossom at Harvard CGA. #EdenWalk

Educators— Join National Geographic Education’s Explorer Classroom Storytelling Series and immerse learners in a program to explore the power of #storytelling .

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7 years after I concluded my 3000km walk at Gangtori, for Veditum India Foundation's Moving Upstream - Veditum project, the documentary - Moving Upstream: Ganga - is going to be made available openly via YouTube on 3rd April 2024

The film will be available here: youtu.be/stG5BbMSCkE

“Something happened when we first migrated out of Africa, through this part of the world. As one archeologist told me, we finally sat down.” — Paul Salopek to The World theworld.org/stories/2024-0…

Below: A remnant of a structure built by the Nabateans 2,000+ yrs ago 📷 Paul Salopek

The World's host Carolyn Beeler talked with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek about his experiences walking through parts of Saudi Arabia as a part of his 'Out of Eden Walk' project (@outofedenwalk) in collaboration with
National Geographic Society.
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Every new day on the trail, the word that floats to mind always, as I lace up my boots each morning, is the same.

It’s: yes.

Total distance covered since walking out of #Africa in 2013: 15,582 miles (24,931 km) Out of Eden Walk
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Educators— Join National Geographic Education’s Explorer Classroom Storytelling Series and immerse learners in a program to explore the power of #storytelling .

On April 11th at 10am and 2pm ET, join Paul Salopek’s program, Journalism on Foot.

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