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About Yonni
Jose C. Borrero

Traveling allowed me to indulge two passions, my love of foreign cultures and people, and my love of natural and cultural photography. Through my world travel experiences, and by growing up in a multicultural family in Israel, I have been exposed to many different cultures. Some of these cultures include; the Bedouin of the Middle Eastern deserts, the native people of the Amazon basin in South America, the Indians of the Andes Mountains (ancestors of the Inca culture), the Hindus of India and Nepal, the Buddhists of Tibet and Nepal, and the Indians of Mexico, Guatemala and central America, (ancestors of the Maya culture). My exposure to these cultures has had a tremendous effect on me. I have learned to appreciate their way of life and their respect for the natural environment around them. I have learned to appreciate their self-obedience and practice it myself through daily Tai Chi, Yoga and meditation. In many respects I feel attached to each of these cultures in some small way, adopting parts of their philosophies and ways of life into my own.

During the last twenty years of traveling I also have developed a love of photography. I have documented my trips with tens of thousand of slides, and make it a part of my livelihood. I have published some of my photography in outdoor magazines in Israel, and have exhibited my slides in many different occasions.

My travels have been influenced strongly by my academic background and my love of the outdoors. Working as an assistant to Professor Sherman at the University of Southern California, assistant to Professor Inbar, (chairman of the Geography Department at Haifa University in Israel), being advised by Dr. Golik (Head of the Geology Department at the Oceanographic and Limnological Institute of Israel), and by conducting my own research along the coast of Israel, I have gained a strong understanding and great appreciation of geomorphology and coastal processes. I have learned to love this academic area, especially the fieldwork and the teaching of others, and I have learned to combine my scientific knowledge with my life and travel experience to enjoy, appreciate and understand better the outdoors.

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