COMING SOON: Barry Hoffner's Inspirational Travel Memoir

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BELONGING TO THE WORLD

A Quest to Every Country on Earth in Search of Healing, Connection, and Renewed Purpose After Loss 

a world of connections

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Papua New Guinea

Bourse Jackie Scholarship recipients in Bamako, Mali

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Baghdad, Iraq night café scene

School girls in Sri Lanka

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

The Friday Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan

Gift picture book from the President’s office in Palau

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Monks in the Punakha Dzong Monastery in Bhutan

Wedding party near Harar, Ethiopia

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Haircut in Shiraz, Iran

Hanging with students in Masawa, Eritrea

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

My 63rd surprise birthday party in Damascus, Syria

Guide to a grove of Dragon Blood Trees in Socotra

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Pakistani truck drivers along the Karakoram highway

School inauguration Timbuktu, Mali

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Syrian refugee family in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

New friend in Chad

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Saudi tourists from Riyadh in Southern Saudi Arabia

Sharing a coffee in Port Sudan, Sudan

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

Security detail in Hadramawt Valley, Yemen

Students at a mudbrick Mosque in Hausa village in Niger

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry

My guide Rogers in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

With Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana

"Connection for me, in my travels, is the sense of reaching a common understanding and feeling of mutual care between people 
despite coming from different places, cultures, religions and stages of life."
- Barry