Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
When flying into Dominica in 2019 I couldn’t help but think how much this landscape resembled the scenery in the movie “Jurassic Park”. The volcanic mountains rising imposingly out of the deep blue ocean, covered by lush green foliage were unlike anywhere I had...
Feb 22, 2022 | Travels, Uncategorized
Country Information: Christopher Columbus came to Antigua in 1493 and the Spanish settlers grew sugarcane and tobacco there. It was colonized by the British in 1632 and remained a British possession until 1981. Jim’s Perspectives: In 1993, my wife (who I was...
Feb 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Monarch In Bridgetown Barbados Country Information: In the 1600s, Barbados was colonized by the Dutch and became one of the top producers of sugar in the Caribbean. Slaves were brought from West Africa to work in the sugarcane fields, mostly from Sierra Leone,...
Jan 7, 2022 | Front, News, Uncategorized
Photo by Maris Ava Cruz | The Daily Tar Heel Jim Kitchen didn’t set out to travel to every recognized country in the world. But by the end of 2019, the UNC professor of the practice had visited all 193 United Nations-recognized countries — a journey that...
Feb 20, 2020 | Front, News, Uncategorized
After visiting nearly 200 countries, Carolina entrepreneur-in-residence Jim Kitchen shares with students what he learned about the world and himself. Scott Jared, The Well Jim Kitchen’s travels took him to 193 countries, but his journey took him much farther. “The...
May 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2019, I traveled hundreds of miles along the very porous border between China and North Korean to see what life is like for most North Koreans. Here is the reality of rural living conditions for most in North Korea: North Koreans work the fields and live on...
