Throughts on Colombia A few thoughts from Mike Dickenson of TheMapMakers.org. These reflections were recorded both while abroad filming The MapMakers:Project Colombia, and shortly thereafter... For more: www.themapmakers.org

About mapmaker

The Mapmakers is a team of travelers searching the globe – set out to prove that the world is not always as bad as we are led to believe. Our story follows the path of three travelers and documentary filmmakers - Adam, Amy, and Mike.

We are backpackers united under the idea that traveling can make the world a better place.  Engaging the unconventional as our vehicle of travel, we drop head first into big picture ideas and radical discoveries. Familiar comforts renounced, we search to find greater meaning in the seemingly mundane through the people we meet along our way. It is through these connections that we are often revealed stunning and profound perceptions about the world around us. This is how our maps begin to take shape…

New realizations lead us in new directions. Global change is underway.  If we are going to believe in a world with a positive future, we must encourage and support positive media.  Currently, mainstream media is choked with news of violence, propaganda, and the obvious ducking of bigger issues. But that story can change, and it is.  With today's access to technology and endless information, news and media is quite literally in the hands of the average thoughtful person.

Our mission is to engage the public in a new reality.  Collectively, we hold the potential to map out a better world, a world that does not act out of fear but on mutual discovery and positive action. Share the knowledge and experiences you yourself have learned from you travels.