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Buenos Aires, Argentina: How to Experience the Best of its City and Countryside in Three Days
Are you headed to Argentina? Chances are, you will begin or end your journey in Buenos Aires. This gorgeous city and its famed surrounding region is well worth the stop for not only the cultured and historical city life, but the gaucho culture in the...
Adventure Is … Anything That Gets You Excited and Takes You Out of Your Comfort Zone to Stretch Your Limits
I recently had a fascinating discussion with a group of fellow Adventure Travel experts: "What is Adventure Travel”? In the past, it was easy to define; when one thought of adventure, it meant camping, or extreme outdoorsmanship. It meant climbing, diving,...
Medellin, Colombia, Dangerous to Innovation – How the Country has Changed (And Why You Should Go There)
I recently traveled to Medellin in Colombia for the first time. Like many Americans, my perceptions were built on modern history of my lifetime, and fueled by the recent series Narcos to remind me of that history. It is not fiction that Colombia was a...
The Top 7 Reasons Why a Luxury Travel Advisor Will Make Your Trip 100% Better Than An Online Booking Engine
What's the benefit of working with a travel advisor? Remember back in the ‘90s when Bill Gates supposedly declared that travel agents were unnecessary when he was promoting his new booking engine Expedia? Or when Jimmy Fallon made the joke that travel...
7 Ways to Never Wait on Line at Tourist Attractions
More people are traveling which means more crowding at the popular tourist must-sees. But are long lines in the heat/cold/rain/ with bored teens or cranky kids your vacation ideal? Probably not - vacations are supposed to be fun, interesting, exciting....
How to Have a Successful Vacation When Things Go Wrong
If you travel a lot it is almost inevitable that your best-laid plans may go awry from time to time. Your air departure is delayed, making you miss that arranged transfer or the afternoon walking tapas tour you were hoping to keep you awake and provide a...
Reasons to Travel: How to Enrich Your Life in 2018 Through Traveling
What are your reasons to travel in 2018? Do you have new year resolutions? I know I have made some I will break, but figure it is better to set lofty goals than none at all. The way I look at it, if reaching higher raises me above where I am now, the gold...
7 Ways to Turn a Vacation into a Life-Changing, Transformative Journey
If you are a beach goer and just look for a vacation to sunbath and party, this article about life-changing, transformational travel will not speak to your soul. But if your beach could be in Sri Lanka bordering an Ayurveda wellness retreat center, or on...
Croatian Cuisine: Croatian Goddesses, Local Flavors, and Hidden Gems
I love the Croatian cuisine! I have travelled to Croatia to explore the land, but right now, I had no idea where I am headed. My hostess, Ivanna, with a sweet smile but devious twinkle in her eye said "Do not worry - you will love it." My guide Stella reinforced her...
Natural Argentina: Ecotourism Can Fill Your Heart and Lift Your Spirit (Part 1.b.)
We are up early with the birds. Literally. On what promises to be a beautiful Spring day in late October, I arise before the sun to travel the short distance out of Salta City into the surrounding Lerma Valley to the small town of Chicoana to go birdwatching. I travel...
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