Solo travel can prove to be an empowering and invigorating experience, full of self-revelatory moments and deep connections. Travelling alone, you learn how to get out of your comfort zone, do things… Read more…
I’ve talked about spiritual staycations and why to take spiritual trips, but what do you GET from this type of experience? For me and for many of the guests we take… Read more…
The experience of China is not what you might expect. The must-see sites, like the Forbidden City in Beijing, are there but a seasoning of distinctive locations is sprinkled throughout. Read more…
In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an "Eat, Pray, and Love Bali"… Read more…
For the last eleven years in Egypt, independent travel to places like Abydos or Denderah was forbidden by the government. Numerous cities could only be visited by tourists who traveled together in armed convoys. Happily this decade-long restriction ... Read more…
Ketut Liyer - visiting with a BalianDid you read "Eat Pray Love"? Do you want to meet with a famous Balinese Shaman? Ketut Liyer, thanks to the best-selling book, "Eat Pray Love", has found himself catapulted to fame and at least some small fortune as the most important Balian on an island of very spiritual people. And earlier this year, Spirit Quest Tours was in Bali for two weeks with a group of 35 American tourists, many of whom had read the book and were hoping to meet Ketut. Luckily, our Balinese guide knew him, and where he lived, and I was able to send him over to Ubud to set up an afternoon for our group to see him.
Egypt Travel Tips - 5 things you should know before you goMost of the guests who come on our trips have never been to Egypt before - hey, some of them have never left their country before! We want to make everyone comfortable and at ease, but we do always get the same questions in advance of a trip and after ten years, I thought this should be the first thing I address in my brand new blog!