Botin in Madrid – Dinner at the oldest restaurant in the world!
After our last Egypt tour, Greg and I stopped over on the way home, for two-and-a-half glorious days in Madrid. The weather was fine, sunny and cold enough for a… Read more…
Ketut Liyer – visiting with a Balian
Did 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. Read more…
Had a delicious time spending two days in Lovina, on Bali's north shore. Unlike the southern beaches here, the water is calm, lake-like. You can rent snorkeling or diving equipment,… Read more…
2012 is the year to go to Egypt. Go to Egypt NOW!
My subject line is a little adamant, I know. Perhaps a little militant, which is ironic since it's mostly the Egyptian military causing so much of the unrest in Egypt… Read more…
The Exhilarating, Terrifying Experience of Doing Something NEW
I’m a fairly adventuresome person, but I don’t have that thrill gene—you know, the one that makes you want to sky dive and bungee jump and have sex in public places. But I’m also a woman in my forties, which makes me, if not more staid, at least more experienced with having done, well, a LOT. So while I might visit someplace new (and since I’m in the travel business, I do so regularly) my activities are usually ones I have experienced before, just in other spaces in the world.
So it was with great excitement that, on my tenth trip to Bali, I finally... Read more…