A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 2 of 4)
Of course a spiritual vacation is not all the earnest work of devotion. We are staying at the Maya Ubud, and a more integrated balance between luxurious four star service and raw nature I cannot imagine. The whole property is a lush tropical garden, set among the rice paddies of Ubud, itself the artistic heart of Bali, as well as where Liz Gilbert stayed when she wrote the Bali part of Eat Pray Love. Read more…
Further Thoughts on The End of the World
I hadn’t thought the world would end, not really, but the recent school massacre in Newtown back home made me wonder if it might have gone mad. Now I suddenly felt so lucky to be alive, so happy to be in this crazy, wonderful city where I had drunk tea in Tahrir Square not two weeks earlier, so glad to be graced with this intrepid band of fearless travelers who saw what the news said and came to Egypt anyway. Read more…
Travel Megatrends 2018: European Travelers Return to Once-Disrupted Destinations – Skift
Earlier this month we released our annual travel industry trends forecast, Skift Megatrends 2018. You can read about each of the trends on Skift, or download a copy of our… Read more…
Los Angeles/Venice Beach talk: The Secret Alchemy of Travel
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Mystic Journey Bookstore
Street:
1319 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
City/Town:
Venice, CA 90291
THIS THURSDAY! May 6th - DON'T MISS IT if you're in the LA area!
Using beautiful photographs and touching, funny a... Read more…
Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon Shows Us a New Side of Happiness
Why spend valuable time and hard-earned resources trudging through a jungle, trekking to high mountain monasteries, or sequestered in ashrams as a "vacation?" Especially when options like... Read more…