| Our Uzbekistan - Jewels of the Silk Road brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 1/20/2012) |
| Tour date change - Croatia & Slovenia moved to July 20 - August 4, 2012. See our tour listing for more details or Click here |
| New dates for our Mongolia - Steppes to the Gobi tour. See our tour listing for more details or Click here |
| Download our NEW January 2012 Serious Traveler Click Here. (updated 1/5/2012) |
| Our Persian History & Culture Revisited brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 12/22/2011) |
| Our World Heritage Sites of Albania brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 12/15/2011) |
| New tour added - Uzbekistan - Jewels of the Silk Road. See our tour listing for more details or Click here (updated 12/14/2011) |
| Our Seven Wonders of Bulgaria brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 12/7/2011) |
| Returning to Libya soon. Watch for details! Click here to read what our supplier has recently written. (updated 12/5/2011) |
| Our Bali & Beyond with Java and South Sulawesi brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 12/5/2011) |
| Two tours added - New Adventures in the Balkans and Best of South Korea. See our tour listing for more details or Click here |
| Our Legends and Traditions of Romania brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 11/10/2011) |
| Our Summer Discovery of Persia brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 11/9/2011) |
| Our Freedom Tour of Egypt brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 10/27/2011) |
| Our Best of Russia - including the Moscow Butter Festival brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 9/22/2011) |
| Our Mighty Mountains & Valleys of Ladakh - Far North India brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 9/21/2011) |
| Our Central Asia's Silk Road - Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 9/6/2011) |
| Our Cuba People to People June brochure is now complete. Call 1-800-762-4216 for a full brochure. (updated 8/31/2011) |
| Our Cuba People to People March brochure is now complete. Call 1-800-762-4216 for a full brochure. (updated 8/31/2011) |
| Our Cuba People to People January brochure is now complete. Call 1-800-762-4216 for a full brochure. (updated 8/26/2011) |
| Our Passage Through Persian History & Culture brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 7/28/2011) |
"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 7/11/2011
Pictures from Romania by David Lewis
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 6/13/2011
Pictures from Bulgaria by David Lewis
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| Our Sri Lanka - Pearl of the Indian Ocean 2012 brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 5/18/2011) |
"News from the Serious Traveler"
April 20, 2011
Greetings from Lebanon! We arrived from Syria yesterday afternoon after crossing the border, visiting Baalbek (a huge and amazing Roman city), stopping for lunch of famous Lebanese mezze and more, a taste of wine and tour through caves dating from the Roman period and then crossing the mountains, out of the clouds down to Beirut on the coast of a shimmering Mediterranean Sea. We just completed our first day of sightseeing that took us to the National Museum where we learned about the Phoenicians who had the first phonetic alphabet (get it -- Phoenicians-phonetic?); then to a mountain riddled with subterranean caves. Jetta is vying with a couple dozen other natural sites for the new 7 natural wonders of the world, and all agreed it should be included (along with the Grand Canyon and Halong Bay.) A stop at Byblos was amazing too. The site dates back to the third millennium BC, as do many other sites in what we know as the Cradle of Civilization along the Fertile Crescent. This area is the fabled birthplace of the Greek god Adonis. A city tour revealed stunning new buildings with the most exclusive shops side by side with excavations from Roman times. The city is also riddled with reminders of devastating wars. No one here wants another, and the neighboring Syrians don't either.
Every day has been a delight and we wish everyone who had intended to go with us, was actually here. It is close to midnight, and we head north to the Cedars of Lebanon tomorrow morning. The group is most congenial and we lingered over dinner, while Paulette and others regaled us with amusing travel stories. Even the national basketball team who was sharing the lovely dining room at the Radisson couldn?t ignore our laughter. Our travelers are the best. I must turn in, but will try to write more later. The same Paulette has taken hundreds of pictures and Ann had volunteered to edit them, so eventually we will put our experiences in writing and into a slideshow. Right now we are drinking up all the wonderful sensations of travel to new places.
Gwen
Photo by Paulette Lewis. View all the photos by Paulette in Syria Click Here or in Lebanon Click Here
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 4/20/2011
The group in Ireland
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| Our South India - Experience the Extraordinary brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 3/30/2011) |
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