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Robert Reid: Lonely Planet USA Editor

April 30, 2012 by DaveLeave a Comment

Based in New York City, Robert is Lonely Planet's USA Travel Editor. He has written two dozen guidebooks (including USA & Canada, Europe & Southeast Asia) and articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and ESPN. Recently we had a chance to ask him several questions about his career, travels and travel advice.   Q. Tell us a little about yourself and how you first became interested in travel writing/editing? I grew up in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews · Tagged: America, Asia, Bicycle, Bridges, Burma, Canada, Canals, Caribbean, Central America, Coffee, Colombia, Cruising, Europe, Far East, Fishing, Food and Wine, History, India, Istanbul, London

Moon Maya 2012

April 1, 2012 by DaveLeave a Comment

Moon Maya 2012 by Joshua Berman In time for the end of the 5125 year cycle started by the Mayans in 3114 BC - Moon has released "Maya 2012" a guide to celebrations in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize & Honduras. This region is often referred to as the "mundo maya" - where most of the world's 10 million Mayans still live today. While some of the guide is geared towards touring in 2012, much is not and the book offers helpful advice in general on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guide Books · Tagged: America, Central America, Honduras, Mexico

Spotlight on Raleigh North Carolina

November 6, 2011 by Dave2 Comments

Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina is named after Sir Walter Raleigh - despite his never setting foot in the city. However he did encourage the settlement of North Carolina and established the first British colony in North America on North Carolina's Roanoke Island. Raleigh is one of the few planned cities in the USA and was also created specifically to be the state's capital. It was planned in 1788 and officially established in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Airport, America, Animal Rescue, Art, Beer, Bus Travel, California, Central America, Chocolate, Civil War, Costa Rica, Culinary travel, Dancing, Drinking, England, Europe, Festival, France, Hiking, History

Water For People and Crowdrise.com Launch Campaign to Raise $2 Million for Safe Water

September 22, 2011 by DaveLeave a Comment

"Donate to Drink" campaign offers participants chance to win an once-in-a-lifetime trip to experience Water For People's Work in Rwanda, Africa Denver, CO - On September 1, Water For People, an international nonprofit organization that aims to create a world where everyone has access to safe drinking water and sanitation, launched a Crowdrise.com campaign in an effort to raise $2 million through the crowd-sourced, online fundraising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Press Releases · Tagged: Adventure Travel, Africa, America, Art, Asia, California, Central America, Colorado, Drinking, Internet, New York City, South America, Technology, Volunteer

Once in a Lifetime

May 30, 2011 by Terri EldersLeave a Comment

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What did I know about birds? Enough to feed spinach greens, not stale muffins, to the domestic ducks at Recreation Park in my hometown of Long Beach, CA. Enough to avoid annoying the thirty-pound swans in London's Hyde Park. Enough to understand that silence was golden while trailing knowledgeable birdwatchers in the woods near The House of the Doves at Uxmal. And once, at my grandmother's house in Los Angeles when I was ten, I learned the hard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: America, Animal Rescue, Beach, Beer, California, Central America, Chicago, Coffee, Flowers, Garden, Hawaii, Honduras, London, Los Angeles, Peace Corps, Spain, Volunteer

SpaFinder Announces 2010 Readers’ Choice Award Winners, Identifying the Top Spas around the World

October 22, 2010 by DaveLeave a Comment

Most Votes Cast, across More Countries and Categories, in Program's Eight-Year History - with Many New 'Faces' Taking Top Honors NEW YORK, NY October 22, 2010 - SpaFinder, Inc., the global spa and wellness resource, today unveiled the winners of its 2010 Readers' Choice Awards, honoring spa-goers' favorite spas across the globe on six continents and in 35 countries/regions, along with their top ten picks in 31 unique categories. The 2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Press Releases · Tagged: Africa, America, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Beijing, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, California, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, England

Moon Nicaragua

October 1, 2010 by DaveLeave a Comment

Moon Nicaragua by Joshua Berman and Randall Wood This in depth guide book is an excellent resource for travelers to Nicaragua, central America's largest and least populated country. Travel in Nicaragua is generally for Independent travelers - and getting off the tourist beaten path is extremely easy (we know, we've been here before)! Nicaragua is certainly not neighboring Costa Rica in terms of tourist development - but there is just as much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guide Books · Tagged: America, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Surfing, Volcano

Maya Roads

July 11, 2010 by DaveLeave a Comment

Maya Roads by Jo McConahay Author Mary Jo McConahay was first inspired to explore the rainforests in Central America during a vacation with her sister in Mexico City when she saw an exhibit about the Lacandon Maya Indians. After visiting the Lacandon Rainforest her life turned to journalistic activities for twenty years and it wasn't until the 1990's that her mind began to wander back to the rainforest. Her "ticket" back was through an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: International Books · Tagged: America, Central America, Culture, Mexico, Rainforest

Polish People-to-People Partnership Celebrates American Roots and a 20-Year Run

May 25, 2010 by DaveLeave a Comment

(MAY 2010) - Over 2,600 American volunteers are credited for helping write a prosperous new chapter for Polish students through an innovative English teaching program. Working in service teams of 10 to 15, for two or three weeks at a time, volunteers from states across the nation lent their conversational skills to rural classrooms in central and southern Poland out of friendship. Siedlce Governor Zygmunt Wielogorski wants the country to know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Press Releases · Tagged: Africa, America, Asia, Auschwitz, Central America, Culture, Dancing, Europe, Farming, Ice Cream, Music, Napa Valley, Poland, Technology, Village, Volunteer

Pollo Campero

April 9, 2009 by Krystal WuLeave a Comment

We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God's grace to enter and do the rest. ~ Oscar Romero Pollo Campero Jackie, Trout, Molly, and I were on our way back from spending the week in Honduras and were physically and emotionally exhausted from our trip. We had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: America, Avocado, Bus Travel, California, Cell Phone, Central America, El Salvador, Flowers, Food and Wine, Honduras, Restaurants, Spain, Taxi, Walking tour

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