Guest post and photos by Jamie Rhein When I recently clicked through the New York Times, “52 Places to Go in 2019″ list and saw The Gambia, I was surprised. The 28th destination on the list is where I once lived as a Peace Corps volunteer. As a health education volunteer in the Peace Corps, I […]
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Imagine sitting on the deck, a glass of wine in hand, while watching and eagle catch thermals above the canal. With your $10 donation, you could be kayaking on Washington’s Hood Canal, enjoying dinner at The Alderbrook Restaurant or relaxing at the Alderbrook Resort & Spa. This is just one of the travel prizes up
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Passports with Purpose 2011 It’s back. Passports with Purpose offers the easiest way to support a worthwhile cause and assist with your holiday shopping needs. This year the travel blogging community has banded together to promote reading. Passports with Purpose is celebrating their fourth year of fund raising for a cause. I’m pleased to say
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No one snoozed in the pews when visiting Santiago City’s church service. “It was theatrical,” marveled Lafayette’s Marcia Linn. “There were four monks harnessed in a basket that allowed them to work a pulley system to propel an incense burner filled with hot coals fifty feet into the air. Every day we saw hundreds of
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World traveler and Moraga resident Margaret Stithem entertained her fellow Planned Parenthood Auxiliary members at a meeting sharing slides from a recent trip to Ethiopia. This African adventure composed of 17 travelers was an Elder Hostel trip planned by Destination Horizons. They took the historic route to the Land of Queen of Sheba, visiting many
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Can you name the big five? No, we’re not talking top college or even sports teams; we’re talking lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and Cape Buffalos. Oh my! These are the majestic animals one hopes to see on safari in Africa. Orinda’s Deanna & Randy Carey recently returned from a 10 day trek to Cape Town,
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