Posted by Nancy D. Brown I've written about Peru, attended trade shows about Peru and listened to Jim Kane Founder and President of Culture Xplorers talk passionately about his CX Weavers Awards in Peru, yet I haven't been there myself. If you've ever wanted to visit Peru and fancy yourself a writer, you have a [...]
Posted by Nancy D. Brown What does a luxury traveler look like? I recently returned from Las Vegas, home to the Luxury Travel Expo, a convention that delivers pearls of wisdom to luxury travel professionals. As a freelance writer, I'm happy to report that I walked away with a lot of information to share with [...]
s Contra Costa Times Article Launched: 02/29/2008 03:18:20 AM PST Are your teens dreading the “F” word, as in family vacation? Lafayette’s Ernie Furtado and Barbara Pelletreau recently returned from New Zealand with rave reviews. “Both kid’s thanked me independently for taking them on this trip,” enthused Pelletreau. “I would return in a heartbeat!” The family [...]
Contra Costa Times Article Launched: 02/01/2008 03:11:26 AM PST Forget Costa Rica, South America’s Galapagos Islands and Peru’s Machu Picchu seems to be this year’s hot spots for Lamorinda travelers. Craig and Margaret Isaacs, along with Campolindo’s Maureen & Eva, spent eight days at the Eco Hotel Finch Bay, with an all inclusive package. Margaret described [...]
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 [...]