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Carcassonne Vineyard Life

We Do More Than Asia This tour gives you the chance to taste the life of a winemaker. Staying with an “American family in France”, you explore medieval villages, Cathare Castles, eat like royalty, try your hand at cooking local specialties, taste their best reds and learn to make your own red wine blend. Carcassonne […]

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Voyages to Antiquity: The Minoan Civilization

We Do More Than Asia SPECIAL: BOOK YOUR CRUISE BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND RECEIVE FREE AIR FROM 60 N. AMERICA GATEWAYS INCLUDING TRANSFERS & PORTERAGE ON ALL 2012 ITINERARIES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN The Minoan Civilization cruise to Greece (Athens, Crete) Malta and Sicily offers you the opportunity to visit some of the greatest sites […]

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Wild Sri Lanka

For you nature lovers, there is no better way to interact with Sri Lanka than an adventure into its wild. You begin in the hill country at Kandy and make your way south to colonial Nuwara Eliya before your first nature exploration, Horton’s Plains. Visit where The Bridge on The River Kwai was filmed and […]

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Elephant & Mahout Photography Project – Saving Elephants

Carol Stevenson (The Elephant Photographer) is a fine art, travel and nature photographer whose love of travel has taken her to remote regions of the world. Her latest work features portraiture of the Asian elephant, a conservation project in conjunction with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in northern Thailand, with a goal to raise […]

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Indochina Adventure (E & O Express and Jayavarman)

There’s no way better to visit four countries in Indochina than by riding the Eastern & Oriental Express and cruising on the Jayavarman. Begin your journey in Bangkok, the “Venice of Asia” before embarking on the E & O Express for a 4 day trip to Vientiane. Fly to Saigon and tour the Old Quarter […]

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Beats in India

France had its bohemians who spent their time living avante garde and America had its Beats. The original Beat Generation, or Beat writers, were a core group of close friends who met in a neighborhood near Columbia University in the mid 1940’s. A San Francisco migration extended their group consciousness. In 1962 Allen Ginsberg and […]

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The Art & Wine of Languedoc/Roussillon

We Do More Than Asia!October is harvest time and that means “wine” add art !and you have a unique trip to France. The Art & Wine in Languedoc/Roussillon is a rare opportunity to visit this often overlooked gem of a region discovered by the likes of Matisse and Piccaso years ago. Medieval villages, local artistry […]

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Michael Donohue

Michael Donohue was born into a family of non-wine drinkers in Canada. He was bitten by the wine bug in university, first by Cotes-du-Rhone reds, and began to examine how one could taste so much better than or different from its neighbor down the road. Following his graduation with an MA in Philosophy he began […]

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Elephant Explorer

Bai means “go” in elephant lingo and visit you must to learn about the Asian Elephant in Thailand and its plight to survive. Just a sthe elephant wants to take his time and savor his lush surroundings you will want to do the same! See the many temples, klongs and the green lung of Bangkok. […]

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Elephant Explorer

Elephant Explorer Asian elephants and their mahouts are a distinct feature of Thailand’s amazing culture as is its many wats (temples), longtail boats, klongs (canals), northern hill tribes and white sand islands. Embark upon your adventure in Bangkok before heading north to ancient Ayutthaya and Chiang Rai with its unusual temples and handicraft villages. Visit […]

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