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100th Anniversary of Inca-credible Machu Picchu: Watch the light show that was shown last Thursday
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100th Anniversary of Inca-credible Machu Picchu. A survey of activities, facts and information about the upcoming anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu. Monday, July 11, 2011. Watch the light show that was shown last Thursday. Late thursday night, a light show was projected onto the ruins of Machu Picchu. You can watch a video of it here. Make sure to stay tuned until the beautiful, neon costumes! Posted by Holbrook Travel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Dont forget about the llamas!
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure!: Day 9 September 23 Savegre Cloud Forest
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure! Friday, September 23, 2011. Day 9 September 23 Savegre Cloud Forest. This morning we had our wake up call from the howler monkeys about. But we slept until about 630AM and then we had breakfast buffet and then packed to get ready for our next stop on this vacation, Savegre Mountain Lodge. This drive was about 2 hours to. And then about 2 ½ hours south to the cloud forest in San Gerard de Dota. Savegre is at an elevation of 7220 feet. Boy did it rain hard and turned cold!
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure!: Day 8 September 22 Sarapiqui Rainforest Happy Birthday to me!
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure! Thursday, September 22, 2011. Day 8 September 22 Sarapiqui Rainforest Happy Birthday to me! It was so nice to have that wake up call by the howler monkeys again! I do so enjoy this and a great way to start my Happy Birthday to me day! We got up and enjoyed our breakfast – we ate out on the porch of the dining room and watched the howler monkeys as we visited with the Road Scholar group. We were getting ready for our excellent adventure of the day. We rode for about 2 hours w...
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Inka Trail with Laura: The first Road Scholar group made it!!!
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Inka Trail with Laura. Read about my trek on the Inka Trail in April 2011 and April 2012. Friday, May 11, 2012. The first Road Scholar group made it! The first group of brave Road Scholar hikers has successfully finished the program! What a great bunch of hikers! This is a shot of the main group making the pass at Abra Warmwañuska, Dead Woman's Pass, 13,774 ft. This is no easy feat and they made it ahead of schedule! There were 11 participants that made the hike and the average age was 67! Http:/ en....
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Fran's Amazon Adventure: August 10 - Day 5
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011. August 10 - Day 5. Camping was okay – but a wake up call at 350AM is not! But we all got up and walked back to the Sua house for our Guayusa ceremony. As I mentioned, the. Achuar’s are a dream-based culture, every aspect of their daily lives is lived through the interpretation of their dreams. So we entered the dark hut lit only by a couple candles, the leader is making a crown and the wife is painting clay bowls for her family to use or to sell. This is quite the job and she ...
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure!: September 2011
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Fran's Costa Rican Adventure! Monday, September 26, 2011. Day 12 September 26 Gainesville, FL. This morning at 830AM we were met by our driver from Destination Costa Rica for our transfer to the airport for our departing flight to. Our Jet Blue flight departs around. And check in at the. Is 3 hours prior to flight time. Once you arrive at the airport you must go over to pay the departure tax of $28.00 per person, you can pay this in US cash, colones or with a Visa Credit Card. It was right at. Felipe and...
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Fran's Amazon Adventure: August 16 - Day 11
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011. August 16 - Day 11. We were up at 530AM but I was awake long before that with the animals and rain. There was a foggy haze over the river at the sunrise. We had a quick breakfast and left for our canoe ride back to Puerto Gregorio, where we got in the van and traveled to Coca. During this 3 ½ hour ride we had another Toxic Tour, Jose showed us a video from Russ Kemp, The Battle for the Amazon (check this out on You Tube). At 730PM we met with the Rainforest Alliance, USAID, mana...
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Fran's Amazon Adventure: August 8 - Day 3
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Monday, August 8, 2011. August 8 - Day 3. Adventure – Adventure – Adventure. This is like no other journey I have been on! We departed from the Marriott Quito at. Traveling South through the Avenue of the Volcanoes for travel to Shell Airstrip. This was about 4 ½ hours with stop for bathroom and photos of Cotopaxi Volcano. This is a very scenic route traveling past Banos. Canyon, filled with waterfalls and a beautiful entrance to the Amazon rainforest. Then into the smaller. Achuar comes from the word ac...
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Debbie in New Zealand: The North Island
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Debbie in New Zealand. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Kia Ora (hello and welcome) Archmere group! Adele, our guide (Aidan Callaghan) and I met the 14 students and 2 teachers this morning. Luck was with us as we walked to our very nice 29 passenger coach, which fortunately was parked under cover- the moment we got to the bus and met Richard, our driver, a squall passed through with heavy rain and wind. There is a “Southerly” coming through the. And boiling mud pools. Carving and weaving schools. The Maori villa...
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Debbie in New Zealand: Arrival in Auckland
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Debbie in New Zealand. Sunday, April 17, 2011. Well, here goes my first blogging attempt! After 13 hours flying from Los Angeles, I arrived here in Auckland at 6:30 am local time and was met by our New Zealand partner, Adele Marsden. The changeable weather here is famous and we started off with sunny skies and had intermittent showers throughout the day. She took me up to Mount Eden, one of the 48 volcanoes in the city. The crater at Mount Eden, Auckland in background. Posted by Holbrook Travel.
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