Luxury Adventures

“Breathtakingly beautiful” is how Richard Branson describes SpaceShipTwo, the flagship for Virgin Galactic. Currently about 60% finished, SpaceShipTwo may be ready to take Space Tourists on sub-orbital flights later this year! Keep reading →

Regent Seven Seas Cruises will host doctor, spiritualist and life-extension guru Deepak Chopra on the “Grow Younger, Live Longer” cruise aboard the Seven Seas Mariner June 4, 2008, in Alaska.

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Sir Edmond Hillary was a hero to me. In 1953, Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest and safely return. It’s not enough to get to the top to conquer the 29,035 foot mountain. You have to get back down, and Hillary and Norgay did just that.

So many people had attempted to climb Everest before Hillary and Norgay, and were either turned back by howling gales, Keep reading →

In June, I sailed on the Regent Seven Seas Mariner to Alaska.  The Seven Seas Mariner is all-suite, all-balcony.  There are no obstructed views, no “inside” staterooms without windows.  The ship is all about space and unobtrusive service.  What an experience!

The itinerary is classic “Inside Passage”, from Vancouver to Seward. In early June, it was still a bit cold and there was a tremendous amount of floating ice in the water - we didn’t get far into Tracy Arm; a kayaking trip I’d planned was cancelled due to ice; we could not get close to Hubbard Glacier.   It was cold.  But we had sun - in fact, by the last night of the cruise, sunset was about 1:00 AM; sunrise about 4:00 AM.  Amazing! Keep reading →

12 Days - Best of Botswana and Victoria Falls

At the turn of the century, explorers and adventurers made their way leisurely across the dusty paths of Africa, allowing the great continent to seep into their souls. Our guided mobile safaris takes time to experience and explore Botswana’s contrasts and extremes: from the waterless and strange landscape of the Kalahari Desert to the lushly vegetated wetlands of the Okavango Delta. The style of accommodation takes you back to the long-gone era of Africa’s exploration - on the ultimate Safari. Flowing linen of heavy, pure cottons, brass bucket showers and basins, separate flushing toilets and shower areas all add to the atmosphere, while luxury comforts and amenities are available, including a bush laundry service. Many areas in which we travel are private concessions. All camps and lodges are private and for the use of our Safari adventurers only.

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