Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Travel has been a passion of mine for nearly 40 years.

Traveling to ancient, exotic, and sacred destinations opens one up to many experiences. It is said that travel broadens the mind, and you may add to that, it expands your awareness and touches your soul, it is healing and transformational. I enjoy observing the transformation that takes place for so many travelers, including myself.

Stimulating sights, sounds, smells, and tastes await you at every corner.

As a travel organizer and tour leader, I make your dreams a reality. I take you to the magical places and expose you to the energy that awaits you there.

Each trip always brings with it new surprises and experiences. It will open you up, twist you around and sometimes bring you far out of your comfort zone. It is how we grow. At the end of it all we observe the world with different eyes.

Your senses will be heightened as you walk down a street in Varanasi to the Ganges at dawn, or enter the honey coloured city of Jaisalmer, riding camels in the desert at sunset, wandering the medina in Marrakesh, or skimming along the waterways in the Mekong Delta.

Listening to the beating of a drum, or the sound of an old horn in the souks can take you out of yourself and back to ancient times in some of the oldest Imperial cities in the world.

Observing the daily routines of the women beneath the palmeries on the edge of the Sahara fills you with a sense of spirit.

And let us not forget the markets, souks, bazaars. The bright rich colour of all of the hanging scarves, and the slipper souk in Marrakesh are not to be missed. The spice stalls and the dried fruit, nuts and honey stalls of the amazing and sometimes overwhelming souk in Fez.

Whether you are in the market for bellydancing coin studded scarves in the Aswan bazaar, leather bags and poofs in Marakesh, the silver anks in Cairo, a silk scarf from Jaislamer, sparkling bangles from Jaipur, silk embroidery of Vietnam, or the beautiful carpets of Kashmir, you will have the time of your life.

If you can not fathom the bargaining process, pay the asking price and it is still a unique purchased filled with memories.

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