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| The Central Asia's Silk Road - Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 3/25/2013) |
| The Architectural Wonders of the Emirates brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 3/14/2013) |
| The Passage Through Persian History & Culture brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 3/13/2013) |
| The Ethiopia & Meskel Festival brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 3/6/2013) |
| The Albania with a Taste of Northern Greece and Macedonia brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 2/4/2013) |
| Preliminary itinerary added - The Caucasus - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, October 20 - 29, 2013. See our tour listing for more details. (updated 1/30/2013) |
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| New tour added - Emirates Architectural Tour, November 22 - 29, 2013. See our tour listing for more details. (updated 1/28/2013) |
| Our Cuba - People to People trip is a go for March 2-9, 2013. Only 5 places left! Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 1/17/2013) |
| The Seven Wonders of Bulgaria brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 1/14/2013) |
| The Sri Lanka - Pearl of the Indian Ocean brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 11/13/2012) |
"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 11/8/2012
News from Iran
"The people here are just delightful! When they ask me where I am from and I say, 'America, USA', they reply, 'We love America!' If only everyone was able to travel as I do! Just getting to know people makes you understand what a small world it is. Bahman is doing well with us, and we have a great driver. It is really a delux trip having such a small group. Cheers, Carol"
Follow our itinerary at
http://www.serioustraveler.com/Iran1.html#Fall12
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| New tour added - Splendors of Burma, December 3 - 13, 2013. See our tour listing for more details. |
| The Traditions & Legends of Romania brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 10/29/2012) |
| The Queen's London brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 8/30/2012) |
| Our Cuba - People to People brochure listing all three tours is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 8/9/2012) |
| Our Passage Through Persian History & Culture brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 7/11/2012) |
| Our Splendors of South East Asia - Burma with North Thailand and Laos brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 5/10/2012) |
| Download our NEW Spring 2012 Serious Traveler Click Here. (updated 5/10/2012) |
| Our South India - Experience the Extraordinary brochure is now complete. Click here to view the itinerary. (updated 4/26/2012) |
| New tour added - Imperial Capitals, Retreats and Distincitve Towns of Central Europe - Austria, Czech Replublic and Germany, May 4 - 18, 2013. See our tour listing for more details. |
"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 3/22/2012
Picture from Gwen Erwood
"Long time accordion player and former Avon executive, Frank Stanitski, jams with Cuban musicians during the March People to People trip to Havana." - Gwen Erwood
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 3/12/2012
Picture from Paula Cornyn of our group in South India, January 2012
South India - Experience the Extraordinary, January 7 - 20, 2013 Click Here
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 1/30/2012
Picture from Elaine Isbell of Gwen Erwood and friend in Cuba
"Just back from Cuba - a fabulous People-to-People trip. The March trip is sold out, but we're scheduling for January and March 2013 now. Let us know if you're interested." - Gwen Erwood
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 11/4/2011
Pictures from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan by Paulette Lewis
Click these links to see them all Click Here or Click Here
Travel with us on this tour in October 2012 Click here
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 7/11/2011
Pictures from Romania by David Lewis
Click these links to see them all Click Here or Click Here
See the itinerary they took through Romania Click here
Travel with us on this tour in 2012 Click here
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
Posted 6/13/2011
Pictures from Bulgaria by David Lewis
Click these two links to see them all Click Here or Click Here
See the itinerary as they travel through Bulgaria Click here
Travel with us on this tour in 2012 Click here
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"News from the Serious Traveler"
April 20, 2011
Greetings from Lebanon! We arrived from Syria yesterday afternoon after crossing the border, visiting Baalbek (a huge and amazing Roman city), stopping for lunch of famous Lebanese mezze and more, a taste of wine and tour through caves dating from the Roman period and then crossing the mountains, out of the clouds down to Beirut on the coast of a shimmering Mediterranean Sea. We just completed our first day of sightseeing that took us to the National Museum where we learned about the Phoenicians who had the first phonetic alphabet (get it -- Phoenicians-phonetic?); then to a mountain riddled with subterranean caves. Jetta is vying with a couple dozen other natural sites for the new 7 natural wonders of the world, and all agreed it should be included (along with the Grand Canyon and Halong Bay.) A stop at Byblos was amazing too. The site dates back to the third millennium BC, as do many other sites in what we know as the Cradle of Civilization along the Fertile Crescent. This area is the fabled birthplace of the Greek god Adonis. A city tour revealed stunning new buildings with the most exclusive shops side by side with excavations from Roman times. The city is also riddled with reminders of devastating wars. No one here wants another, and the neighboring Syrians don't either.
Every day has been a delight and we wish everyone who had intended to go with us, was actually here. It is close to midnight, and we head north to the Cedars of Lebanon tomorrow morning. The group is most congenial and we lingered over dinner, while Paulette and others regaled us with amusing travel stories. Even the national basketball team who was sharing the lovely dining room at the Radisson couldn?t ignore our laughter. Our travelers are the best. I must turn in, but will try to write more later. The same Paulette has taken hundreds of pictures and Ann had volunteered to edit them, so eventually we will put our experiences in writing and into a slideshow. Right now we are drinking up all the wonderful sensations of travel to new places.
Gwen
Photo by Paulette Lewis. View all the photos by Paulette in Syria Click Here or in Lebanon Click Here
See the itinerary as they travel through Syria and Lebanon Click here
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