Volume #1, Issue #6 - May 2007

by Nancy PitmanExotic Mexico should be a destination where all you need to do is sit on a sun-soaked beach with an ice cold margarita. Of course, travel can sometimes get more complicated these days. To ensure a stress-free Mexican vacation, follow these six tips -- … [Read more...] about Six Easy Tips for a Stress-Free Mexico Vacation

by Amy L. GirstTwo steps out of the canoe and I’m stuck. Thick, milk chocolate mud oozes toward the top of my knee-high rubber boots but all I can do is watch. Rather than fording the Napo River, my left leg seems content to spend its remaining life -- my life -- here, swaying perilously, fifteen feet from the southern bank of Ecuador’s branch of the Napo, as close … [Read more...] about Fording Ecuador’s Napo… or Not…

by Teba OruetaThere's a lot more to southern Florida than South Beach and the Seaquarium. If you're looking for a day spent in the sun and close to nature, you can't beat taking the kids to Homestead, just an hour from central Miami. … [Read more...] about Farm Fresh Fruits and Spices – A Day of Pick-Your-Own Just an Hour Outside of Miami

by Nadine NaujoksIn a western North Carolina valley, where you might expect to find little at all, sits the surprisingly elegant town of Tryon -- since the mid-1800's a retreat for artists, authors, actors and retired tycoons. Still today, it tempts travelers with a surprising rural elegance. … [Read more...] about Tryon, NC – Rural Elegance, Laid-Back Style, and a Tradition of Arts and Horses