South America
Just received my monthly newsletter from Longitude Guides, and I had to share it with you. They feature an enticing list of books about Machu Picchu, including some for kids, and a new one on the wild life of Machu Picchu. Although I can’t send you the newsletter, I CAN link you to their blog [...]
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100 years ago, Hiram Bingham rediscovered the lost Inca City of Machu Picchu and almost instantaneously he and National Geographic magazine moved this Wonder of the New World into top spot on everyone’s “must do” travel list. Print PDF
Destination: Peru Book: Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (NEW: June 2011) by Mark Adams I’m celebrating the anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu this week, although for some reason the Peruvian government jumped the gun and celebrated early–on July 8. Sometimes I really love this job. [...]
Here’s something I don’t usually do…I’m re-printing a press release just as it arrived. Why? It talks about a very important travel event, the 100th anniversary of the re-discovery of Machu Picchu in Peru. Print PDF
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This just in: A couple of my travel tips are included with this collection of tips on trip planning at Wandering Educators. Going to Vietnam? How about Argentina? National Geographic Traveler has new guidebooks on those two countries (revised Vietnam, brand new Argentina) and I review them for my friends at Indie Travel Podcast. Now [...]
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Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway prize today takes you to Bhutan. See bottom of post for details. First Grand Prize Announced:Everyone who has entered the daily drawing has a chance at one of four grand prizes. The first: a $40 book crammed with information and pictures about the Americas. (Giveaway January 25–3 extra chances if [...]
Pixar’s movie UP sends mixed messages about travel.
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Destination: The Caribbean Book: The Middle Passage by V. S. Naipaul Quotable Thursday quote: I’m the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. V. S. Naipaul The question is, if a man writes well, does it matter what kind of human being he is? I delayed reading V. S. Naipaul because although [...]
Destination: Chile and Argentina, South America Book: In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin Bruce Chatwin uses one of the most engaging opening lines found in travel literature, or any other kind of literature, for that matter, to start In Patagonia (1977). The classic of travel books begins , “In my grandmother’s dining room there was a [...]
