by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | South Africa, Travel
Ecotourism Making an Impact: Minimum Footprint Perspective In 1920, there were an estimated 120 elephants left in the whole of South Africa. Today, Kruger National Park alone has over 9,000 elephants and 20,000 buffaloes. There are many success stories about...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Travel, Italy
How to Get the Most Out of Your Italy Vacation Travel to Europe in the summer of 2004 may prove challenging, but with advance planning the rewards are vast and varied and yours to discover, such as walking to the front of the line at the Coliseum in...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Wine Country, California, Dining, Luxury
A place to celebrate the love of life in the heart of Alexander Valley There is still room at the table on the terrace overlooking the vineyards of Alexander Valley at the newly opened Francis Ford Coppola Winery restaurant near Geyserville. The 88-acre...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Easter Island, Bali, Fiji, Honduras, Hawaii, ISLANDS, Featured
Go off the the grid, feast on fresh-caught seafood and sink your toes into soft sand at my picks of the best island escapes, including the Caribbean, Hawaii, Bali, Easter Island, and Fiji. Bali Bali is my idea of heaven. On my fourth trip to Bali I was introduced to...
by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Paris, France
The French Impressionist’s final home in Giverny is where Monet lived for 43 years, and painted every day in his gardens or studio. His water garden is perhaps the best known of all his subjects; weeping willows, a wisteria-draped Japanese bridge,...
