by Marybeth Bond | Jul 16, 2012 | Bali, Easter Island, 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 | Mar 10, 2012 | All Countries, Panama, Romance
In the far northwestern corner of Panama, tucked up next to the border with Costa Rica, the relatively undiscovered Bocas del Toro islands not only have both beautiful beaches and captivating marine animals, but this archipelago also contains intact indigenous Indian...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 10, 2012 | Panama
I had heard Panama had great bird-watching, eco-lodges and indigenous cultures, but until recently, I had never heard of the country’s Bocas del Toro islands – or that this archipelago excelled in bird-watching, eco-lodges and indigenous peoples’ culture. With nine...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 18, 2012 | Machu Picchu, Adventure, Peru
It was a feeling that I yearned for. To stand on top of a mountain in the cool silence of dawn. Cliché? Perhaps. But nevertheless, I was certain that there were few moments in life more satisfying than that stillness. And at...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 27, 2011 | Adventure, Roatan Island, Honduras
Do you dream of tropical vacations? I’m talking about imagining yourself on a relaxing island with powder-soft white sand beaches amid coconut palms swaying in the breezy sea air. You sip an icy tropical drink while swinging in a hammock on the porch of your cozy...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 15, 2011 | Chile
Our Chilean adventure continues… 5. Gallop across the Patagonia Steppe Billowing, untamed clouds race across the sky as you gallop amid waves of grass in a savannah of hills and verdant vales dotted with yellow wildflowers. No visit to an estancia is complete...