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Passports with Purpose 2010

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LaftiGroup Passports with Purpose 2010In its third year, the travel bloggers’ force for good, Passports with Purpose, is aiming to build a village in India.  It’ll cost at least $50,000 — and I’m hoping you can help.

Travel bloggers and companies from around the globe have ponied up a collection of fabulous travel opportunities, perks and items designed to inspire your wallet — and heart — to open.

For my own contribution, I’ve secured a fabulous 3-night stay at the Rincón Beach Resort in western Puerto Rico!

The Pwp raffle is open now, and each tax-deductible donation of $10 or more will enter you in a drawing for the prize of your choice.

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Filed Under: Caribbean, India, Puerto Rico, South Central Asia, The Americas

Africa: Turns Out, It’s Really There

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On safari with And Beyond in Botswana's Okavango Delta

So, you know how some places in the world just seem theoretical — even imaginary — until you actually go there?

Well, that’s how I felt about Africa for much of my life. Until now.

Having now seen a few corners of the continent for ourselves — largely in Botswana and Tanzania — we’re happy to report that while Africa is truly vast, it’s far from unknowable.

In fact, we’ve fallen so much in love that I dare say we’ve left a bit of our hearts behind.

Hope to go get ‘em back someday.

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Filed Under: Africa, Botswana, Eastern Africa, Ngorongoro Crater, Okavango Delta, Serengeti, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Discovering Down Under: South Australia

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A moment of perfect quiet on Kangaroo Island

After three amazing weeks of traveling as half of a couple (in Africa and London), I was home in Los Angeles for less than a day before jetting off to South Australia — sans husband and yet full of excitement.

This was my very first trip Down Under. But because I’ve now discovered that South Australia is a truly unique slice of the world, full of gorgeous wines and produce, indigenous wild animals roaming free across miles of open space, stunning and bizarrely empty white-sand beaches, and a culture that goes back somewhere between, oh, 200 and 50,000+ years…it definitely won’t be my last.

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Filed Under: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Australia, Barossa Valley, Kangaroo Island, Oceania, Port Lincoln, South Australia