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Everywhere there are nice people who want to meet you!
Roberta
dal Carlo has restored her 18th
Century family home, Palazzo dal Carlo,
on a peaceful canal in Venice, with a
panoramic view from the jasmine-planted roof garden. Departures Magazine wrote, “The
pleasant but modest sleeping quarters are such a joy because of Roberta
herself. Friendly but discreet, well connected but entirely without airs,
she’s our favorite Venetian landlady.” |
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Inner
India Tours can
whisk you off the beaten tourist path to meet women and their families
in their own environments: craft villages, tribal villages, desert
villages. Babu Mohapatra, an economist and scholar, will be your
interpreter and guide, as he was for Paola when she was photographing Celebrating
Women. Ethical Traveler. Although WWLTD.com is devoted
to projects by women, Ethical Traveler is a worthy
exception. The brainchild of travel writer Jeff Greenwald,
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Want to study Brazilian dancing in Salvador Bahia
Brazil? Tania Santiago teaches
workshops there periodically and wonderfully. Tania danced with Olodum
for six years and teaches in Northern California when she’s
not on her home turf. |
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Distinctive
Honeymoons is a registry program that
allows couples to plan their trip and have friends and family buy
elements of it as a wedding gift. The service is available from
Protravel international, which was founded |
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Christina
Ong’s five star hotel and spa, Uma
Ubud, opened in 2004 on the island
of Bali, Indonesia. There are rooms, villas and suites |
There
are two travel bookstores, one on each Coast, both run by women,
both offering the biggest, best selections of books, maps and
tapes imaginable. Elaine Petrocelli's Book
Passage (Corte Madera, California) and Candida Mannozzi's
store, Candida's World of Books (Washington
DC) also have great author events). |
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Reading Nevada Wier's book, Adventure
Travel Photography (1999, Watson Guptil ) is second
only to taking one of her photo expeditions to Asia which are
exceptional. Hike the Himalayas with one of the first women trekking
guides in Nepal. Trained as an expert by Empowering Women of Nepal, she will explain (in English) just |
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Journeywoman.com
is indispensable if
you're a woman who travels for business
or pleasure. The site is a treasure trove
of information about where to shop world-
wide, how to travel with tots, what to
wear where, Ms. Biz Travel Tips (Solo |
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Nihiwatu. Petra Graves co-founded this beautiful,
prize-winning resort on Sumba Island in Indonesia. The
resort and its guests have raised more than $2 million
for its Sumba Foundation, which preserves the
traditional culture and provides local villagers with
healthcare and education. MORE |
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Two
women travel consultants charge by the hour to create a custom
trip for you. Diane Hilliard costs
$500 for an initial consultation. Lisa Lindblad costs
$1,500 plus a 20% design fee. |
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For international
travel, agents are invaluable. The one whom Paola worked with when
she was photographing Celebrating Women, is Liz
Spander, Casto Travel, San Francisco. She not only made flawless
arrangements in destinations far off the beaten path, she tailored
an international network of travel professionals, interpreters and
guides who were experts in local history and culture. |
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Kathleen
Peddicord, publisher of International
Living, will happily send you an email every Day (“your
daily escape”) about a house for sale in another country,
how to become a travel writer, how run a business--or retire-- abroad.
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Three wonderful books about women traveling internationally are Tales of a Female Nomad; Women of Discovery: a Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored the World; A Woman's World (also Marybeth Bond’s other books in the Traveler's Tales series). MORE |
