World Leaders Middle East - PRESS RELEASE
Exclusive WORLD LEADERS Travel Itinerary Announced
World Leaders Middle East (Press release)
San Francisco-based educational travel operator High Country Passage has announced plans for its next exclusive World Leaders program: a March 2009 voyage from Dubai to Muscat featuring former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III.
High Country Passage in the Middle East
Did you know that High Country Passage's expertise in the Middle East dates back more than 30 years? Many tour operators offer programs to the Middle East, but few have such in-depth knowledge of this region.
50 Best Tours of a Lifetime
High Country Passage is proud to announce that two of our travel programs have been honored as two of the "50 Best Tours of a Lifetime" by National Geographic Traveler.
North Africa Coastal Odyssey
This recap of an October 2007 adventure to Malta, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt includes excerpts from a travel log by Ethel Davies.
Faraway places with strange-sounding names
Bay Area journalist Laura Counts interviews travel industry pioneer and HCP senior vice president Peter Voll and discusses the educational travel industry as a whole in this article for the Valley Life Quarterly.
WORLD LEADERS Travel (Press Release- July 2007)
Exclusive WORLD LEADERS Travel Itineraries Announced
Explore World History With the People Who Made It:
Madeleine Albright and George H.W. Bush
San Francisco-based educational travel specialist High Country Passage has announced plans for its next exclusive World Leaders travel programs: a September 2007 voyage from Venice to the Dalmatian Coast featuring former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; and a March 2008 China and East Asia symposium featuring George H. W. Bush.
Global Warming & Climate Change
Two scientists who are participants in the Russian Arctic Symposium offer personal perspectives on this increasingly important subject.
North Korea: A Firsthand Look
In an insightful Q&A, Chris Springer, author of one of the world's few guidebooks to North Korea, shares his experiences in and impressions of a forbidden land.
Sophocles Slept Here
Travel writer Diane LeBow was delighted to find modern-day Libya full of friendly locals, political progress, and fiesty camels.
Peace Through Tourism
Travel industry pioneer Peter Voll is driven to create tours that, above all, foster cross-cultural understanding. In a rare interview, he shares his philosophy.
Pico Iyer on Travel Writing
Pico Iyer, who is something of a cult figure in travel writing circles, explains his writing methodology and his strategy for getting in touch with an unfamiliar culture.
A Sticky Situation in Botswana
I came to Botswana to wonder at the marvelous animal life. And I did so. But I left laughing, mostly at myself.
Excerpts from a Galápagos Diary
The remote and beautiful Galápagos Islands offer abundant wildlife, starry skies, and crystalline waters for visitors of all ages. One adventurer shares details from her personal travelogue.
Stepping Into the Past
It’s easy enough to bask in the glory of a warm Amsterdam day. Easier still when I imagine what it might have been like to be denied the sunshine, as Anne Frank was denied it so long ago.
Mingalaba! Burmese Hospitality on the Irrawaddy
The Burmese way of life developed along its rivers, and my group had the good fortune to travel by boat for seven nights along the rarely visited upper Irrawaddy, the source of life and livelihood to scores of towns along its banks.
Okonomiyaki
Pizza in Japan? Okonomiyaki is like nothing I've ever eaten before, and it's delicious!
The Nightingale Floors of Ninomaru Palace
Ninomaru Palace is famous for its singing "nightingale" floors. How can a floor sing, and why would it want to?