Entries filed under 'africa'

How Does One Guide Our Top Guides?

Talk about pressure. Every year, REI Adventures honors its Top Guides (the top 7 out of more than 200 guides) with a trip to Seattle, and I was designated as their tour guide. Me?!? How can my guiding skills possibly measure up to the glowing five-star reviews these amazing folks routinely receive? We started the week off with a little introduction to Seattle and then spent time at REI’s headquarters in Kent. Though not a native of Seattle, I’ve lived here for 15 years now and I feel rather ...

Posted by Belinda G on March 21, 2011 7:56 PM & Tagged Australia, Cycling, Czech Republic, Europe, Greece, Hiking, Mont Blanc, REI Adventures, Southwest, Travel, africa, guides and top guides | permalink | Comments



How Do You Keep in Touch While Traveling Abroad?

Jessica, a program coordinator for REI Adventures, offers the following helpful advice: This is a common question for travelers, and the answer has changed quite a bit since I first set off to backpack across Europe on my own. In those days, your wallet overflowed with calling cards. You’d sit crammed into a payphone booth and pray your call went through, or you’d pay ridiculous rates to have some hotel or hostel’s front desk place the call for you. Today, getting in touch with home is much ...

Posted by Belinda G on September 2, 2010 5:34 PM & Tagged Europe, REI Adventures, South America, Southeast Asia, Travel and africa | permalink | Comments