By Zachary Moses I recently published a little note from my hotel room in Ireland, where I was nervously contemplating my next harebrained adventure, Coasteering. We had a plan to put on wet suits and life jackets, then jump into the ocean from one of Ireland’s sea cliffs in order to swim into the caves carved into […]
Guest Blog
Local Key Wester Cristian Martinez Gets His Citizenship
By Philip Sheldon, CEO We at HE Travel are proud of our 40-year tradition of helping travelers from one corner of the world to explore the rich heritage and beauty of other regions, then return home again. But sometimes for a wide variety of personal reasons, individuals choose to visit another country and then stay […]
Welcome to Gay Saba, The Caribbean Queen
By Robert Walden, HE Travel Tour Director I’ve been diving with Alyson Adventures (HE Travel) on Saba every year since 2000. It’s one of my favorite places on earth. On Saba you can enjoy a completely different experience from all the cruise ship stops, party beaches and casino-packed towns that typify so much of the Caribbean. Saba offers an intimate Caribbean […]
South African Odyssey: Overview of an Inspiring Country
By Philip Sheldon, CEO In May 2013 I spent two weeks exploring the colorful, vast country of South Africa, the Rainbow Nation. After apartheid ended, Nelson Mandela gave his country this new nickname as they embarked on their new course that welcomed every citizen to take part. Like a kaleidoscope, it is a land of […]
Contrasts of the Canyon
R. Darin Hollingsworth The Grand Canyon experience is difficult to grasp, particularly without the perspective of having been there. When you try to communicate in words or pictures, neither can really capture the spirit of the place. Since planting my feet back on solid ground I have told so many people that my heart and […]
Loire Vacation
The author wrote this account of his Loire Valley bicycle trip for a local newspaper in 2002. We are reprinting it here with his kind permission. A bike was the perfect way to see France’s romantic Loire Valley. When I told my friends I was going on a five-day bicycling tour of the Loire Valley […]