I took an 11-day trip with Overseas Adventure Travel (347 Congress St., Boston, MA 02210; phone 800/493-6824 or visit www.oattravel.com) that included six nights in a small boat traveling on the upper Amazon in Peru. It was the May 27, ’04, departure and cost $2,790 from the Southeast.
The Trans Wales Trail ride is a unique way to see seldom-explored parts of wild, wonderful Wales. On a 6-day, 7-night equestrian adventure, guests will cross almost the entire width and length of Wales, from the English border to the Irish Sea, on a sturdy native Welsh cob.
Our journey began in July ’04 at Cwmfforest Riding Centre, owned by Mike and Maria Turner, in Talgarth, Wales. Shortly after arriving, we met the farm’s newest members, six spring foals.
by Henry Linden, Torrance, CA
I love to travel. Since I have visited about 75 countries, I am constantly on the lookout for new and unusual experiences.
On March 12, ’03, my three sisters-in-law and I began a trip that had been in the making for over two years. We flew to southern France, via Paris, for one week of horseback riding at Domaine du Soleil (Route de Villesque, 30610 Sauve, France; phone 0033-0466804515, cell phone 06-82658301 or e-mail barbara.gahn@wanadoo.fr), a large estate on 70 acres of land and home to horses, goats, pigs, chickens, five dogs and one burro. Each of us varied in our riding skills but shared a common willingness to do our best, not a small thing for four women in their 50s.