World Travel Trips

Enjoy Acadian Evangeline Trial, Halifax Harbor, Peggy’s Cove, Prince Edward Island (Anne of Green Gables land), New Brunswick, Campobello, and more.

Nova Scotia and the Maritimes are provinces on the Canadian Atlantic Coast, the smallest in Canada. They are very distinct and compact.

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Criss-cross the Pyrenees mountains in France and Spain from Coast to Coast. See spectacular scenery, famous artisans, ancient architecture, and museums galore! Surprises for even the well-traveled.

Pamplona is famous for the Fiesta de San Fremin and the running of the bulls.

Yearn for the lush meadows, wild rivers and green hills of San Sebastian.

Royalty made Biaritz a favorite resort.

Excellent pine forests protect the coastline from Bayonne to Bordeaux.

Nantes produces an Edict which established freedom of conscience and worship in Pau and all France.

Eucharist is served to millions of pilgrims that come to the Shrine of Lourdes.

En route from St. Lary to Viella you will pass through villages that have changed little over the generations.

Stay in Toulouse while you take an excursion to Carcassone, home to the largest and best preserved Medieval fortress in all of Europe.

Peru’s archaeological history reveals a highly advanced society, in spite of awesome odds. The earliest settlers crossed the Bering straits from Asia and drifted through the Americas thousands of years before Christ.

Even before the geralded Inca dynasty, the early Andean society appeared. Its sophisticated canal system increased farming productivity and gave the people time to produce ceramics and textiles. With these, the people established trade and cultural links with surrounding peoples.

Regional exchange of the Andean culture also brought knowledge of animal domestication, as well as distinctive weaving and pottery. Sizable towns grew, populated by artisans, merchants and religious officials.

Unlike the Andeans, the origins of the Inca dynasty are shrouded in mythology. The tales of Man Copac and his sister rising out of lake Titicaca as divine founders of a chosen race, became reality as the small tribe grew to supremacy, becoming the largest empire ever known in the Americas. Invading Spaniards later named the region Amazon.

Turkey has been an historical stepping stone between Europe in Asia from the earliest history of man. Migratory tribes and traders from east and west pushed their civilizations across this mighty land bridge, leaving a patchwork of cultures.

Unending sights stimulate the senses in this land of extremes. Lost civilizations vie for visibility amid an encroaching secular Westernization.

Remnants of ancient Harran, Antioch, and Tarsus take us back to earliest stirrings of faith, while classical antiquities and medieval monuments are proof to its continuation.

Kings, emperors, and sultans had their turn in the course of Turkey’s history and left their mark – from Constantine of Byzantium, Midas of Phrygia, Sultan Suleyman the Great, the powerful Ottoman Empire, and President Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.

Eastern Turkey holds its own in maintaining the virginal charm of an ancient culture. Veiled matrons and maidens in flowing robes regard their domesticity as essential to strong family ties. Uniformed youngsters attest to a no-nonsense educational system. In contrast, kerchiefed women with sunburned faces work hard digging potatoes, picking cotton, harvesting tea and gathering pistachios and hazelnuts from verdant fields and orchards.

Your journey begins in modern, bustling Istanbul. A flight to Trabzon will have you embracing the Black Sea Coast, traveling to lost cities in An, eyeing towering mountain ranges and natural wonders at Mt. Ararat, and ducking into rock hewn churches and underground cities in Cappadocia. Modern dams divert the Ancient Euphrates River to fertile plateaus, and sweeping plains lead to Ankara, capital of Turkey. Days of unparalleled adventure and beauty are recorded for your lasting pleasure.

Sail on a coastal steamer from Bergen up the 1250 mile rugged coast to the Arctic Circle through narrow fjords and under sheer snow-cover crags.

Norway’s swashbuckling Vikings from the “Land of the Midnight Sun” were fearlessly sweeping the world’s waterways, while seafarers were timidly hugging the coast of the Mediterranean.

Oceans are still being plied by Norway’s modern Vikings, but for more peaceful reasons: fishing for haddock, cod, and salmon; and for sailing the Hurtigruten, the fast steamer run from Bergen up the 1250 mile rigged coast to Kirkenes in the Arctic Circle.

Reaching Norway’s coastal population of over a half-million souls in its 35 towns and villages is a full-time job for the coastal express. For eleven days each run, all year-round, the ships make their daily calls at towns, villages, and fishing settlements, delivering mail, supplies and commerce both northbound and southbound.

Why not make the trip with them! Cruise Norway’s enchanting coastline. Thread through narrow fjords, past islands and skerries, and under towering mountain crags that rise sheer from the sea.

All seasons of the year equally fascinating. Summer displays the beauty of the midnight sun. Winter offers the thrill of the snow-clad mountains and the active fishing fleet in Vestfjord. In spring, the lovely Nordic flowers are everywhere, and sea birds nest among the cliffs and shores. Autumn crops are harvested along narrow shelves of the rugged coast. Toy-like houses with splashed of red, green and yellow dot the shores and valleys.

You will see 53 minutes of ever-changing views, and hear historical backgrounds and interesting facts about the numerous cities and towns along Norway’s western coast. This is a memory package you will share again and again with friends and family. And who knows, they may take their next trip with you.

See Katmandu and ancient cities. Join a seven-day trek in the terraced Middle Mountains. Raft down the Trisuli River. Take an elephant safari to see Asian rhino in Royal Chiwan Jungle.

Nepal is a land dating back to the time of Christ. It is steeped in ancient customs and traditions.

Everest is its highest mountain rising 29,028 feet, and shared by both Nepal and Tibet. It dwarfs all other mountains in the world.

Population in Nepal numbers about 14 million, with one million in the crowded capital city of Katmandu.

Agriculture is a mainstay of this tiny country of mountains and terraces. With little flat land, its people have conditioned itself to the remote, strenuous environment. Infant mortality is high, but those surviving past 10 years old may lead into their 70s.

Like other third world countries, Nepal is striving to move into the 21st century. In 1995, a Democratic National Congress opened up the country to other minority religions. There are signs of a flowering of Christian churches, especially in Katmandu.

Morocco has a variety of cultures from the 7th century: African, Arabian, and European. On special occasions horcemen, dancers, musicians, camellers, and singers in Marrakesh put on an Arabian spectical called “Fantasia.”

Old Morocco played an important part in hosting the Phoenicians and Carthaginians in the Neolithic Age. But the real history of Morocco began with the conquest of Islam at the end of the 8th century. Today, remains of the period are evident in Tanglers, Casablanca, and Fez. .

Rabat is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. During the first century reign of Emperor Trajan, it acquired the status of a Roman municipality.

O t is also a modern progressive state, boosting a rich historical cultural heritage. Today, Tanzania is united in its independence and distinction. Many Africans claim it is the most up-and-coming country of East Africa.

Citizens of Tanzania comprise a diversity of tribes and cultures- 120 of them. But a dozen form half the population, with no tribe large enough to dominate. This has resulted in a much lower level of ethnic conflict than elsewhere in Africa. Tanzania is united by the national language of Swahili.

Arusha is Tanzania’s safari town and main base to the northern parks. Landrovers crowd the town from dawn to dusk, departing or returning from Arusha National Park, Tarangire, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Preserve. In this video, you’ll enjoy the “African Experience” of an actual photographer’s safari.

From Amman take the King’s Highway to the Red Sea. Explore the Red Rose City of Petra. Visit castles and desert canyons of biblical importance.

Join us on a trip though fascinating Jordan. From Amman, the capital, we drive along the King’s Highway to the Gulf of Aqaba, discovering enroute the biblical characters of Abraham, Jacob , Esau, Moses and more.

Only in the past few years have tour companies discovered that Jordan is the most exciting travel destination after Israel

Roman ruins, Crusader castles and the famous rock-carved city of Petra vie with desert canyons, lush valleys and spectacular coral reefs in the Gulf. Or with the Dead Sea qualities of healing and refreshing.

Drawing visitors for over a century to the ancient kingdoms of Moab, Ammon, and Edom, where over 500 archaeological sites have been unearthed, Jordanians are aware that thousands of undiscovered ruins await exciting discovery.

Agriculture and mineral deposits have lifted Jordan far above the early decades of inhospitality and malaria infestation. Today, nearly two million people live comfortably in some 50 cities and villages.

Now, the visitor can reside in four and five star hotels, while enjoying Jordan’s moderate climate, unusual water qualities and historical spiritual legacy.

Enjoy the mystique of Rajah palaces, temples, and traditions. See tiger, deer, sambar, camel, elephant, and Ganges River rituals.

India, with 5,000 years of civilization and approximately 975 million people, is second only to China in population. It is the largest democracy in the world.

Nothing can quite duplicate the experience of exploring India’s history, languages, traditions and religious development.

Dance, music, art and religious rituals came to India from multiplicity of races and ethic groups.

Independence from Britain was achieved in 1947, furthering the unification of hundreds of small states and finally making India a large, united country.

Agriculture flourished due to its highly fertile plain. The discovery of iron around 1000 B.C. open the way to implements needed for clearing the huge forests, and building cities. India’s extensive coastline provides excellent import and export opportunities- another asset to self-sufficiency.

China is an immense country, third largest in the world and full of contrasts, from the Mongolian plains to lush forests and barren deserts. About 14% is cultivatable. The rest is mountains, waterways and desert. With almost one thousand million population, keeping people fed is always a major problem.

Heritage is all important to the Chinese Each of the 26 provinces has its own dialect, customs, and traditions. For centuries the Chinese were certain their country was the central kingdom of the world.

Intellectuals for over 2,000 years used the teachings of Confucius, who formed the moral code of his followers. Chinese civilization was far advanced 1,500 years before Christ.

Now engaged in a program of modernization, agriculture, industry, defense, science and technology, China hopes to raise the country to the level of the current world powers.

Although the obstacles are enormous, there is continuous pressure to industrialize. New factories rear up besides the sites of ancient cities, while the life in the fields continues as always.