by Wendy Hand | May 27, 2016 | Destinations
A group of women in a small town in the Mexican State of Guerrero is working to preserve their ancient handcrafts. Using the traditional techniques of hand-spinning, dyeing and weaving they create the most beautifully embroidered and colourful huipiles, (highly...
by Wendy Hand | Apr 28, 2016 | Destinations
With a population of less than 5 million this small country positioned between Nicaragua and Panama and the oceans of the Pacific and Caribbean punches well above its weight in the world. There’s much that our Governments could learn from this hard working, friendly...
by Wendy Hand | Apr 22, 2016 | Destinations
If you’re interested in folk art, traditional artisan work, style and colour or interior design then you wouldn’t want to miss the Feria Maestros del Arte being held in Chapala in Mexico. Take a look at a selection of artisans who will be featured at the Fair this...
by Wendy Hand | Apr 22, 2016 | Destinations
The History of the Feria Maestros del Arte By Marianne Carlson Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico Feria Maestros del Arte is an art show conceived from a trip in 2002 when a friend and I took a “four-day-adventure-mega-shopping trip” to 16 artisan villages between Ajijic and...
by Wendy Hand | Apr 7, 2016 | Destinations
This 100% sustainable hotel in Costa Rica is the chosen destination for the start of our September tour to breathtakingly beautiful Costa Rica home to some of the happiest people in the world. A luxury boutique hotel that exemplifies the ability to mix luxury and...
by Wendy Hand | Feb 25, 2016 | Destinations
Scallawags – such a delicious word and you can hear that Southern drawl. In the 1800’s Anchorage 1770 was home to the Ribaut Club, nominally a literary club but better known as a retreat for “heroes, bon vivants and scallawags”. Rumour has it that history is about to...
