Uninspired by my Druk Air meal on the flight, I was more than a little nervous when the textbook description of Bhutanese cuisine read: “meat rich, with dairy and grains…” The national dish is called Ema-datse which is a thick spread of melted cheese & chilies (think queso- but offered breakfast, lunch & dinner) and there are 1001 ways to
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Mollie Fitzgerald recently announced the itinerary for her next hosted departure! Accompanied by Tarquin Millington-Drake, they will take you on a cultural journey in Singapore, Java and Bali that will feature a 10-night Borneo expedition cruise, “Faces of the Forest” aboard the Orion II, with special guest lecturer, Dr. Birute Galdikas. Click here to review the full itinerary and learn
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Frontiers has had a long-standing love affair with the Goring Hotel in London for its prime West End location (around the corner from “Buck House”), its super chic interiors by Britain’s most au courant interior decorators like Sir David Linley, Nina Campbell, and Tim Gosling, its happening bar scene but mostly for the genuine hospitality and exceptional level of service
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Mollie Fitzgerald is still riding her adrenalin high (and dieting!) after escorting the very successful Frontiers’ invitational, “Tasting Chile,” earlier this month. She covered over 1200 miles north to south in this fascinating and diverse country. Highlights of this food-and-wine focused trip included meals in the homes of some of Santiago’s top chefs, private winery visits in the Colchagua Valley,
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Jacqueline, our guide, spoke candidly about the elevation of today’s plan and again, there was definitely “method in the madness” of leaving this highlight for the last day, as according to Dr. Harry, it takes the body about 3 days to adjust to elevation and today is Day 3! The plan was to drive to some high Andean freshwater lagoons
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First of all, I have to comment on the AWESOME stargazing we enjoyed last night… at about 9:30 p.m., after dinner, we donned warm layers (I brought my fleece travel blanket at the last minute which was a good idea) and climbed up about 50 lit steps to the hotel’s star gazing platform. It felt more like a helipad with
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Having arrived near dusk, we were all anxious to wake up and explore this lunar landscape in the light of day. Our hotel, Alto Atacama (just named number 1 hotel in South America by National Geographic Traveler issue) is situated in a canyon and the adobe architecture blends in plu-perfectly with the surrounding landscape. There is an attractive desert garden
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After cruising all night, we arrived into a still-dark Puerto Montt Harbor at 7:45 a.m. Bags were packed and we had our last breakfast on board before departing for the market which we’d missed on our day of arrival. The entire crew of 32 was on the dock to shake hands and see us off. Our two guest chefs, Christian
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Morning clouds disguised what would later turn out to be a glorious day—as one of the guides said, there are only 10 days as pretty as this in the entire year and we were treated to one of them today. Three of our tribe opted to fish, two stayed on board the ship to read and have a massage and
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Nomads of the Seas. Awaken your spirit. Be a Nomad. Be Inspired. These were our marching orders at the conclusion of our orientation speech by owner, Andres Ergas, prior to embarking on his M/N Atmosphere (aka Nomads of the Sea). I was especially pleased that he would be joining our expedition and those words were inspiring indeed. It had been
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