Indaba Aouth Africa Tourism Trade Show

It took nearly two days to get to Durban, South Africa, but here I am at the third largest travel trade show in the world INDABA and it’s just totally overwhelming. Over 13,000 tour operators, tourism reps, journalists have decended onto this coastal city. South Africa Airlines which flies out of JFK was one of the most pleasant flights I’ve ever taken. The South Africans have a hospitality gene that is second to none. They will do anything to make your travels more enjoyable. One of my missions on this trip is to to find out about handicapped or disability accesibility as it relates to traveling in South Africa, and found two tour operators who specialize in this form of travel. We’ll be having a TV show on talkintravel TV…check out http://www.talkintravel.tv, in the near future or just this subject so stay tuned for that. In the meantime on this trip will be heading south to Port Elizabeth for a couple nights to a game reserve with a possible stop in two of the surfing meccas of the world, Jefferys Bay and Cape St Francis. And in a few days we will be in Capetown at the SAS Radisson for the end of this spectacular visit. Stay tuned for more entries into this blog as the days progress.

gold country of California

We;ve been spending some weekends in the Angels Camp area of Calavaras County and have rediscovered why is such a unique place. The town of Murphys is growing with a few new restaurants including a Vegeterian one. Keep it on your list for a quick getaway weekend, only about two and a half hours from San Francisco.

New Talkintravel TV shows up at www.talkintravel.tv

We’ve just produced three new Talkintravel TV shows that are up and running at http://www.talkintravel.tv
In show #27 we brought back immigration expert Linda Lee to talk about living, working, and retiring
in New Zealand. We spiced up the show with some exciting video from Auckland, Wellington, Wahiki
Island, Christchurch, and even included a slide show from Christmas in Sydney.
Show #28 features Danny Palmerlee, a noted travel writer who tells us how to make travel writing a
career, and the trials and tribulations he goes through to create his stories and articles for his primary
outlet, The Lonely Planet.
In show #29 we bring on board Chip Caruso who produces industry travel shows for the general public
to better acquaint them with tour operators, tourism boards, airlines, cruise lines, and practically everything
travel related.
All three shows will add to your understanding of vacations and travel.