Monthly Archives: April 2017

True North

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Paul North is an Undersea Specialist with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic who spends six months a year in cold climates from the Arctic to Antarctica, delving into frigid seas while capturing stunning photos and videos to share with guests during onboard presentations. I had the pleasure to meet North last April on an expedition cruise to Washington State’s San Juan Islands (see my 4/29/16 post, Sucia Island Slow-Down), and recently caught up with him for an interview. Our discussion, published in a Dream Job installment on The Virtuoso Life blog, ranged from the sanity of working in subfreezing conditions to everyday steps we can take to save our seas.

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Love in Cartagena

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My travel dream come true – following Gabriel García Márquez’s footsteps in Cartagena, Colombia. Great thanks to Big Five Tours & Expeditions for making it happen. Much gratitude, too, to my guide, Will Salazar Oviedo, for sharing my obsession with Gabo’s words and for completely getting why standing below Fermina Daza’s balcony made me smile. For anyone else hoping to explore the Nobel Prize-winning author’s literary landscape in Cartagena, “Real Magic,” a piece I photographed and penned for the April 2017 issue of Virtuoso Traveler, maps out a walking tour with stops at eight key locations significant to his life and works.

For more on Colombia, see my 2/8/17 post, Colombia On The Cusp.