INTERNATIONAL TRIPS

We have had inquiries about winter hiking, biking and yoga tours in warm and exotic locations.

Come Alive in Mexico!
Join Martha for a Caribbean week of yoga, aquatic adventures, and culinary pleasures in Tulum, Mexico November 13-20, 2010.

The Pyrenees, Mindfully
In addition to yoga and heli-yoga, Martha loves to instruct "Mindfulness in the Mountains" for Outward Bound Canada. This is an eight day mindful mountain travel trip for adults offered in the Canadian Rockies each summer. The Pyrenees are warm right into October, and they are a mountain range that Martha has been fascinated with for more than a decade... a natural for a longer mountain traveling destination in the late fall.

The most recent way that the Pyrenees have come to Martha's attention is the 700 km pilgrimage traversing the Pyrenees from southwestern France to Santiago del Campostela in Spain. In medieval days it was one of three Christian pilgrimages, together with those to Rome and Jerusalem. It is still undertaken by many committed to seeking peace and inspiration to this day.

Since medieval times many cultures have revered travel to remote natural areas to discover a sense of purpose - such as the traditional native vision quest of many indigenous cultures. Spectacular hiking routes link the Atlantic with the Mediterranean, on both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees, also passing through the tiny country of Andorra. Some are steep, wild, spectacular and remote backpacking trails and others offer an opportunity to stay in villages or refuges each night.

Our journey will begin and end in Barcelona, and will be a light-weight and mindful mountain backpacking journey that will not pass up opportunities to savour the best elements of hiking in the Pyrenees - long and spectacular networks of hiking trails, local character of small mountain towns and accommodations steeped in centuries of history, and the delicious foods and excellent wines of Spain. Our small group will slow the pace at which we live together and find our natural rhythm, share some challenging mountain travel days together, enjoy quiet contemplation time, and discuss new inspirations about how our journeys are unfolding. If you would like to meet Martha in Barcelona in October and join her on this journey, please contact her!

We're planning a Torres del Paine Chilean Adventure...
Join Martha for ten days of luxury hotel trekking and three nights of camping in February 2011. We will do the grand tour of these unbelievably spectacular mountains, enjoying the delightful contrast of sometimes ruggedly challenging days and wonderful Chilean cuisine and festive hospitality each night. Details and costs coming soon.

Custom Trips
We would be more than delighted to offer trip research, planning and preparation, and of course guiding to beautiful adventure destinations around the globe. We have some personal connections to Panama's Mount Totumas cloud forest, Thailand, Bali, and the coastal tracks of New Zealand's south island.