Tips & Advice Blog Posts

July 31, 2014

Peru’s Delicious Huancaína Sauce

Peruvian cuisine is quickly gaining worldwide esteem for its bold flavors and the increasing diversity of international influences. Despite recent culinary innovation, the traditional staples are still a huge part of daily life in Peru; authentic dishes combining native ingredients with both indigenous and colonial cooking methods remain common fare. The country’s Andean highlands benefit from an unbelievable variety of…

July 16, 2014

5 Reasons Guatemala is Ideal for Traveling with Children

The travel bug is incurable – that’s a simple fact. So when you’ve lived a life of exploration and can’t imagine it any other way, you’re not going to stop when you have children. Sure, the dynamic of your adventures with change, but family travel is an absolute blast with its own invaluable benefits. Does…

June 3, 2014

Cap and Gown—and A Map of the World

As I watched my daughter Emily walk across a flower-bedecked stage in New York last week, dressed in cap and gown and surrounded by fellow students and professors, I flashed back to her very first steps… taken in her grandparents’ backyard at a barbecue, to the similarly excited applause of our family. Twenty years between…

November 4, 2013

Chris Gamel Pro Photo Tip – Rule of Thirds

Quick Tip for better photographs: Use the rule of thirds. When creating a picture, many photographers place the subject right in the middle of the frame.  It’s easy, but it is rarely the best option.  Instead, consider using the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is a simple, yet powerful way of placing a…

October 14, 2013

Photo Tips From Our Expert, Chris Gamel

How many times have you come back from a trip, but been disappointed by the photographs you captured?  You are not alone.  Creating images that accurately capture your adventures is difficult, but it can be done.  Here is a quick photography tip that is guaranteed to improve your images. Quick Tip for better photographs: Fill the…

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