Secluded Vacation

France is one of the best countries in Europe, if not the world, to come on a skiing holiday. France has more than 40 fully equipped ski resorts, some of which are working all year round.

Geography of France reveals six mountain ranges where skiing holiday can be chosen on. These ski resorts are detached and can be seen on the Alps, the Jura, the Vosges, the Massif Central and the Corsica.

Weather conditions play all-important role in deciding about which skiing resort to spend the holiday in. Of course, one’s own choice of picking out the skiing resort to suit the varying skiing season in France is evident since snow conditions in vary in these resorts.

January and February are the two months best suited for skiing in France. February attracts even more skiing enthusiasts for in France school holidays fall in that month and so the ski resorts fill up to brim.

Skiing season in France extends generally between December and March or April taking into consideration the altitudes of the ski resorts you decide to take a vacation at. Snow stays better in accordance with the altitude of the ski resort.  Read more...

I am a professional photographer in Costa Rica. The experiences on my tours are many since I never know what my group and I will happen upon. Let me tell you about one of these surprising events.

During one of our Costa Rica Photo Tours, my group drove to a photography location in the beautiful and pristine Osa Peninsula which National Geographic has called “the most biologically diverse place” on earth. To get there we drove through the tiny village of Ojochal near where I live.

One of my groups discovered that moving day for some Costa Ricans can be rather unique. As my group and I were passing through the village we saw an incredible sight. But before I tell you the story let me tell you a bit about the man who was moving.

When we first moved to Costa Rica our only neighbours were Ticos (as Costa Ricans call themselves) and Senor Wilson (isn’t that Spanish or what?) brought us a house-warming gift of some flowering plants. It was quite humorous to see him standing at the top of our driveway holding some plants because, you see, he was too polite to come to our door without an invitation even though he was bearing a gift to welcome us.  Read more...