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By Susan Bruce 19 Dec, 2022
Jordan had infatuated me, ever since reading Leap of Faith--Arab-American Lisa Halaby's love story with King Hussein. I was naturally thrilled when invited to join the Jordan Tourism Board's first travel advisor Master Class program this past October.
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By Susan Bruce 30 Sep, 2021
High in the misty hills of Rwanda, exiting a bamboo forest we turned the corner and there he was, in a small clearing of lush green thicket in the day bed he’d made. The silverback turned, looked at us and turned back again...
By Susan Bruce 22 Mar, 2021
Greetings fellow travelers! So here we are — one surreal year out.  The evening of March 13, 2020, I made the difficult decision to cancel a 2-week trip to Africa due to depart the next day.  Little did …
By Susan Bruce 17 Nov, 2020
Well, yes, these are extraordinary times.  The pandemic has affected us all and we yearn to travel, to stretch our wings and horizons. To engage with other lands and people, change up our normal, and have time to chill, explore …
By Susan Bruce 12 Nov, 2020
After being on Zoom calls for well over a year as a member of the Virtuoso Preview Advisory Board for the One&Only Mandarina, I was finally going to experience in person this brand new resort an hour from the …
By Susan Bruce 12 Jan, 2020
Morocco…Colombia…Japan…Brazil…and more! Looking back on 2019, I’m so grateful for a fascinating travel year. In particular I’m grateful to my clients who conferred their trust in me to design and execute exciting and meaningful travel for them. Many visited classic …
By Susan Bruce 23 Sep, 2019
I knew Vermejo was big but really couldn’t grasp quite how big until I visited this private nature reserve of over half a million acres, that goes on and on for hundreds of miles in New Mexico, dipping …
Portugal
By Susan Bruce 05 Aug, 2019
You may be like me and struggle when asked your favorite destination. For me, each place has its own unique charm, beauty and experience.  But the World Travel Awards (the Oscars of travel) named the small country of Portugal as …
By Susan Bruce 07 May, 2019
I had visited Arizona once before, some 30 years ago, and forgotten how totally unique, dramatic and powerful the Sonoran Desert cacti-studded landscape is.  On a recent visit I fell in love again with the beauty and nature of the …
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