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By Susan Bruce December 19, 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 September 30, 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 March 22, 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 November 17, 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 November 12, 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 January 12, 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 September 23, 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 August 5, 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 May 7, 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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