May 2012 Travel Blogs

Travel

"The World's Best Luxury Tours Specialists" - Fodor's Travel

30 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Kensington Tours was chosen as one of The World's Best Luxury Tours Specialists by Fodor's Travel Intelligence Blogger Suzanne Steinert. For specializing in intimate, hand-crafted adventure tours at an unbeatable value, Kensington Tours makes the top list for the industry's best client-to-client ratio (often 2:1) and competitive custom guided tour prices in over 90 countries.
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Travel

Myanmar In Mind? Our Destination Specialist Shares Travel Tips In The New York Times

30 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Karen MacRae, Asia Destination Specialist, shares travel tips in the New York Times. After having lived and worked in Myanmar for two years, she advises that it is safe for families and describes it as “a whole country full of gentle people.
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Expedition Cruises, Rail Journeys

Explorer-In-Residence, Mikael Strandberg, On The Meaning Of Life

29 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Mikael Strandberg has travelled to 117 countries and has slept more than 2500 nights in his tent. The Explorers Club in London considers Mikael "the best contemporary explorer in the world" at present.
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Exclusive Access, Pro Sport Championships

Fasten Your Seat Belts For The Monterey Motorsport Weekend

23 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Get Ready For The Concours D'Elegance Vintage Car Show & Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion! August 17th - 19th, 2012 Fasten your seat belts and get ready for the ultimate Motorsport weekend at the Concours D'Elegance Vintage Car Show on the sacred greens of Pebble Beach and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at the famous Laguna Seca track.
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Food & Wine

Learn How To Cook Thai Food

22 May 2012 / Compass Editor

According to Destination Expert, Laurent Pinci, the best travel souvenir he ever brought home is a collection of Thai recipes he learned at the Blue Elephant Cooking School in Bangkok.
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Travel

Mark Terry, Explorer-in-Residence, Goes Behind The Former Iron Curtain

10 May 2012 / Compass Editor

What’s behind the (former) Iron Curtain? A lot of sights you won’t find anywhere else! I was fortunate enough to have the Canadian government sponsor me on a speaking tour of Russia recently. I arrived at what seemed to be a very modest Moscow Domodedovo Airport. The Arrivals gates suggest you may have landed in Siberia, but as you walk into the main terminal, it blossoms into an enormous and spectacular international airport.
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Active Adventures

Kensington Tours Takes You To Venezuela

01 May 2012 / Compass Editor

Kensington Tours Unveils Customizable Private Guided Tours to Venezuela Venezuela Tours locations include the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the Gran Sabana, Puerto Ordaz, San Felix, the Los Roques archipelago, the Orinoco Delta, Canaima National Park and Margarita Island. A collection of 3-to-5-star properties are offered in every destination, each handpicked by Kensington's experienced South American Destination Experts.
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