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Wendy at Goroka Sing-Sing
Papua New Guinea


WANDERLUST. ADVENTURE. CURIOSITY.
CREATIVITY.

Travel writing and photography have enabled me to embrace the above, allowing my soul to soar and my understanding and appreciation of the world's amazing, diverse and inspirational people to blossom. I deeply cherish all my experiences.
My childhood and adolescence were spent in South Africa, followed by 15 years in Europe and England.
Los Angeles has been my home for the past 28 years.

"Traveling renews my faith in humankind, as well as in myself " -

Barbara Sansone

 

SLIDE SHOWS PRESENTED TO:

- UCLA Women's Les Voyageurs Club
- Palisades Travel Club
- Newcomers' Club
- Daughters of the British Empire
- California Map & Travel Center
- Travelers' Century Club
- Network for Travel Club
- Distant Lands Travel Bookstore, Pasadena
- PEO International
- The Ebell of Los Angeles
- India Tourism Office
- Elana Hadassah
- Women's Sailing Association

- Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club

- Salon Forum
- Fairwind Yacht Club, Marina del Rey

- All Saints, Beverly Hills

Contact:
wendy@windebank.com

Articles Published in:

- THE CAPE TIMES
- THE PALISADIAN POST *
- THE MERCURY MAGAZINE
- AAA ARIZONA HIGHROADS MAGAZINE
- BRITANNICUS (Magazine of the British-
American Business Council)
-MADDOGSBREAKFAST.COM
- INNS AND RETREATS
- L.A. CITY GUIDE
- TRAVELLADY MAGAZINE
- FRANCE ON YOUR OWN
- PALISADES 90272
- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS
- NETWORK FOR TRAVEL
- IGOUGO.COM
- MARCO POLO MAGAZINE

*Winner Travel Writing Contest 2003

Online Article:

-South Africa's Phinda Game Reserve

Subjects have included:

- Travels Across Costa Rica
- Living Like a Maharaja

- Two Balinese Gem Hotels
- Costa Rica's Canopy Tour
- Arizona's Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
- Lombok's Three Gili Islands
- Two Game Farms in South Africa
- Cruising through the Yangtse's Three Gorges
- Buffalo Tracking in South Africa's Phinda
Private Game Reserve
- Los Angeles Attractions
- Lomi Lomi Pohaku Lava Stone Massage
- Egypt on One Pair of Pants
- Cycling Holidays in France
- Moroccan UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Network for Travel Welcomes All

Articles available on request

 

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Countries visited
:

Alaska, Argentina, Armenia, Ascension, Australia, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Barbados, Brazil, Belearic Islands (Ibiza, Formentera), Belgium, Bosnia, Bermuda, Botswana, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Chile, Canada, Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, Crete, Croatia, Congo, Czech Republic, Cyclades Islands (Mykonos, Santorini, Delos), Denmark, Dubai, Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes, Kos, Patmos), England, Ecudaor, Egypt, France, French Polynesia (Tahiti), Galapagos, Germany, Grenada, Greece, Guernsey, Hawaiian Islands, Hungary, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ionian Islands (Corfu), Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Iran, Israel, India, Jordan, Japan, Jamaica, Jersey, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Madiera, Mexico, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Helena, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Swaziland, Seychelles, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Virgin Islands US, Virgina Islands British, Vatican City, Vietnam, Zimbabwe


40 SLIDE SHOWS AVAILABLE:
- 200 slides, 50 minute presentations
- For photos, click on destinations on far left

- BRAZIL - Razzle dazzle color
Rio de Janiero - Copacabana, Ipanema, Sugar Loaf, Christ the Redeemer, favela, Samba Show; Buzios, Salvador - Pelourinho, Carmo; Santa Amato, Cachoeira, Sao Felix; Recife, Olinda; Iguazu Falls
- NORTHERN ITALY, TUSCANY, LIGURIAN COAST
Milan, Lake Maggiore, Isolas Bella and Pescatori, Lake Como, Bellagio, Varenna, Lake Garda, Sirmione, Garda, Venice, Florence, Siena, Montepulciano, San Gimignano, Lucca, Pisa, Portovenere, Cinque Terre, Genoa
- POLAND - History Preserved, Beautifully
Warsaw - Old and New Towns, Royal Route; Czestochowa, Ojcow National Park & Castle; Krakow - Old Town, Wawel, Jewish Quarter; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Zakopane, river rafting
- LAOS & CAMBODIA - The best of S-E Asia
LAOS: Mekong River cruise, Luang Say Lodge, Pak Ou Caves, Luang Prabang, Phonsavan, Plain of Jars, Hmong villages, Vientiane

CAMBODIA: Siem Reap, the Temples of Angkor (Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Phrom, etc.), Tonle Sap Lake floating villages, Phnom Penh
- IRAN - From Cyrus to Qajars
Tehran, Kerman, Rayen, Yazd, village lunch, Pasargade, Shiraz, Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rostam (Necropolis), Esfahan, Abyaneh, Kashan, Qom
- VIETNAM - North to South Highlights
Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Danang, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City, Mekong Delta

- PERU - Diversity, beauty and Incan culture merge
Lima, Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Pisac, Ollyantaytambo, Aguas Calientas, Machu Picchu, Puerto Maldonado, Amazon Rain Forest, Puno, (Bolivia: Copacabana, Isla de Sol), Lake Titicaca, Uros and Taquile Islands, Canyon de Colca, Arequipa
- ECUADOR & GALAPAGOS - Darwin rules!
Quito, Otovallo, La Mitad del Mundo (Equator), Guayaquil.
Galapagos: Santa Cruz, Rabida, Santiago, Fernandina, Isabela, Bartolome
- ICELAND - Fire and Ice
Reykjavik, Thingvellir, geothermal plant, Geysir, Gullfoss, Skaholt, Skogarfoss, Vik, Jokurlsarlon iceberg lagoon, Snaefelsness peninsula, Akureyri, Myvatn soda craters, Krafla crater lake, Dimmuborgir, Hverir hot springs, Blue Lagoon
-YEMEN - Arabia's Hidden Treasure
Old Sana'a and markets, Haraz Mountains, Al Hajjarah, Hutayb, Wadi Dhahr, Thula, Hababa, Kwakaban, Seiyun, Wadi Hadhramawt, Tarim, Shibam's adobe skyscrapers, Wadi Do'an, Al Hajaran, Kailat rainbow houses, Al Mukalla, Bir Qana
- TURKEY'S TURQUOISE COAST (by sailboat) & GREEK ISLANDS
Gocek, Kapi Creek, Fethiye, Karacaoren, Bestas Limani, Olu Deniz, Baba Adasi, Caunos ruins, Dalyan, Ekincik, Marmaris.
Greece: Rhodes, Santorini, Mykonos, Athens

-JORDAN - Home of a World Wonder, Petra
Amman, Mt. Nebo, Madaba, King's Highway, Kerak Castle, Petra, Wadi Rum
-ISRAEL - Ancient History and Religions Come to Life
Tel Aviv, Old Jaffa, Nazareth, Tagbha, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee, Jordan River, Bethlehem, Masada, Dead Sea, Old Jerusalem
-DUBAI - Old Souks vs. Modern Development
Old Dubai, gold, spice and covered markets, architecture, Burj al-Arab Hotel, Palm Island, Mall of the Emirates, night market
- BELIZE - Caribbean Barrier Reef, Mayan Ruins
Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Sargeants' Caye, Colson Caye fish house, Tobacco Caye, Rendezvous Caye, North Water Caye, Belize City, Cave tubing, Lamanai Mayan Ruin
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THE KINGDOM OF BHUTAN - Monastery Festivals, Ancient Dzongs and Temples
Paro, Thimpu and Monastery Festival, Punakha, Himalayas, Trongsa, Jakar
and Thangbi Mani Festival
- ROMANIA & HUNGARY - Eastern European Diversity
Romania: Bucharest, Sinaia, Peles Castle, Bram Castle, Brasov, Transylvania, Sighishoara, Biertan, Sibiu, Bukovina's Painted Monasteries, Maramures, Sapanta Cemetery, Satu Mare.
Hungary: Eger, Lake Balaton, Budapest, Statue Park, Danube Bend

- CROATIA, MONTENEGRO & SLOVENIA - Adriatic Beauty
Opatija, Pula, Rovinj, Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, Lake Kotor, Budva, Sibenik, Plitvice National Park, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Bled,
Radovlijice, Venice, Murano, Burano

- SOUTH AMERICA: CHILE, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA, IGUAZU FALLS, URUGUAY
Santiago, Puerto Arenas, Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine National Park, El Calafate, National Glaciers Park, Bariloche, Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires, Estancia visit, Parana River Delta, Colonia in Uruguay
- RUSSIA - The Old Shines Through
Moscow, Golden Ring - Vladimir, Suzdal, Plyos, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad - St. Petersburg, The Hermitage, Peterhof, Catherine's Palace, Pavlovsk, Novgorod
- SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA
Return to my homeland: Cape Town, Cape Point, Winelands, Cape Agulhas, Oudtshoorn, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Natal KwaZulu, Swaziland, Kruger National Park, Blyde River Canyon, Johannesburg. Botswana: Okavango Delta (Xakanaxa & Mombo Camps), Namibia: Windhoek, Sossusvlei
- UZBEKISTAN - The Jewel in Central Asia's Crown: ancient Silk Road caravan routes
Tashkent, Samarkand, Shakrisabz, Urgut, Bukhara, Paikend,
Khiva

- SPAIN - Historical Highlights- Ole!
Madrid, Barcelona, Monserrat, Peniscola, Valencia, Granada, Seville, Cordoba, El Escorial, Toledo, Avila, Segovia
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tribal Extravaganza, River Villages, Huli Wigmen
Annual Goroka Sing-Sing, villages on Karawari/ Sepik Rivers and Blackwater Lakes, Huli Wigmen of Southern Highlands, Ambua Lodge, Rain Forest
- INDIA: The Colors of RAJASTHAN - Palaces, Forts, Temples, and Exotic People
*
Delhi, Mandawa, Shekawati region, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar, Jaipur, Amber Fort, Agra
*Assignment for Rajasthan Tourist Office
- JAPAN - Springtime and Cherry Blossoms
Tokyo, Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone, Lake Ashi, Mt. Fuji, Kurukayama, Kiso Valley - Tsumago and Magome, Takayama, Shirakowa, Gifu, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka
- MEXICO - Walking through History in Colonial and Indian Footsteps
Mexico City, Toluca, Morelia, Janitzio Island, Patzcuaro, Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque, Guanajuato, Dolores Hildago, San Miguel de Allende, Queretero, Cuernavaca, Taxco, Teotihuacan
- CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague & Beyond
Prague, Karlstein, Karlovy Vary, Marianske Lazne, Klatovy, Ceske Krumlov, Telc, Brno
- TURKEY - Multiple delights!

Istanbul, Bosphorus, Ankara, Cappadocia, Goreme, Konya, Antalya, Turquoise Coast, Dalyan, Kusadasi, Ephesus
- MOROCCO - Imperial and Ancient Glories -
Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Moulay Idriss, Volubilis, Fez, Merzouga Dunes, Todra Gorge, Tinerhir, Ourzazate, Marrakesh, Ourika Valley, Essaouria
- AUSTRALIA - Wendy's Wonderful Walkabout
Sydney, Blue Mountains, Canberra, Melbourme, Great Ocean Drive, Alice Springs, Ayres Rock, Port Douglas, Great Barrier Reef, Rain Forest
- Old BURMA, New MYANMAR - The Golden Land
Yangon (Rangoon), Mandalay, Ava, Mingun, Monywa, Irrawaddy River, Bagan, Mount Popa, Kalaw, hike to hill tribe, Pindaya, Inle Lake, Indein, Padaung ("giraffe") tribe
- MALI - Timbuktu, Dogons, Niger River, Djenne -
Bamako, Timbuktu, Mopti, Bozo Fishing Village, Djenne and famous Mosque, Dogon Mask Dance, Segou and Old Segou

- TAHITI'S ISLANDS - by yacht
Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Huahine, Tahaa, Bora Bora, plus Heiva celebrations
- MALAYSIA and SINGAPORE Multiculturalism
Kuala Lumpur, Cameron Highlands and tea plantations, Ipoh, Penang and Langkawi islands, Malacca, Johor Bahru, Singapore

- NEW ZEALAND - Lord of the Scenery - North and South Islands -
Christchurch, Queenstown, Te Anau, Doubtful Sound, Lake Wanaka, Fox & Franz Jospeh Glaciers, Nelson, Wellington, Taupo, Rotorua, Farmstay, Auckland
- TIBETAN SICHUAN - Annual Horse Festival, Ancient Monastaries -
Zhongdian, Zhujie & Benpo Monasteries, Litang
- Annual Horse Festival, Yak herders, Xiancheng Monastery
- CHINA - YUNNAN Province's Ethnic and Scenic Diversities -
Kunming, Stone Forest, Dali, Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Naxi Village, Zhongdian.

- BERMUDA - History, Holiday and Hurricane-
Hamilton, Royal Naval Dockyard, Sandys Parish, Elbow Beach, Eastern Parishes, St. Geroge, Achille's Bay
- ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
- Sailing through CARIBBEAN Gem Islands -
Barbados, St. Vncent, Mustique, Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Union, Petit Martinique, Canouan, Bequia

 

   

 

 

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