Audley Seminar: Discovering Costa Rica

Red-eyed tree frog, Monteverde Cloudforest

This morning I went along to another of our weekly client seminars, which this week was on ‘Discovering Costa Rica’. Although we are currently very busy in the e-Commerce department working on a new version of the website, I am really interested in Costa Rica having recently built a feature on Wildlife of Costa Rica, so went along to find out more!

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Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey on BBC2

Rick Stein in the Far East

Tonight at 8pm on BBC2 is the first in a series of programmes which sees the chef Rick Stein undertake an epic culinary journey by river, sea and overland to discover the diverse food cultures of the Far East.

“I’m here to discover not just the food,” Stein promises, “but what makes places like Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam tick. What’s so special about Bali, Sri Lanka, Malaysia or Bangladesh? Well – the food of course. But beyond that it’s the people. People talking about food…”.

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Audley Polar specialists inspect some of the vessels closer to home!

Jon and Phil, two of our Polar Specialists, with the National Geographic Explorer

Over the last few weeks some of our Polar specialists have been travelling around the UK to inspect the boats that we use on Antarctic and Arctic cruises. As Carolyn, our Latin America Programme Manager, reports …

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Hot Dog Sale in aid of the World Land Trust

Kate and Dan, two of the Indian Subcontinent team, at the barbecue!

Yesterday the Indian Subcontinent team continued their fund-raising efforts, this time concentrating on their second chosen charity, the World Land Trust.

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Indian Subcontinent team car wash for charity

Frankie and Joe, two of our Indian Subcontinent specialists, busy washing cars!

There have been lots of fund raising efforts going in the office recently from quizes to barbecues and cake baking to raise money for the different charities that Audley supports as part of the ‘Audley Charity Portfolio’. Each department supports a chosen charity applicable to the countries that they cover. Find out more about Audley’s Responsible Travel policy.

Last week the Indian Subcontinent team organized a car wash in aid of their chosen charity CINI (Child in Need Institute) which works to break down the cycle of poverty, malnutrition and ill health. It focuses on the most fundamental issues facing poor women and children in India, bringing about sustainable improvements in nutrition, health, education and protection from exploitation.

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‘Indian Summer’ Season at the British Museum Offer

Image courtesy of the British Museum: Death of Vali; Rama and Lakshmana Wait out the Monsoon (detail). Illustration from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas (1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775; 62.7 x 134.5 cm. © Mehrangarh Museum Trust.

To celebrate Indian Summer, a season of exhibitions and events at the British Museum and the opening of the special exhibition ‘Garden & Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur’ from 28th May to 23rd August 2009, Audley clients can receive the special discount price of £3 on all Indian Summer lectures including Sacred landscapes in Indian tradition with Dr Anna Dalapiccola and India: Landscape and culture with broadcaster Michael Wood.

The exhibition is a rare chance to see paintings from the royal collection of the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur.

For more information and to book tickets call +44 (0)20 7323 8181 or visit The British Museum website.

To find out more about a tailor-made trip to see the arts of India visit our website, call one of our India specialists on 01993 838 345 or contact us online.

Audley seminar: Wildlife of the Indian Subcontinent

Tiger in Ranthambhore National Park

Today I went to the Audley seminar on ‘Wildlife of the Indian Subcontinent’. I must confess I have a big vested interest here as I was lucky enough to get to travel to India with Audley last May and one of the highlights of my trip was visiting Ranthambhore where my sister and I were really fortunate in seeing 8 tigers! Incredible and everyone kept on telling us we had been very lucky! We also saw lots of other amazing wildlife. I also work on the Indian Subcontinent on the website so am always interested in finding out more about this fascinating area of the world.

Visit our Audley Seminar Programme for more information on seminars coming up or call us on 01993 838 000 to find out more.

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Audley seminar: Getting the best out of South Africa

The beautiful scenery in Franschhoek

On Friday I attended another of the travel seminars. This week’s subject was ‘Getting the best out of South Africa’ run by some of the South Africa specialists at Audley. I have never been to South Africa and was keen to find out more!

Visit our Audley Seminar Programme for more information on seminars coming up or call us on 01993 838 000 to find out more.

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The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency on the BBC

The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency on the BBC

Last night I enjoyed watching the first programme in a new 6 part BBC series of Alexander McCall Smith’s bestseller, ‘The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’. This series comes after the 2008 film based on the novel and follows the exploits of Botswana’s only lady detective, Mma Ramotswe who is based in Gabarone.

If you missed the programme you can watch it again on BBC iPlayer.

If you would like to visit the places that inspired Alexander McCall Smith we have an itinerary that we have designed to enable you to do just that!

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Audley Seminar: Wildlife of Canada, Alaska & the Arctic

Polar bear in fireweed in Churchill

On Friday I attended another of the travel seminars. This week’s subject was ‘Wildlife of Canada, Alaska & the Arctic’ run by some of the Canada, Alaska & the Arctic Specialists at Audley. I’m fascinated by wildlife and was lucky enough to visit India last year on a work trip and had the thrilling experience of seeing tigers in the wild in Ranthambhore. An experience that will live with me for ever! I have also had the good fortune to go on an Antarctic cruise with Audley and the prolific wildlife I saw then was also similarly memorable. I haven’t yet managed to see the fascinating wildlife in Canada, Alaska & the Arctic though and was very keen to find out more!

Visit our Audley Seminar Programme for more information on seminars coming up or call us on 01993 838 000 to find out more.

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