May 2022 by Dana. There is surely no better way to truly see and fully experience a place than to walk. My journey with Mondo Verde Expeditions along a portion of the Via Francigena proved this in every way.
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May 2022 by Dana. There is surely no better way to truly see and fully experience a place than to walk. My journey with Mondo Verde Expeditions along a portion of the Via Francigena proved this in every way.
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May 2022 by Dianne. One of the pluses about my first ever “Mario” trip, a pilgrimage along the Via Francigena, was the fact that if I yearned for a briefer walk one day, Mario and Peter and of course the drivers, Georgio and Paolo, made it so easy to deviate from the main itinerary.
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Mondo Verde Expeditions
July 8-26, 2022
Photos by Bob Gress / Birds in Focus
In my previous PhotoBlast, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, I included some very colorful birds. In addition to a few mammals, it featured some parakeets, hummingbirds, toucans and trogons. Anyone looking through a Brazil bird book will notice another group of birds, the tanagers
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Mondo Verde Expeditions
July 8-26, 2022
Photos by Bob Gress / Birds in Focus
In two previous PhotoBlasts on Brazil’s Atlantic Forest I included colorful birds like tanagers, hummingbirds, parrots, trogons and toucans. The intention of this PhotoBlast is to offer a balancing perspective on birds living in this unique habitat.
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Mondo Verde Expeditions
July 8-26, 2022
Photos by Bob Gress / Birds in Focus
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened environments in the world. Following five centuries of European colonization less than 16% of the Atlantic Forest remains today, and much of that is highly fragmented. Two of Brazil’s largest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
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April 2022, by Joyce. Our trip was perfect, including our guide in Quito. Everything went very smoothly with transportation to and from the airport, lovely hotel and our Quito tour.
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