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Adventure Tour with a Toddler… No Problemo

January 26, 2012 By Active Adventures

Adventure Tour with a Toddler… No Problemo

My daughter, Elina, was only a couple of weeks old when my wife, Olga, and I moved from Shanghai to New Zealand for my role as Operations Manager for ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA. We had previously travelled all over the world and looked forward to sharing some adventures as a family. In 2010, we decided it was time […]

First Wow Moment in Peru

August 3, 2011 By Active Adventures

First Wow Moment in Peru

Suzanne and I were two of 12 strangers sat round a table in Cuzco. The awkwardness of catching someone’s eye during nervous stares was the only thing keeping my mind from dwelling on the lack of oxygen being delivered to my brain. Sally, our guide, introduced herself and instructed the other 11 to do the […]

Trying to Get to the Top in One Step

July 10, 2011 By Active Adventures

Trying to Get to the Top in One Step

OK – a bit about me first, so you can flesh out the image in your mind’s eye. My name’s Matt, and I work with this jolly band of folk here at Active Adventures. I’m in my early thirties, and as one of my friends so helpfully put it, I’m no stranger to the Colonel’s […]

You Can’t Take Time Off Now. Period.

June 28, 2011 By Active Adventures

You Can’t Take Time Off Now. Period.

You know, and so does everyone else, there is no way to keep your precious job (wow, you still have one?) without being a butt in your seat, on time every day, head down, nose firmly to the grind stone, all the while staying under – or better yet well above – management’s radar. And by no means should […]

No ‘Fits’ About Being Fit – for Adventure Travel or Otherwise

June 13, 2011 By Active Adventures

No ‘Fits’ About Being Fit – for Adventure Travel or Otherwise

I had this idea, as I headed to my fortieth birthday, that I was going to show I was the new thirty at forty and that I would run a marathon — the real 26-mile kind. And then, with the realization that I had to work out to qualify for the training class, my enthusiasm was dashed in an […]

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