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Explore Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Ecuador with our travel writers this month. Each is sharing a unique experience through words and photos. We’ll take a tour of Nature’s most amazing sculptures, eat meat with a barbarian (vegans be warned), taste wine in a Persian garden, and rejuvenate like Hawaiian royalty.

Canyon Country

February opens with Kim Jackson’s well-researched story about Arizona canyon tours. His photos show the astounding sculptures Mother Nature has created near Page Arizona. Kim shares the beautiful landscape and culture of the area plus tips on where to book these backcountry trips.

Dinner with a Barbarian

Bob Herkes’ story takes us to Ecuador and a meat-lovers Nirvana. “I can hear the platter sizzling as it leaves the kitchen and approaches our table,” Bob tells us. You will smell the aroma of the brochette skewers while reading about his Andean dinner.

Recharge in Hawaii

Connie Werner Reichert takes us to a happy, healing place in Honolulu. The fabulous SpaHalekulani is an oasis for weary travelers, bridal parties, moms, dads, or anyone seeking to recharge and rejuvenate with traditional massage and body treatments using Hawaiian oils, plants, and hospitality.

Wine in a Persian garden

Angella Arndt found a Persian gem in Napa Valley California. Darioush Winery’s architecture was designed to resemble the ruins of Persepolis in ancient Persia, an homage to founder, Darioush Khaledi’s heritage. You’ll book a flight to California after reading about Darioush.

See these stories and their photos below.

Till next time,

Mary Charlebois
Editor, Travel Post Monthly

This Month …

• Canyon Country – Page Arizona (2/12/2019) - While planning my one-week solo trip to Arizona, I wanted to make sure that I would experience and photograph as many sites as I could. I had heard about mountains of red rock, slot canyons, deserts, ancient sites, and more. I was eager to experience such beauty.
• A Feast Worthy of a Barbarian (2/12/2019) - I can hear the platter sizzling as it leaves the kitchen and approaches our table, the steak I ordered still cooking as it is placed before me, along with the huge, meter-high brochette that is placed with the guest across from me. This is truly a feast fit for the Barbarian, who’s larger than life image is on the wall above me.
• Jet Lagged? Revitalize in Luxury at Honolulu’s SpaHalekulani (2/12/2019) - I just found a wonderful way to recover from a long flight to Honolulu and wanted to share my recommendations with you. Located in Waikiki is the intimate SpaHalekulani, where you can indulge your senses and acquire a sense of peace as you experience the kind of deep relaxation that only a spa in Hawaii can provide.
• A Taste of the American Dream in Napa Valley (2/12/2019) - Darioush Winery immediately captures your attention and imagination with its stunning, unique architecture, and landscaping. Lily ponds with bubbling fountains and palatial, double bull topped stone columns flank wide steps to the visitor center and are reminiscent of royalty and architecture of an era long past.