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A Visit to Bali’s Pura Uluwatu Temple

I’ve lead many spiritual trips to Bali over the years – from our “Eat, Pray, Love” trip to the Sacred Mandla Pilgrimage that circles the island in a spiritual tour of the same temples Balinese pilgrims visit. And while I love getting a massage in Ubud, watching people get readings from Ketut Liyer, white water

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Eat, Pray, Puke? How To Be Healthy, Not Hurling, While Overseas

Here’s a terrific article on travel wellness by Spirit Quest Tours alumnus, and veteran world traveler, our dear friend Amy Mosher. Enjoy!

Are you wondering how to avoid digestive upset while traveling abroad? Bali Belly, Delhi Belly, the Turkey Trots, the Cairo Curse, the Bangkok Bloat, the Dakar Dash, or the Hong Kong Crud

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Karnak Temple at Dawn Near the Winter Solstice

During our last tour, with Houston Baptist University, I ran into my friend Robert Bauval over breakfast at the Mena House and he reminded about a spectacular phenomenon: the “solar rebirth” at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor which occurs at dawn on the morning of the winter solstice. I was familiar with this, but

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Tourism as an Act of Bravery

For the last eleven years in Egypt, independent travel to places like Abydos or Denderah was forbidden by the government. Numerous cities could only be visited by tourists who traveled together in armed convoys. Happily this decade-long restriction has been lifted. This might seem like ironic news in light of the recent horrific events in

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