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Pico Island

Pico Island, one of 9 Azores Islands, has the highest Peak in Portugal. I didn’t climb it! – the terrain everywhere here is black volcanic rock of the sharpest kind. Crazy landscape! Houses made of stacked black blocks! (Try saying … Continue reading

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Basecamp 103 – Part Seven

New Mexico to Arizona Rock City State Park of New Mexico On this cross-country trip, east to west, the state parks have turned out to be where we have found interesting, distinctive, but lesser recognized places. Today is no exception. … Continue reading

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Basecamp 103 – Post Six

Fort Dobbs State Park in the Davis Mountains of west Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico: The state park is perfect! Thank you, Texas. Fort Dobbs has spacious campsites, each situated under beautiful old oak trees along a now dry … Continue reading

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January 12 2024 Ramelle’s Newsletter Resumes

January 11, 2024 Ramelle’s Newsletter Resumes Hello Readers, Ok!. It’s time! Yes. Time to post those revised travel notes of mine from my own trip with my husband cross country that we took again this November, and from various New … Continue reading

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A NEW New View Tour for 2025

The Atacama Desert & Easter Island (Rapa Nui) March 2024!   A tour in 3 parts: 4 nights at each destination: From Santiago, Chile fly to Calama to stay in the town of San Pedro de Atacama Discover the Valley … Continue reading

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A NEW New View for 2025

The Atacama Desert & Easter Island (Rapa Nui)Northern Chile – an excursion to San Pedro in the Atacama Desert – with an add-on tour to Rapa Nui, Easter Island. Contact Ramelle  Let us help you design and appoint what you might like from … Continue reading

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Ecuador Any Time!

We have these trips we can offer you with confidence – with Hosts and English speaking guides to welcome you. Let us help you draw up a personal itinerary with your interests and preferences: ECUADOR – Many Faces! Many Places!! … Continue reading

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Chilean Shoreline

We walked across the Chilean shoreline to the Argentine border in Tierra del Fuego on Lake Deseado ! Guide is Bacho in bright green.

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Rabida Island in the Galapagos

Day Three in the morning Mickey Mouse cactus have softer feathery spines ( don’t touch) – galap dove, warbler and oyster catchers on the brick red beach – basically no water.

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Galapogos

A second day between Galapagos Islands – hopping o and off North Seymour and South Plazos with frigate birds and blue footed boobies, land iguanas and sea lion colonies – none of them adjusting their behaviors to our presence, but … Continue reading

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A New View Message for 2023!

Hello Travelers & Friends, What is more fun than heading out on a trip? ….to know that a pod of friends and like-minded travelers will be heading out to enjoy the views with you. We have some fun on our calendar this February as we head … Continue reading

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Yoga

Michael Pulitzer teaches a  Gentle Yoga series that includes meditation. The practice draws on the ancient eastern styles of Hatha, Meditation Pranayama, Vinyasa and Yin, and the contemporary teachings of Kripalu, and Restorative postures. These techniques work in a sequence … Continue reading

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Azores Islands – May 2025

A trip to the Azores offers a perfect balance of island lifestyle and European culture amidst beautiful mountains, deep lakes formed by volcanoes, tropical forests, and a variety of ports, beaches, scenic coastlines. Sao Miguel Island is the largest of … Continue reading

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Liébana⁩, ⁨Cantabria⁩, ⁨Spain⁩

We continue on from inn to inn: Casa Tollo to Casa Oso is 14.5 kilometer. Don’t even bother to convert to miles. It is a very long day. We get confused finding the first part of the trail; at midday, … Continue reading

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Picos de Europa

Potes & Porcida & Descent to Casa Oso By lunch time on Day One, the town of Potes looks great! We descend from the worn dirt trail to the first asphalt road to the square with church, castle, bridge over … Continue reading

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Cabezon de Liebana to the Parador in Fuente De

We drive from Bilbao to the inn at our first trailhead in the town of Cabezon. The freeway from the city turns into a narrow road meandering along a river between an uneven railing and a stone cliff that almost … Continue reading

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Hiking Picos de Europa

Bilbao, Spain – May 1, 2022 What a trip this has been! Inn to inn for 8 nights with 2 extra in Bilbao & 2 more in Santander on the northern coastal beach! From Home: I’ve been back from the … Continue reading

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Basecamp 102

The trip has its moments, as all do: the ups and the downs; the wins and the losses. Some elements are going smoothly on this second cross-country haul with two dogs in the back seat of an SUV that can … Continue reading

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2021

Each and every time that we make an effort to begin the early stages of trip planning, I find that I must regroup. It is still too early! We look forward to re introducing our tried and true trips to … Continue reading

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Watching and Waiting – Adapting to the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 17th, 2020 Dear Travel Friends, Due to the current unprecedented pandemic, New View Tours travel plans are, of course, now on “hold”: this includes the two Fall trips to France and Spain and the two trips for Winter 2021 to … Continue reading

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