STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY WITH A FIrst Travel Planner 2014 looK at 2015 A ProGraM of THE Stanford AluMNI assoCIatIon Whom will you meet? From the highlands of Papua New Guinea to the canals of Venice and from the streets of Tehran to the mountains of Tibet, Stanford Travel/Study brings you to the ends of the earth and introduces you to the people who live there. Ready to embark on your journey? Turn the page to chart your course. 2 STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY | 650.725.1093 | ALUMNI.STANFORD.EDU/GOTO/TRAVELSTUDY IN S ARY KRO ARY G STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY | 650.725.1093 | ALUMNI.STANFORD.EDU/GOTO/TRAVELSTUDY 3 Chart your course. EUROPE AND TURKEY Adriatic Voyage SEP 2014 Dutch Waterways APR 2014 Paris to Prague OCT 2014 Anzio to Tunis JUN 2014 Dutch Waterways APR 2015 Provence and the Arts of Northern France Examining T.S. Eliot JUN 2014 French Riviera MAY 2014 and Belgium JUN 2014 Focus on Barcelona MAY 2014 Pyrenees Hike JUN 2014 The Baltics JUN 2014 Focus on Istanbul JUN 2014 Romania and Bulgaria AUG 2014 Black Sea Circumnavigation Focus on Sicily SEP 2014 Russia’s White Sea JUL 2014 MAY 2014 Istanbul to Athens SEP 2014 Tuscany Family Adventure JUN 2014 Budapest to Tehran by Train MAR 2015 London Arts and Culture SEP 2014 Venice and the Veneto APR 2014 Camino de Santiago Walk JUN 2014 Mediterranean Family Wales Walk JUL 2014 Central Asia and Adventure JUL 2014 Wild Britain MAY 2015 the Caucasus SEP 2014 New Year’s Eve in Vienna DEC 2014 Wild Norway and Svalbard MAY 2015 THE MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT Budapest to Tehran by Train MAR 2015 ASIA AND THE FaR EAST Along the Mekong OCT 2015 Budapest to Tehran by Train MAR 2015 AFRICA Burma NOV 2014 Madagascar Adventure JUN 2015 Central Asia and the Caucasus SEP 2014 Rwanda Adventure JUL 2014 China Suitcase Seminar APR 2014 Southern Africa Safari JUN 2014 Classic India OCT 2014 Tanzania Field Seminar SEP 2014 Everest Base Camp Trek OCT 2015 Ultimate Aldabra NOV 2014 The Kingdom of Bhutan OCT 2015 Voyage along the North African Coast OCT 2014 Southeast Asia Family Adventure JUN 2014 Southern India by Rail JAN 2015 Unseen Japan OCT 2014 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia DEC 2014 Yunnan and Tibet SEP 2014 4 STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY | 650.725.1093 | ALUMNI.STANFORD.EDU/GOTO/TRAVELSTUDY Paris to Prague OCT 2014 Provence and the French Riviera MAY 2014 T HE ARCTIC, ANTARCTICA, GREENLAND AND ICELAND Pyrenees Hike JUN 2014 Antarctica Expedition JAN 2015 Romania and Bulgaria AUG 2014 NORTH AMERICA Wild Norway and Svalbard MAY 2015 Russia’s White Sea JUL 2014 Alaska Adventure JUN 2014 Tuscany Family Adventure JUN 2014 Canadian Heli-hiking AUG 2014 Venice and the Veneto APR 2014 From Farm to Table JUN 2014 Wales Walk JUL 2014 Hudson River OCT 2014 Wild Britain MAY 2015 Intracoastal Waterways MAY 2014 Wild Norway and Svalbard MAY 2015 Montreal to New England SEP 2014 National Parks of the West JUN 2014 Did you know? Oregon Shakespeare Festival AUG 2014 Whichever journey you choose, your Stanford Travel/Study experience will include: lectures by renowned Stanford faculty and scholars luxury accommodations and MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA travel AND THE CARIBBEAN exclusive, insider access and Central America MAR 2014 after-hours tours Costa Rica Family Adventure DEC 2014 like-minded travelers and savvy Cuba for Women MAR 2014 local guides attentive, experienced Stanford tour managers airport transfers, gratuities and all the extras THE SOUTH PaCIFIC, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND You needn’t be a Stanford alum Australia by Private Air JUN 2015 to travel with us—and we offer trips New Zealand by Private Air JAN 2015 to suit any age. Costs listed are per person, based on double South Pacific Expedition FEB 2015 occupancy. For answers to frequently asked questions, visit: alumni.stanford.edu/goto/tsfaq For a listing of trips by date, go to page 27. STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY | 650.725.1093 | ALUMNI.STANFORD.EDU/GOTO/TRAVELSTUDY 5 LAMY A P / Roam AC ON SS the planet in ARL C S NDER your style... A ACTIVE ADVENTURES For travelers who are looking to add an Cuba for Women Central America active twist to their next vacation, whether MARCH 7 TO 15, 2014 (9 DAYS) MARCH 18 TO 29, 2014 (12 DAYS) it’s heli-hiking, mountain trekking, snorkel- Women from all walks of life. Engage A flight to remember. Arenal Volcano ing, kayaking, gorilla tracking or countryside in wide-ranging conversations with National Park is just a short 45-minute walks, trips that offer a superb outdoor business entrepreneurs, bloggers, flight from Tortuguero, but we’ll savor experience alongside the comfort and mothers, daughters, activists, doctors, lawyers, every minute as we watch the Costa Rican land- luxury that are our hallmarks. historians, artists and more. So close, yet so far. scape change from coastal canals to lush forested Not quite Caribbean or Latin or European and with mountains just waiting to be explored. Leave the CLASSIC JOURNEYS a heavy African influence, Cuba is a place all its alarm clock at home. Awake to the sounds of For travelers who long to recapture the own, stuck somewhere between then and now and the rain forest where howler monkeys and toucans romantic, golden age of travel as they only 90 miles by sea from the U.S. Beyond the rule—you’ll never miss breakfast! A view from journey to exciting destinations in the lap of art and music. Professor Jennifer Brody will touch the rim. In Nicaragua travel from Granada to the luxury aboard intimate cruise ships, vintage on topics such as comparative studies in race and Mombacho Volcano and ascend the mountain in railcars, charming riverboats and private ethnicity, the history of colonialism, LGBT rights and 4x4 vehicles. Hike through a botanist’s paradise aircraft. documentary film. People-to-people exchange. with close to 800 species of plants, and take in U.S. citizens can now travel to Cuba legally through spectacular mountaintop views. In his neck of EXPLORATIONS BY LAND organizations that offer cultural exchange programs the woods. Faculty leader Bill Durham, ’71, has For travelers who love to immerse them- and have a license from the Office of Foreign Asset spent more than 25 years conducting research selves in the cultures, traditions, sights, Control—we’re fully licensed and ready to go. and traveling throughout Central America—he can’t sounds and flavors of both urban and rural COST: $6,795 wait to show us around! landscapes as they explore one or more COST: $6,695 countries on their journey through colorful, storied and exotic lands. Copán HONDURAS U NITED S TATES Miami FLORIDA Cerrón Grande Dam FAMILY ADVENTURES Joya de Cerén San Salvador Gulf of Mexico La Unión For families looking to experience new Rio Lempa NICARAGUA countries and cultures with their children EL SALVADOR León Havana or grandchildren who, as Young Explorers, A t l a n t i c O c e a n Gulf of MasayaVolcano Matanzas Fonseca have the added fun of educational projects Granada Caribbean Mombacho Sea and hands-on activities led by Stanford C UBA Volcano Arenal Sierra-Camp-trained counselors. Volcano P a n c i f i c O c e a TORTUGUERO C a r i b b S e a COSTA RICA e a n San José NATIONAL PARK 6 STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY | 650.725.1093 | ALUMNI.STANFORD.EDU/GOTO/TRAVELSTUDY LAMY A P / AC ON SS ARL C S NDER A Venice and the Veneto China Suitcase Seminar Dutch Waterways APRIL 5 TO 14, 2014 (10 DAYS) APRIL 10 TO 23, 2014 (14 DAYS) APRIL 23 TO MAY 3, 2014 (11 DAYS) The planet’s magic place. The intense China 101. Enjoy an overview of this Tulip mania. Examine the inner workings beauty and hypnotic aura of Venice have complex and immense country on our of the world’s largest flower auction captivated the hearts of travelers, writ- fast-paced program, one of our most in Aalsmeer and stroll through the ers and romantics for centuries. In the same spirit, popular. Greatest hits. From Beijing’s Forbidden Keukenhof’s 88 acres of magnificent flowers. we explore Venice’s storied islands and seafaring City and the Great Wall to the terra-cotta warriors We’ll be there at the height of the blooming season! history. Where gondolas are born. Enjoy a rare of Xian and the magical Shanghai acrobats, we’ll Your 20 new best friends. The recently renovated visit to one of the last squeri (boatyards) in Venice to combine the highlights of China with remarkable canal barge, MS Magnifique, is the perfect way to construct and repair gondolas; new ones can cost cultural experiences. In the know. Experience explore the cities and countryside that inspired the as much as a Ferrari. Virtues of the Veneto. Marvel China in the company of Beijing native and Stanford Dutch masters, from Vermeer to van Gogh. And at Palladio’s spectacular Villa la Rotunda, whose professor, Jindong Cai, and his wife, writer Shelia with just 28 passengers, you’ll have new friends design was an inspiration for Thomas Jefferson’s Melvin. Nature is the best muse. See the gor- by trip’s end! Past travelers offer kudos: “Bert Monticello. Spend two nights in Verona to allow geous, mist-shrouded karst peaks that line the Li stimulated our interest in learning more.” Hoover time for exploring its rose-colored streets and the River and that have inspired poets and painters for Institution research fellow Bert Patenaude, MA ’79, surrounding area of Asolo.