[Fwd: Planeta - October Update]
Yacine Khelladi (yacine.exec@REHRED-HAITI.NET)
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:47:33 -0300
> The following is an official message/update from the Eco Travels in Latin
> America website (http://www.planeta.com) hosted by Ron Mader.
(..)
>
> Quito!
>
> Tomorrow (Thursday, October 15) I fly to Quito, Ecuador for the World Congress
> on Adventure Travel and Ecotourism (http://www.adventuretravel.com/quito.html)
> which begins this weekend. I'll be in Quito for a week and then visit Guayaquil
> and the coast and spend the last few days in the Andes.
>
> I've offered to give a slide show about Mexico at the South American Explorers
> Club, though no dates have been confirmed yet. The Quito office will have the
> latest details. After this trip, look for a host of new articles and links
> online the Eco Travels in Ecuador page
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/south/ecuador/ecuador1.html).
>
> **If you have personal messages, please wait a few weeks until I return in
> early November. As usual, all messages do get answered, but please be
> patient!**
>
> Upcoming Issue of El Planeta Platica
>
> The upcoming November 1998 issue of El Planeta Platica will feature articles
> that deal in one way or another with "Storytelling." This is the last issue of
> this journal before it is retooled and retitled as "Planeta" next year. Take a
> sneak peak at http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/1198/1198.html.
>
> For this next issue, I'm looking for some behind the scenes accounts of book
> writing and/or just good stories about eco friendly travel in the Americas.
> Writer's guidelines are available online at
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/guide.html
>
> Mexico
>
> Mexico: Adventures in Nature, (John Muir Publications, ISBN 1562613405) is out
> in bookstores! It should be widely available in the US and I hope to see
> distribution improved in Mexico. While it's not available on Amazon.com yet --
> but soon at
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1562613405/ecotravelsinlatiA/ -- yes,
> you can request it at your local bookstore. Info about the book is online
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/tequila1.html).
>
> Upcoming Projects/Travels: Honduras
>
> Co-author Jim Gollin and I are returning to Honduras in November to begin the
> revision of our guidebook Honduras: Adventures in Nature
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/tequila1.html).
>
> New/Novedades
>
> Ecologica - Agua, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/mexico/ecologia/98/0998agua.html
>
> Brand New - The latest issue of Ecologica, a Spanish-language journal from
> Mexico City's Center of Ecology and Development (Cecodes), focuses on water
> and development issues. Be sure to check out their archives online the web:
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/mexico/ecologia/ecologia.html
>
> Updated Online Resources:
>
> I've added a few new entries to the following directories, a service from the
> Eco Travels website:
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/schools/schoolist.html
> 1998 Directory of Spanish Language School
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/coffeeag/cybercafe.html
> Americas' Cybercafes
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/mexdex.html
> Mexico Travel Providers/Services
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/centamdex.html
> Central America Travel Providers/Services
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/southmdex.html
> South America Travel Providers/Services
>
> Saludos, Ron Mader
> Host - Eco Travels in Latin America
> http://www.planeta.com
> ron@greenbuilder.com
>
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