by Robin Sparks | Dec 23, 2008 | Blog
My first night in Bali I struggle to stay awake at 8:12. Like a princess in some kind of eden, I sit perched on my large teak four poster bed, high above the turquoise pool below, the uplit banyon tree, the night sounds of the jungle. (I am the guest of Ketut, owner...
by Robin Sparks | Dec 1, 2008 | Blog, Travel, Workshops
Hi Everyone, Yep, we’re doing it again! We had such a successful voyage last September that we’re heading back to Turkey’s Turquoise Coast for not one workshop but two, September 12-19 and September 19-26, 2009 for a week of sailing, writing, and wandering the ruins...
by Robin Sparks | Nov 27, 2008 | Blog
http://thanksgivingstory.weebly.com/index.html Refugees by Robin Sparks I am up before the sun speeding in a taxi to the Istanbul airport to work with Iraqi refugees who are headed to, of all places, the United States, the country that I have voluntarily left behind....
by Robin Sparks | Nov 16, 2008 | Workshops
All you workaholics out there, check this retreat out! I’ll be speaking about how to break away from your daily To Do List to explore the world. You won’t believe how easy it is – time wise, finanically, all ways – travel is not only doeable,...
by Robin Sparks | Jan 22, 2008 | Workshops
Seven days with Larry Habegger (executive editor of Travelers’ Tales) on a classic Turkish gulet in the Aegean Sea September 20-27, 2008 On this seven-day intensive workshop sailing on a traditional Turkish yacht you’ll learn the ins and outs of crafting a...