I got back about two weeks ago from my FABULOUS Three Wonders tour of South America and Easter Island and am still adjusting to reality.

The trip exceeded my expectations. It was all wonderful, but the absolute highlight was the Easter Island visit on my birthday. What a wonderful time I had turning 60 on that magical island! I would go back there in a heartbeat, and I would stay again at the incredible Hotel Altiplanico. The staff, the food, and my own luxury “hut” were all so great. I sat on their terrace sipping mango sours and watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean. Life doesn`t get much better than that!

I particularly appreciated the guides on the trip, who were all so knowledgable, courteous and dependable. The first time a guide was scheduled to meet me at an airport was the night our flight from Miami to Lima was delayed and we arrived after midnight. I wasn`t sure if the guide would be there and was feeling a little nervous arriving alone in a strange country late at night. How wonderful, then, to walk through the baggage area, tired and a bit uncertain, only to see Maria holding a sign high over her head with my name on it. After that I came to simply expect that the guide would be there – and they always were – but that first experience in Lima with Maria at the beginning of my trip made me feel that I was in great hands with Gateways.

The first thing I did when I came back was to start planning my next Gateways trip – thanks, everyone!!