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ProfileHalle, aka "Julie the Cruise Director" is one of the founders of Spirit Quest Tours. She makes sure that all Spirit Quest travelers are happy and looked-after and provides musical inspiration for our trips.
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A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 3 of 4)

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Jan 06 2010 | Dispatches from the Road, Travelers' Tips

Another morning I follow the signs that say “nature walk”, down the steep mossy steps to a stone Balinese bathing fountain, past a splashing waterfall, along the river which marks the edge of the Maya property. I walk past plants whose leaves unfurl so large over my head that I could take shelter in a rainstorm. [...] Continue Reading…

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A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 2 of 4)

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Dec 08 2009 | Dispatches from the Road, Travelers' Tips

Of course a spiritual vacation is not all the earnest work of devotion. We are staying at the Maya Ubud, and a more integrated balance between luxurious four star service and raw nature I cannot imagine. The whole property is a lush tropical garden, set among the rice paddies of Ubud, itself the artistic heart of Bali, as well as where Liz Gilbert stayed when she wrote the Bali part of Eat Pray Love. [...] Continue Reading…

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My First Book Review: Forgiving Ararat

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Dec 06 2009 | Ask the Expert, Book Review

Sometimes, something comes along that profoundly affects you enough to need to talk about it… a lot. I read a book that I think, in addition to being highly entertaining, also had a profound spiritual impact on me, and on my own spiritual tour as I careen through this thing we call life. So I thought I would share it with you. Forgiving Ararat is, without a doubt, the most original book I have ever read. [...] Continue Reading…

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A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 1 of 4)

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Dec 01 2009 | Dispatches from the Road, Travelers' Tips

Finding Balance in Bali

This is part 1 of a 4 part series about a recent trip we took to Bali

A Bale For Resting and Relaxing in Bali
I am sitting in the stunning, airy bar of my gorgeous Balinese hotel and I am sweating… a lot. I’m on a spiritual tour that I’m leading and I’ve just had a ten-minute walk, the slow, meandering kind, but it has still taken its toll in the sticky, humid weather. Even with spiritual vacations, there is a delicate balance here between freshly showered and breaking out in a full, glorious dancer’s [...] Continue Reading…

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The Camel Jockeys of Cairo

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Nov 30 2009 | Dispatches from the Road, Travelers' Tips

In honor of finishing my first draft of my book Travels Through Egypt I am posting a section on the guys who rent the camels, which is a favorite story – enjoy!

Everyone visiting Egypt wants their picture taken on a camel.  There is therefore no shortage of enterprising young men who hover as close as the Pyramid police will allow and offer to put you up on their camel.  It used to be that you could get up on the camel and have a picture taken, for free.  Of course, it costs a dollar or two if you want to get down!  These days, they also [...] Continue Reading…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Nov 29 2009 | Ask the Expert

is sharing some fun insight on Eat Pray Love filming in Bali, which just wrapped. http://ping.fm/dXnXk #
is sooo tired! Have been working all day, but also getting ready to go camping in the AM for Greg's birthday! #
Happy Thanksgiving! Interesting article: U.S. couple from Georgia experiences Hajj pilgrimage – http://bit.ly/7SFxpT #cnn #
Had the most wonderful Thanksgiving!! Romantic, team-building, exotic, traditional, and the food… MMMMMMMM!!! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Nov 22 2009 | Ask the Expert, Travelers' Tips

is in the Century City News with our Eat, Pray, Love Bali tour (in May). Please repost! http://ping.fm/a7JcZ #
has had a new article posted on Self-Growth.com Top 10 Reasons to Take a Spiritual Tour: http://ping.fm/TBAGv #
As if the airlines PR wasn’t bad enough already: Continental, American expand surcharges; US Air implements, too – http://bit.ly/1KAkzw #cnn #
My new article, Top 10 Reasons to Take a Spiritual Tour, was just published on SelfGrowth.com – please share!  http://ping.fm/AZIkM #

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Finding Spirituality Everywhere

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Nov 06 2009 | Dispatches from the Road

About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa. Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a “meat hangover” by Sunday evening. [...] Continue Reading…

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Enjoying Ramadan in Cairo

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Oct 27 2009 | Ask the Expert, Dispatches from the Road

Ramadan, the most important Muslim holiday, is celebrated for the whole month, and it changes almost everything about Cairo. Ramadan is a time to get closer to God, making self-sacrifices to be awake and aware of your choices, so people fast all day every day during the month of Ramadan. [...] Continue Reading…

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Eat, Pray, and Love Bali

Posted by Halle Eavelyn on Aug 23 2009 | Travelers' Tips

In honor of the wonderful book Eat, Pray, Love and the movie (which is filming in Bali this month!) Spirit Quest Tours is hosting an “Eat, Pray, and Love Bali” trip in May, 2010.  And in honor of that trip, let’s take a little virtual tour of my favorite places in Bali…

Gulingen… about a half an hour outside of Ubud is the little Balinese village of Gulingen.  Our driver drops us off at a rice paddie and we walk, single file, through the rice fields, across a little ridge path.  In about five minutes we arrive, sitting under a [...] Continue Reading…

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