Welcome to Recce May 2012

Illuminations with Don George - GeoEx Named Best Travel Company!

How do you choose the Best Travel Company? If you're Outside magazine, you assemble a global network of correspondents and ask them to evaluate adventure travel companies based on ''the quality of a company's guides, the authenticity and diversity of its trips, its level of service, philanthropic credibility, safety record, and, most important, clients' reviews and experiences."And the result? ''Geographic Expeditions stood above the rest.''

Roundtable - Tom Cole

An accomplished author, photographer and tour leader — who was present at the conception of GeoEx and has been part of its odyssey ever since —offers his perspective on the company's quintessence.

Soundings - A Conversation with Pico Iyer

The acclaimed author of Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, and The Man Within My Head reflects on his own life-changing experiences in Jerusalem and Ethiopia, the contemporary writer's necessary response to information overload, and the changes that have defined his 50-year journey from confidence to confoundedness.

Fresh From the Field - 30 Years, 30 Trips, 30 Photos: Part Two

An accomplished photographer as well as a beloved guide, Vassi Koutsaftis has been leading trips for GeoEx almost as long as the company has been in business. This portfolio showcases 30 of his favorite shots from 30 memorable trips

Brilliant Books - Lights, Camera...Travel!

This anthology, edited by actor-turned-travel-writer Andrew McCarthy and Recce editorDon George, assembles raucous, reflective, and riveting travel tales written by actors, directors, and screenwriters. The story we excerpt here, Brett Paesel's "Life is a River in India," embodies the collection's globe-spanning reach, edifying candor, and spiritual richness.