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[planeta]

This topic features announcements and news from V!va Travel Guides
http://www.vivatravelguides.com

[Nraquel]

V!VA Travel Guides is a web-based community intent on collecting and sharing the most up-to-date travel info available. Essays, reviews and ratings submitted by travelers are available both online and in published travel guidebooks. Thousands of travelers have contributed to V!VA’s first guidebook, Travel Guide to Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, and the soon-to-be-released Peru travel guide, Argentina travel guide and Colombia travel guide.

Check out V!VA Travel Guides´ newest collection of essays about Latin America, V!VA List Latin America: 333 Places and Experiences That People Love. Written by writers, photographers and travelers from around the world, this colorful book goes off the beaten path and gets down with the locals, whisking you to places of unimaginable beauty.

Think you have what it takes to be a travel writer? Send us your best stuff and you could be published in the global sequel to V!VA List Latin America, V!VA List World: 333 Most Loved Experiences and Places on the Planet. For more information, check out our website, www.vivatravelguides.com

[Nraquel]

V!VA Travel Guides is proud to announce the publication of it's brand new Peru Guidebook, currently available both on Amazon.com and our website. Covering everything that the independent traveler needs to know, from restaurants in Lima to alternative hikes to Machu Picchu, our Peru guidebook is the most up-to-date, unbiased guide currently on the marketplace.

The V!VA Travel Guides Peru Guidebook is also the first guidebook to be published following Peru's devastating Pisco earthquake, and offers the most current information about the status of the ravaged area. Now more than ever, we urge travelers to contribute to Peru's tourist economy, and visit Peru's famous Incan ruins, tranquil beaches, atmospheric colonial cities, lush jungles, and dizzying Andes.

[Nraquel]

V!VA Travel Guides invites dynamic and enthusiastic writers to apply for its 2008 Travel Writing Boot Camps.

V!VA's first 2008 Travel Writing Boot Camp will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from January 6th through 12th.

The Boot Camp is a week long travel writing crash course. Attendees will learn how to travel write from seasoned professionals and be given tips on producing quality digital photography to accompany their stories. Students will also have the opportunity to stay "on assignment" in Argentina after the course and may be compensated. Works will be published in an upcoming guide to Argentina.

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.vivatravelguides.com/boot-camp/

[planeta]

Any more news from Viva? We ask that the announcement topics are updated on a monthly basis and at least every two months.

[Nraquel]

V!VA Travel Guides invites students of journalism or writing to apply for our summer 2008 Travel Writing Boot Camps. V!VA seeks dynamic and enthusiastic writers with a passion for travel, an adventurous spirit, and captivating copy. This is a great opportunity for aspiring journalists itching to go abroad this summer to gain hands-on travel writing skills and experience.

Our Boot Camps are week-long introductory travel writing crash-courses. Attendees will learn how to travel write from seasoned professionals and be given tips on producing quality digital photography to accompany their stories. Writing will be critiqued by established travel writers and editors. Students will also have the opportunity to stay "on assignment" after the courses and will be compensated. Works will be published in upcoming travel guides for Chile, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Honduras.

Boot Camps will take place in:

Chile: May 26th to May 30th

Bolivia: June 8th to 13th

Nicaragua : Aug 18th to 22nd

We will also cover Honduras in the Nicaragua camp.

Interested candidates can start the application process by following the link below:

http://www.vivatravelguides.com/boot-camp/application-process/

Questions can be directed to: editors@vivatravelguides.com

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.vivatravelguides.com/boot-camp/

[Nraquel]

There are still a few available spots for Viva Travel Guide's Boot Camps!

V!VA Travel Guides invites students of journalism or writing to apply for our summer 2008 Travel Writing Boot Camps. V!VA seeks dynamic and enthusiastic writers with a passion for travel, an adventurous spirit, and captivating copy. This is a great opportunity for aspiring journalists itching to go abroad this summer to gain hands-on travel writing skills and experience.

Our Boot Camps are week-long introductory travel writing crash-courses. Attendees will learn how to travel write from seasoned professionals and be given tips on producing quality digital photography to accompany their stories. Writing will be critiqued by established travel writers and editors. Students will also have the opportunity to stay "on assignment" after the courses and will be compensated. Works will be published in upcoming travel guides for Chile, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Honduras.

Boot Camps will take place in:

Chile: May 26th to May 30th

Bolivia: June 8th to 13th

Nicaragua : Aug 18th to 22nd

We will also cover Honduras in the Nicaragua camp.


Questions can be directed to: editors@vivatravelguides.com

For more information, please visit our website: http://www.vivatravelguides.com/bootcamp/

[Nraquel]

We just finished a great two weeks in Buenos Aires and La Paz at the Viva Travel Guides Boot Camps!

We will be holding two more Boot Camps in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Here are the dates:

Nicaragua: Aug 18 - Aug 22, 2008 (Honduras will also be covered in the Nicaragua Boot Camp.)

Costa Rica: Aug 25 - 29, 2008
For more information, please visit us at:
http://www.vivatravelguides.com/bootcamp

Sign up now! Space is limited!

[newtonpl]

Following its very successful Travel Guidebook Writing Boot Camps in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, V!VA Travel Guides is excited to announce that it will be holding a camp in Oaxaca, Mexico from 3rd to 7th November.

The camp is conveniently timed so that those attending it can arrive slightly early if they wish, and experience the Day of the Dead festival on 1st and 2nd November.

The course is filling up quickly. Those who want to apply, should see: http://www.vivatravelguides.com/bootcamp/

[newtonpl]

V!VA had a great week in Oaxaca, Mexico. There were 10 participants on the boot camp, and all reported enjoying the class and finding it useful. Ron Mader of Planeta even did a presentation.

V!VA has upcoming camps in:

Guatemala: 23-27 March, 2009
Panama: 30 March–3 April, 2009
Brazil/Argentina (Iguazu): 13-17 April, 2009
Miami: 15-19 June, 2009
Mexico (North): 17-21 August, 2009

To apply, go to: http://www.vivatravelguides.com/bootcamp/