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Leslie's Gallery and Mexcal Travel have teamed up to bring you Photo Adventures!
Photo Adventures is photo focused, affordable travel throughout Central America and Mexico.
These trips are designed with photographers in mind and are open to photographers of all skill set. We put you in the right place at the right time to exercise your photo interests. Hobby or Pro we welcome you and your friends!
All of our tailor-made trips include a photo workshop, simple accommodation, pre-arranged activities, a multilingual guide, and private transportation.
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LEADERS:
Leslie Clements: Your focused Photo Leader
Leslie is a freelance photographer specializing in nature, landscape and travel photography. Her journeys have taken her throughout South and Central America, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, Italy, and the Southwestern United States. She has traveled extensively with groups along with solo expeditions in search of exotic places to photograph. Leslie has shown her work in galleries at home and abroad. With a background in art, Leslie attended the San Francisco Art Institute for her undergraduate studies in photography as well as completed courses at Rhode Island School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, and Semester at Sea. She is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the North American Photographers Association. While at home in Atlanta, GA, Leslie owns a freelance photography business and makes sure to always be shooting. She was recently published in the June issue of ISLANDS magazine and continually seeks publication and contests to enter her work. Leslie's photography is featured on her website at www.lesliesgallery.com
Leslie will act as a fellow photographer that is there to help you in the field on location. Leslie will lead informative photography discussions which will allow you to input new ideas and techniques when shooting. She encourages you to go outside your element and create visual statements that go beyond the tourist documentation. She will make sure you not only go home with a solid collection of images but a new understanding of travel photography.
Leslie can be contacted by email for any questions at leslie@lesliesgallery.com
Rhet Arevalo Marini: Your fearless Travel Guide
Rhet is the owner and manager of Mexcal Travel, a travel agency featuring trips all over Mexico and Central America. Before starting his own company, Rhet previously worked for the travel agencies Old Town Outfitters (Guatemala), Intrepid Travel (Mexico-Costa Rica) and Viaventure (Guatemala). Rhet has experience moving large groups of travelers, activity planning, Eco-travel, social projects and interpreting different languages. Rhet has worked as a freelance translator and is fluent in Spanish, English and Italian. He resides in Antigua, Guatemala where Mexcal is based and specializes in tailor-made tours of Latin America.
Rhet will make all arrangements for accommodation, entrance fees, activities and private transportation. He will know the ins and outs of the country being visited and will insure the trip runs smoothly.
Visit Mexcal at www.mexcaltravel.com