Adland Tours

12/11/2024

During my latest Adland Tours adventure in the Galapagos, I was lucky enough to meet an extraordinary creature.

This rare species took me under its wing and helped me understand these magnificent islands in a way I never could have hoped.

The creature is part French, part Ecuadorian, a wonderful parent to two fantastic boys, a naturalist guide with a passion for education.

This creature is the one and only Colette Moine (https://www.facebook.com/colette.moine?mibextid=ZbWKwL)

Her latest project to change the world is Galápagos Infinito (Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/galapagosinfinito?mibextid=ZbWKwL)

Colette volunteers, supporting the project coordinator Noémi d'Ozouville (https://www.facebook.com/noemi.dozouville?mibextid=ZbWKwL),

The concept of Galapagos Infinito is to give every Ecuadorian child who lives in the Galapagos the chance to get out on a boat and explore the islands in a way most kids who live there never get a chance to do.

This is an enormously important idea because a lot of the people who live in Galapagos serve the tourist industry but have no real sense of identity that relates to being part of one of the most amazing national parks in the world.

The result is that kids in the Galapagos grow up not caring for or appreciating the islands, nature, or what the national park offers.

Already this project enables approx 100 kids a year to see the national park and learn about it in a new way. With just a little bit of help, this project could achieve its goal of giving all 500 kids in year 7 each year the chance to know their world.
I’m hoping that Adland Tours may be able to partner with them in the future—especially if we bring schools to the Galapagos.

There are already so many reasons why you should visit the Galapagos, but imagine being able to come with us and also support Galapagos Infinito at the same time!

The link for our next tour in 2025 is in the comments.

Thank you, Colette and Neomi!

12/11/2024

My First Crew

When we travel together
A family is created
And its not over stated
To remark years later
“That journey still lives
In me”
Of the time
When together we flew
Up and away
Over the sea

Memories abound
Of the treasures found
When we hightailed it
To the enchanted isles
The islands of ecuador
Which we experienced and saw
As we fell in love
With Galapagos

With her giant tortoises
Blue and red footed bo***es
Below and above
Land and marine iguanas
And all that she taught us
Sea lions and newborn pups
Spotted by more than a few us

And i think i speak safe
And true
For all all of us
When i say that we few
Only a dozen
Were a mighty good crew

But still the time comes
With a tear in my eye
And a lump in my throat
To bid goodbye
To the team and the boat
And to those whose kept
The ship afloat

At least for now

For i know or i hope
We will see you again
Somewhere or some how
My friends

And if its never to be
That we
Are reunited in person
I know for certain
My first Galapagos crew
Will be with me
Through and through
In my heart
Till the very end

Nov 12 2024
Dedicated to Deb, Kelly, Barbara, Hans, Kathy, Liz, Trevor, Janellen, Denea, Marguerite and of course Jess.

But also in honor of Michele and Rod and legacy bequeathed.

11/11/2024

Holiday season coming up. Slow down and rev up time.
Do you still want to come to Galapagos2025, Cusco, Machu Picchu and The Sacred Vally 2025,
The Amazon 2025, Antarctica (flexible dates) or a Rejeuvenation and yoga retreat in Bali in our winter. Yay.
Be in touch with Michele Adler or James Nicholas Leslie Adler.

31/10/2024

When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost.
~ Frederick Buechner

26/10/2024

The folks are off to Galapagos and should be nearing Santiago in 3 hours.
Meantime I'm representing the family at Nelas concert Bruised River.

20/10/2024

So one more time my beautiful wife has a concert coming up at 45 downstairs on Sat oct 26th

I miss you baby but love watch you fly from afar.

Also if anyone would like free tix to thid concert im going to give 3 away between now and next saturday.

To help me know if you would like a free ticket please share something about Nela Trifkovic and her work with Saray Iluminado and tag me

Check out Nela Trifkovic’s video.

20/10/2024

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFQb3nJF/

A wee little rant from colombia - about yoga - retreats - creativity - travel and being

Check out James Adler’s video.

28/09/2024

A beautiful chat with Carol Cumes, the founder of Willka T'ika

She is so generous in sharing of her self and also have plenty of energy to be up for and engaged with my rambling tales

In posting this I'd like to also extend a special thank you to another inspirational woman Michele Adler - my mum - if it wasn't for the amazing work she and Rod did setting up Adland Tours I wouldn't be in Peru right now and this video and a whole lot of other special things in my life just wouldn't be

This video is rough as guts but well worth the watch. Carol Cumes is an icon in the spiritually well-being, personal growth worlds. She has been such an impo...

25/09/2024

I really like this FB live post from last night feels important to share with Adland Guests

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/a5S6Bybaybc7T1T1/?mibextid=oFDknk

The pics are there to make it a bit more digestible but please do take time to click on the link

24/09/2024

It's been way too long a day creating a program for Eagles Nest for 2025 but here is a snippet of what I've been dying to share about the q'eros - I hate the word sharman but if you ever meet a real one don't expect them to be sitting on cushion waiting for you to kiss their feet. It more likely they will searve you tea.

18/09/2024

So today was the first day my brain and body have both actually arrived in South America.

Thanks first of all to Terry Cumes from Willka T'ika who invited me to join in a sound healing being offered as part of his wellness program and he is also a big part of why I'm about to have the chance to go to visit the Qero in two days time high up in thw Andees

Then today has unfolded beautifully

Exciting bit no 1

A lovely yoga session from Terry Cumes followed by an announcement at breakfast that he has been teaching yoga for 35+ years but isn't certified.

Exciting bit no 2

A wonderful chat with Paddy Pan about both visiting him in Colombia and also an invitation from him to co-create a retreatish kinda thing (more to come on that later) but it a real privilege to receive such an invite. Part of why it warms my heart is that Paddy is someone I did a bit of support work with over the last few years and it's exciting to see him feeling ready to do this kind of work for others. One of my goals for doing support work is to create a non hierarchical relationship - so it's really exciting to see him graduate into himself and for me to be humbled by his intlvitation. It may take time to develop this idea but I get a really good vibe from the idea of me and Paddy working together to support others.

Question - what's the first thing that comes to mind about what you would want in a retreatish context from two humans who would usually be identified as male.

Exciting bit no 3

I got to have an extended chat with the one and only Carol Cumes today. Carol is the founder of Willka Tika - and has been almost deified by women all over the world who have attended her retreats (I believe she has always called them magical journeys) Carol is profoundly unpretentious - she share tales with me of how she feel in love with Peru and started this place and how her relationship with Don Benito was formed. We spoke for over two hours and Carol was not only willing to share but also deeply excited to here stories of my life too. What I love most about Carol is that she too isn't a "qualified sharman" or a qualified anything else she is just Carol and I believe big part of why she has been able to help so many is exactly that.

It's also a magnificent reminder of why I'm so keen to lead a tour to Peru next year with Lils Sab

Also again there is no way I'd be about to go meet the Qero or Don Benito if it hadn't been for Carol.

Next exciting bit

A really lovely hang with my good mate Emma Shields. This was mostly just lovely because she is a super good mate and our catch ups are always a treat. But also on the theme of doing healing, retreating, supporting growing work with others - Last year Emma and I created a 2-4 week emotional support model and have decided somewhere down the track to publish this so that others, trained or not, qualified or not can make use of it. Now Emma is a qualified somatic therapist and I don't hold it against her because what I see in her is that she relies far more on her intuitive knowledge or herself and life in the work she does with clients than she relies on a book. BTW if you are seeking a damn good QUALIFIED somatic therapist I would recommend her very highly.

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I think for me the theme here is not DONT get a qualification or DONT trust people who have them. The theme is that some of the most inspiring people I can imagine learning life from or considering healing work with don't have those bits of paper. The proof of their work is themselves - what they have lived through and expirienced and are willing to share and how they connect when they are empowered by others to take on the beautiful job of supporting others.

When you meet a healer, a guide and spirit worker or what some might call a sharman you just know and pieces of paper or no you will know if they are right for you.

Also no amount of qualifications can guarantee that someone is the right person to show up for you

While doing some thank yous - I'd also like to extend a thank you to

Ankur Gupta for embracong the light in others

Prianca Shharma - for our connection changing each others lives at least twice now and asking me at some point to come run consent workshops in Goa

Karly Mee-Mackow for coming on board to co-create a tour in Bali - Lombok and Gili Air in 2025

To Celeste Novion for showing me Punta Arenas last year and for whatever we will discover when I meet her soon on Brazil (and for being open to becoming a guide with Adland Tours )

To Jessica Hackett the first great woman other than my mum to become and Adland guide and with whom I'm excited to run a tour in just over a month to the Galapagos

And to Michele Adler my mum for being an inspiring woman and teaching me to see women as leaders

And last but not least to this cat - who connected with me at lunch yesterday - yeah sure she was hungry but she was also bloody lovely

And here is a tiny video of Don Benito the amazing human I hope to meet in 2 days time (video shot by Terry from Willka T'ika.)

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/J5jD8etE8anbMFGd/?mibextid=oFDknk

This post is by James Nicholas Leslie Adler