Colleen M. Thomas - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Suburban Chicago-based travel writer who focuses on outdoor adventure. I started writing travel stories early in my newspaper-editing career while employed by the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. I currently work as Travel Editor for Tribune News Service and continue to write stories, which have been picked up by dozens of newspapers large and small since 2021.

Content

Total articles 7

• An unexpected thing happened on the way to Machu Picchu. We discovered the art, architecture and cuisine of Lima, Peru

  By Colleen M. Thomas| Chicago Tribune Verified LIMA, Peru – Machu Picchu. The Inca Trail. Cusco and the Sacred Valley. They are all good reasons for a trip to Peru. Those, and the cats. But in visiting Peru, I didn’t expect that Lima – the capital city most tourists use as a starting point for seeing the country – would be an intriguing attraction in itself. With a population of more than 11 million, Lima is a rising star among world-class cities.

  By Colleen M. Thomas · Chicago Tribune

  Feb. 28, 2024

• A surprising thing happened on the way to Machu Picchu

  By Colleen M. Thomas| Baltimore Sun Verified LIMA, Peru - Machu Picchu. The Inca Trail. Cusco and the Sacred Valley. They are all good reasons for a trip to Peru. Those, and the cats. But in visiting Peru, I didn't expect that Lima - the capital city most tourists use as a starting point for seeing the country - would be an intriguing attraction in itself. With a population of more than 11 million, Lima is a rising star among world-class cities.

  By Colleen M. Thomas · Baltimore Sun

  Feb. 09, 2024

• Sweet rest: Honeyguide camp is an oasis of luxury in the African wilderness

  By Colleen M. Thomas| Republican Herald Verified You wake up to a cacophony of birdsong as the sky lightens. Propping yourself on pillows, you scan the wild African landscape out the front screen of the room. An impala noiselessly strides past while a bird swoops into view, a flash of shimmering blue, orange and green. Hot tea awaits you on the veranda. As you sip, you imagine what you’ll see on safari today. Perhaps a mother lion and her cubs or a troop of playful baboons. Who would expect such luxury in the Tanzanian wilderness?

  By Colleen M. Thomas · Republican Herald

  Apr. 17, 2023

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