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About Pacific Delight Tours
For 46 years, Pacific Delight Tours has been America’s leading tour operator to China and Asia. Among numerous industry awards, Pacific Delight is a proud winner of the TravelAge West WAVE Award from 2008–2016, the 2009 Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Award, and the 2016 Travvy Award from travAlliancemedia for Best Vacation Packager – Pacific Asia. The company is also a proud member of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA).
By popular demand, Pacific Delight is pleased to present Jewish-interest tours for people who are kosher and Sabbath observant, as well as tours for travelers on a gluten-free diet.
Pacific Delight remains dedicated to providing unparalleled vacation experiences for its discerning clientele. Its long-standing reputation within the travel agent community is a testament to its unrivaled quality assurance, extensive expertise and top-notch customer service.
For reservations, brochures and information about “INDIA: My Second Home,” call your travel agent, or contact Symantha Myers at Pacific Delight Tours toll-free at 800-221-7179 or 212-818-1781, by email at pdt@pacificdelighttours.com, or visit our website at PacificDelightTours.com. For a brochure, click here.
About INDIA: My Second Home
Tour escorts Prof. Nathan Katz and Ellen Goldberg in India.
Whether you’re touring India for the first or fourth time, seeing it with an experienced, knowledgeable guide – someone who can bring to life the history and culture you’ll encounter at every turn, as well as ensure the smooth and safe operation of all aspects of your trip – transforms a vacation into an experience of a lifetime.
Escorting INDIA: My Second Home will be Nathan Katz, a Florida International University Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, and scholar of Indian religions who not only specializes in Asian Jewry, but also has lived in and traveled extensively throughout India for many years. From his first journey as a 20 year-old backpacker, to residing with the Jewish community of Kochi (Cochin), and later as a member of a Jewish delegation of rabbis and scholars to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the four-time Fulbright scholar eagerly returns every chance he gets, both individually and leading groups.
“I love showing India and introducing it to people in a very direct way. One of the many features that’s great about this tour is the interactive opportunities participants will have with Indian people. Those human connections – that’s what makes a trip memorable.”
As he has for most of his tours, Prof. Katz is teaming up with his wife, Ellen Goldberg, an author, journalist, photographer and veteran Jewish Federation professional. A correspondent for two years in India and Sri Lanka, she covered stories for The Christian Science Monitor that ranged from interviewing the Dalai Lama at his north Indian home in Dharamsala to the outbreak of the ethnic civil war in the island nation once known as Ceylon. Her photographs have been exhibited in Israel, India and throughout the U.S.
To read more about the couple, click here. To contact them, email: indiamysecondhome@gmail.com.