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One could say adventure travel runs in Geoff's family. A descendant of the hardy souls who founded much of New England, eastern Canada and further afield (French Guiana, anyone?), Geoff spent his formative years alternating between Portugal's relentlessly sunny Algarve coast and Massachusetts' occasionally sunny North Shore.

Between incessant trips abroad, Geoff studied Japanese at Harvard and technology transfer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He switched gears after university, walking a fine line between jaunts in global finance and financing global jaunts, before deciding upon the latter as an infinitely preferable vocation.

Until recently an academic at MIT, Geoff now consults with governments and NGOs in Latin America, developing and promoting involvement in sustainable development initiatives, in particular cultural tourism. At present, his activities are focused on Bolivia and Mexico. Geoff is also a visiting professor and director of international affairs at Mexico's Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).

He has written and lectured extensively on Bolivia, especially on the remote and beautiful Chiquitania. Co-author of five best-selling books, his guides are considered without peer and have been translated into 12 languages. His articles and photographs have appeared in some of the world's best-known magazines, newspapers, and academic journals.

Considered one of the world's leading experts on the Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos, his writings, photography, and award-winning Web site have won international acclaim and governmental recognition.

He is fluent in English and Spanish, less so in Latin...and just barely remembers a few words in Japanese.

Areas of specialist expertise include:

GEOGRAPHIC:

Argentina;

Austria;

Bolivia;

Brazil;

Ecuador;

Mexico (Aguascalientes; Coahuila; Colima; Durango; Jalisco; Guanajuato; Michoacán; Nayarit; Nuevo León; Querétaro; San Luis Potosí; Sinaloa; Sonora; Tamaulipas; Veracruz; and Zacatecas states);

Panama;

Paraguay;

Portugal;

United States: (New England; TX - Austin/Coast/San Antonio/Rio Grande Valley);

Uruguay;

Venezuela

THEMATIC:

Colonial missions of Bolivia, Mexico, Paraguay, and USA;

cultural tourism (esp. Latin America);

historical tourism;

national parks;

religious tourism;

sustainable development;

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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