The California Native

Small group tours and independent adventures in Mexico's Copper Canyon, Yucatan, Costa Rica, Peru, Galapagos, Patagonia, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and other exciting destinations, since 1983.In 1983, while climbing Ayer's Rock in the Australian outback, Lee Klein contemplated his life thus far. Lee, a native-born Californian and an MBA, had spent two decades serving as a corporate manager and college professor. Prior to that he traveled quite a bit, first with the U.S. Navy, then roaming around the world on his own--an adventure which included living in the temples of India and Nepal, hitchhiking across the deserts of Iraq and Iran, and working passage on a banana boat in the Persian Gulf.As he ascended the sandstone monolith, he began to question the "American Dream." He decided that if you are not having fun, then you are doing the wrong thing. Money is not the real measure of success--enjoying what you are doing is. And if at the same time you can bring enjoyment to other people, then you are truly successful