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Archive for 2005
Chiran Peace Museum
The place that most interested me during our Japan trip was Chiran. Chiran was the site where young men flew on kamikaze flights, and today it is the site of the Chiran Peace Museum. It was April, and the road in from the entrance of the site was impressively beautiful with azaleas and numerous stone lanterns. [...]Recommended Seville tours
My family and I had a wonderful 10-day trip through Spain in June ’05. We fell in love with Seville, where we had a fabulous local guide. Concepcion Delgado (phone 902-158-226 or mobile 616-501-100 or visit www.sevillawalkingtours.com) speaks excellent English and loves sharing her city with others. Anyone with only one day in Seville ought [...]St. Petersburg guide
Prior to our trip to Russia in August ’05, we read about a guide in St. Petersburg named Sveta Motovilovets (phone [812] 275 34 77 or e-mail svetasad@hotmail.com) in ITN (Nov. ’04, pg. 82). We spent a delightful day with Sveta and her driver. An attractive lady, she speaks excellent English, has a great sense of [...]Beijing to Kiev by rail
A friend and I took a wonderful 24-day train trip, July 3-26, ’05, out of Beijing, China, to Ulan Bator, Mongolia; Irkutsk and Moscow, Russia, and finally (overnight) to Kiev, Ukraine. This was a real experience, without one glitch, and it was all arranged by Tim at T.E.I. Tours & Travel (Box 23784, Pleasant Hills, CA [...]Give Bhutan a break
I have been trying to get a reader’s letter, titled “Bhutan Arrangements ‘Challenging’” (Oct. ’05, pg. 31), out of my mind, but I can’t. Bhutan, the country complained about, is my favorite place in the world, and I feel it was unfairly maligned by the traveler. First of all, to allow only four days to see [...]Walks in Valparaiso
To sailors in the 18th and 19th centuries, Valparaiso, Chile, shone as one of South America’s beacons of light. The central city, embraced by steep hills and a beautiful bay, bustled with prosperity. Above, elegant wooded neighborhoods housed the merchants and bankers and fleet owners. Sailors’ sea chanteys celebrate this port’s magnificence, remember its sexy [...]Sunny Ecuador — a wonderful winter getaway
by Florence Drake, Readfield, ME I wanted to do something special for my 60th birthday. So was born the idea of a birthday trip. This wasn’t to be merely a trip to celebrate my birthday, taken when it was most convenient. This trip had to have me someplace wonderful on my birthday. I researched our many travel [...]Croatia and Slovenia with Vantage Deluxe World Travel
We highly recommend “Croatia and Other Hidden Treasures of the Adriatic” with Vantage Deluxe World Travel (90 Canal St., Boston, MA 02114-2031; phone 800/322-6677 or visit www.vantagetravel.com). Our 15-day tour, April 20-May 4, ’05, cost $6,470 for the two of us, including air from Boston and optional travel insurance. Breakfast was included daily along with several [...]Romania and Bulgaria with Tradesco Tours
The 2-week trip that my wife and I took with Tradesco Tours (3372 Woods Edge Circle, Ste. 104, Bonita Springs, FL 34134; phone 239/495-5076 or visit www.tradescotours.com), July 8-23, ’05, was not set up to be a private tour, but in fact we were the only group members. The land cost was $1,199 per person [...]France, Italy and Monaco with Olde Ipswich Tours
I have traveled many times to Europe, and “A Gourmet European Wine, Cuisine & Travel Experience” from Olde Ipswich Tours (8 Herrick Dr., Ipswich, MA 01938; phone 877/356-5163 or visit www.ipswichtours.com), April 14-27, ’04, was the best tour, without exception, that I have ever taken. (2006 tour, May 1-15, is priced at $4,999 land.) Olde Ipswich [...]
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