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Archive for November, 2006
November Report Cards
FIRST, FAST & FURIOUS — The following is a sampling of reports received from ITN readers around the globe. ITN invites you to join our corps of reporters — just drop a card in the mail while the travel impressions are fresh in your mind. To obtain your ITN Report Cards, send a self-addressed, stamped, [...]Far Horizons » The Panama Highlands
(Third of four parts, jump to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). The Highlands The Chiriqui Highlands of southwestern Panama, with elevation ranging from 3,500 to 6,000 feet, are indeed a special haven of nature’s splendor. A place of respite and generosity to humans, the natural world of the highlands is verdant and abundant in its [...]Focus on Archaeology » Castles in the desert
East of Amman, Jordan’s capital, stretches the desert, a seemingly endless empty expanse of land wedged in between Syria to the north, Iraq to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south. It’s mostly flat, dotted with low-growing shrubs, bushes and cacti. There are few roads here, but there are dozens of desert tracks crisscrossing [...]Mideast and Mediterranean » Should I Visit the Middle East?
Some friends shake their heads, and others are envious of Moreen and me for our travels in the Middle East. They ask, as do some ITN readers, if it is safe there for travelers. I can’t offer a definite yes or no, but I believe it’s relatively safe in many Middle Eastern countries. For example, I [...]The Discerning Traveler » Glimpses of rural northern Portugal
(First of two parts, click here for part 2) The scrawny dog was sunning itself on the warm pavement in the center of the narrow highway. Despite my approaching car, the creature refused to budge. Within moments, four more animals had spread out on the road deck, the sides of their heads touching the comfortable asphalt. I honked. [...]Travel and Health » Routine Immunizations
(First of three parts) No one likes getting shots. Travelers are particularly averse to jabs. So why bother? Protection. Immunization, which is interchangeable with “vaccination,” aims to protect you from disease which can be debilitating or fatal. This is done by introducing a weakened or inert (read: dead) form of the germ (and, soon, cancer) so that [...]Ask Steve » Chip and PIN cards, London airlines
Q Steve, this is about the letter on “Chip & PIN” credit/debit cards on page 15 of the July ’06 issue of ITN (the best travel magazine in the world!). What’s the answer for a pair of Yanks going to London in January? What can we do? — T. Harrison Stanton, Jackson, MI A Dear Harrison, first of [...]All Aboard: Germany’s Rhineland Magic
Düsseldorf (phone +49 [0] 211/1720 20, www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de), which means “Village on the Düssel River,” is no longer a fishing village on the right bank of the Rhine River where the Düssel joins it. It is one of Germany’s Magic Cities (www.magic.cities.de), a great commercial and administrative center and the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. To feel the [...]Uganda’s Murchison Falls
I would like to correct a statement made in the letter titled “Uganda Wildlife,” regarding “the shooting of the tourist on Nov. 8, 2005, in Murchison Falls National Park. . . within the park boundaries” (Aug. ’06, pg. 83). We were in Murchison Falls National Park, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2005, staying at the Red Chili Rest [...]Don’t let it spoil the trip
As a New Zealander, operating personal guided tours in New Zealand, I would like to comment from my own knowledge and observations on the reader’s letter “South Island a Speed Trap” (July ’06, pg. 18). In my view, it was a purely random, unlucky coincidence that the reader copped a fine on the west coast of [...]
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