Travel Tidbits
From the December 2007 issue.
We had the best meal of our trip to the Azores at Restaurante Lita (Travessa da Alfândega, 9970-339, Sta. Cruz das Flores; phone 0031 292 592 245) — a pure treasure. We ate outside on the second-floor balcony, overlooking the sea. It was a bit more expensive than we were used to, but for €33 (near $44) the two of us had veal shish kebab, Portuguese fisherman’s stew, vegetables, salad, beer and a bottle of wine. — CAROLE WARDELL, Spring Valley, NY
I just came upon a most interesting website: www.globalincidentmap. com. Offering an up-to-the-minute view of what is going on in the world, it reiterates why it isn’t safe to travel to the countries listed in the U.S. State Department warnings. — CLAUDIA REED, Las Vegas, NV
Pura Besakih, also known as the Mother Temple of Hinduism, is Bali, Indonesia’s, most sacred temple. It is located near the volcano Mount Agung, Bali’s highest mountain. By good fortune, a large festival was taking place in the April we visited. Hundreds of people from a local village were dressed in their best clothes. It was a highlight of our trip to see these festivals. There were lines of men dressed in long white shirts and colorful skirts, and women wearing lace blouses and brightly patterned skirts and carrying large baskets of fruit and other food on their heads as offerings. Sometimes, the men were playing drums and other instruments. — MYRNA PLOST, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, is a small fishing village on a beautiful bay on the Pacific, close to the Costa Rican border. We found the town very quaint, although many new hotels were under construction. There also were many good seafood restaurants, and we had an excellent seafood lunch with the country’s local beer, Victoria, all very reasonably priced at about $10. This was also one of several areas to arrange for a fishing charter. — PHYLLIS CORRIGAN, Valley City, OH
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