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Africa — Wheelchair-accessible travel in Botswana, Zambia & South Africa
by Sarah Rosenbloom, Chicago, IL From December 15, 2005, to January 4, 2006, my son and I took a wonderful trip to Botswana, Zambia and South Africa. What set this trip apart from others was that it was a combination of a 7-day completely guided safari in Botswana plus land arrangements in Zambia and South Africa, [...]Antarctica — unimaginable beauty
by Debi Shank, ITN After a full day at sea, I woke up, peered through the window of my cabin and had my first sighting of Antarctica. The months of anticipation were over as we sailed past Deception Island and began our 5-day voyage through the South Shetland Islands and down the Antarctic Peninsula. The first distinct [...]Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay — three surprising South American destinations
by Sandra Scott, Mexico, NY To escape northern New York’s winters, my husband, John, and I spend three months of each year someplace warmer. In 2007, our “winter getaway” was South America. While we had been to South America several times, during this trip we found some pleasant surprises. The new Colombia If ever a country needed a P.R. [...]Biking through Hungary
by Jim Hendrickson, Bellingham, WA In late July and early August ’06, I took a one-week bicycle tour of the puszta (great plain) in eastern Hungary. Called “Spa Route Through the Puszta,” it included seven nights in mostly 3-star hotels; delicious buffet breakfasts and Hungarian dinners daily; the rental of a 21-speed bicycle; two English-speaking tour [...]Australia & New Zealand: “Blogging” our way through a trip Down Under
England’s beautiful southern coast plus the Isle of Wight
by June Griffin, Lewiston, ME England’s southern coast along the channel, especially East and West Sussex, is a beautiful place to visit. In May ’06 I had a wonderful stay there in beautiful weather. The temperature was in the 70s, and from London south people were enjoying sunshine and no rain. While the newspapers reported a [...]A 23-day exploration of Ethiopia
by Yvonne Horn, Santa Rosa, CA Nothingness stretched seemingly forever as viewed from my window seat aboard the Ethiopian Airlines Fokker 500 turboprop en route to Bahir Dar from the country’s capital city of Addis Ababa. Nothingness, that is, if one discounts the ferocious landscape of deep canyons and jagged tumbled mountains unfolding below and the [...]Exploring big, beautiful Brazil
by Emilee Hines, Hendersonville, NC I fell in love with Brazil before we left the airport at Rio de Janeiro. It was mid-January, a bleak time in most of America, but in Rio fields were lush and green and trees were blooming along the streets. Cariocas, as residents of Rio call themselves, strolled the mosaic sidewalks in [...]Looking for luxury in Vietnam, Thailand, & Bali
by Bill Kizorek, Lisle, IL International travel: the phrase conjures up visions of adventure and exploration. There are so many ways to go about it. When I am by myself, I don’t care if I sleep in a tent in Botswana with hippos grunting through the canvas or eat breakfast at a camp table across from [...]A winter-solstice visit to the ancient marvel of Newgrange
by Jim Sajo, Polcenigo, Italy I told the bored Customs agent that my visit to Ireland would last three days, explaining I was there for the solstice event at Newgrange (taking place a few days before and after the winter solstice). Handing back my passport, she replied blandly, “Oh, is that on again?” About the site About 30 [...]
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