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Limits to enforcing nonsmoking on board

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
ITN was mailed a copy of a letter sent by a reader to Oceanwide Expeditions, as follows. My husband, Gene, and I were on Oceanwide Expeditions’ voyage to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula aboard M/V Aleksey Maryshev, Jan. 28-Feb. 15, 2007. The expedition leader, Rolf Stange, and the guides and lecturers John Harrison ...

Smithsonian Journeys’ Travel Adventures vs. Signature Tours

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
My husband, George, and I went on a 16-day Smithsonian Journeys tour, “Treasures of Angkor Wat and Vietnam,” March 19-April 3, 2007. The cost was $1,899 each, excluding airfare. Air travel from Thailand to Cambodia; Cambodia to Vietnam; within Vietnam, and from Vietnam to Hong Kong was billed separately and totaled $850 per person. Entry and ...

Counteracting altitude effects

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
A year ago I posted in the “Person to Person” section a request for altitude sickness remedies because I was taking a group of people to Peru in June ’07; I own a yoga studio, and we lead an international yoga retreat every year. I experienced problems the first time I was in Cusco several ...

Lalibela’s Monastery of Nakuta La’ab

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
I was very pleased to see the article by Yvonne Horn, “A 23-Day Exploration of Ethiopia,” in the August ’07 issue. The picture on page 10 is mislabeled, however. The photo of the priest with the vellum bible was taken at the Monastery of Nakuta La’ab in Lalibela, not at the large, modern, concrete Church ...

A farewell to the QE2

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
The Queen is sold! Long live the Queen! Little did we realize when boarding the QE2 in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2007, for her Silver Jubilee world cruise that the ship’s time afloat was limited*. But soon everyone knew that the venerable old lady of the seas had been sold to “. . . Dubai World, ...

Fake bills in Buenos Aires

Travelers' Intercom, November 2007 issue
My wife and I visited Argentina in August ’07. Upon our arrival at Buenos Aires’ airport, in nearby Ezeiza, we passed through Immigration into the baggage-claim area and went to a money-exchange kiosk run by Global Exchange (www.globalexchange.es). Since we needed money for transportation to our hotel, we exchanged $300 into pesos and received an ...

Paris dining options

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
I would not go across town to eat there, but if you are in the neighborhood a good light dinner can be had in Paris at Plein Soleil (90 ave. Parmentier, Paris 11e, France). Located just above the entrance to the Parmentier Métro station, it offers an area non-fumeur — not as good as a salle ...

Early dining in Paris

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
Well off the usual tourist track in Paris is a very French restaurant that serves wonderful 4-course meals for €24 (about $32). It is À la Biche au Bois (45 avenue Ledru Rollin, Paris; phone 01 43 43 34 38), located in between Métro stops Gare de Lyon and Ledru Rollin. It also can be ...

Dining in Amsterdam

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
Amsterdam is famous for its fine international cuisine. On our July ’05 trip, one of the spots that we thoroughly enjoyed was the highly recommended d’Vijff Vlieghen, or The Five Flies (Spuistraat 294-302 1012 VX, Amsterdam, Netherlands; phone +31 20 5304060, fax 6236404 or visit www.thefiveflies.com). The unusual name originates with Jan Janszoon Vijff Vlighen, ...

Street food a risk

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
The reader’s letter titled “Chancing Street Food in India” (Aug. ’07, pg. 71) provokes a response. She wrote that despite her “semisuicidal” practice of eating from street vendors in India, she and her traveling companion never got sick, and she would have missed out on a lot of the best of India had she been ...