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Adventure Travel » The controversy surrounding ‘Roots’
by Wayne Wirtanen, (Part 1 of 3 on The Gambia and the Cape Verde Islands, jump to part 1, part 2, part 3) Having never recovered from my addiction to Saturday matinee double features in the 1930s, I still am fascinated by the making of movies and, specifically, the actual filming locations, visiting them (or their ...
Roman ruins to the sands of the Sahara — an encompassing tour of Tunisia
by Judith Anshin, Contributing Editor Many years ago I spent quite a bit of time at either end of North Africa — in Morocco and Egypt — but the countries in between had always eluded me. Finally, in May ’07, I visited Tunisia, with Vantage Deluxe World Travel (Boston, MA; 800/322-6677, www.vantagetravel.com). While the company’s phone ...
Gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda plus Tanzania
Gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda was an adventure, an adrenaline rush and the thrill of my life. The tour that two friends and I took to Uganda and Rwanda started and ended in Entebbe, Uganda, after which we continued on to Arusha, Tanzania, for a day ...
Focus on Archaeology » A week in Salvador da Bahia
by Julie Skurdenis I’m not sure how surprised the monks who lived here 400 years ago would be to hear the soft sounds of bossa nova echoing in the cloisters where they once lived and prayed. No doubt, chanting and church music would have been more familiar to them, but I suspect that bossa nova would ...
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 384th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, something that YOU help make happen. For the most part, this magazine is written by pay-your-own-way travelers like yourself, everyone watching out for each other. Whether it was a terrific guide or a hotel that was the pits, write in to share what ...
When to go, weather-wise
Like most people, my wife, Joan, and I prefer to travel during good weather, so before we decide when to go on any trip I look up the weather for our destination(s) in “Fodor’s World Weather Guide” by E.A. Pearce & C.G. Smith (Helicon Publishing. $17.95) or on the Internet, then I make a table ...Enjoyable trip to South Africa
My husband, Lewis, thought if we checked into South African Airways (800/722-9675, www.flysaa.com) at Washington Dulles Airport 3½ hours before our flight to Cape Town on Jan. 11, 2007, we might have a good chance of getting an exit-row seat, knowing they give preference to their SAA Voyager program members (which we are not). Alas, ...
Ethiopia with The Imaginative Traveller
Ethiopia and its people are poor. There is malnourishment and there is begging, though it’s not as bad as in India. Addis Ababa, the capital, is described in the Lonely Planet guide as “massive and incoherent,” which seems apt. Modern, Western buildings are interspersed with shacks with corrugated-metal roofs. Major streets are paved, but the side ...
A West African journey continues with sites in Burkina Faso and Ghana
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