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Keeping in touch with the folks back home

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
Bill Steltzer of West Grove, Pennsylvania, lamented that on a May ’07 trip to France he had trouble finding public Web-access points. “Now that computer ownership is universal, the Internet cafés have vanished,” he wrote. “We used to find public libraries good spots for Internet access but not on this past trip. At the mediatheques (small-town ...

Reflections from the world’s most-traveled couple

Features, December 2007 issue
Reflections from the world’s most-traveled couple
Robert Pine, Boulder, CO In the March ’06 issue (page 2), Editor David Tykol included a mention of Robert and Dorothy Pine, recognized by the Travelers’ Century Club as the first couple in the world to have visited all 315 countries on the organization’s list. In response to readers’ feedback, Robert Pine is sharing more of ...

Driving Namibia

Features, November 2007 issue
Driving Namibia
by Joyce Bruck, Ocean Ridge, FL My longtime friend Winnie Outcalt joined me in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 18, 2006, for an adventure to Namibia. My interest in Namibia began when I saw pictures of the Skeleton Coast with its sand dunes, animals and shipwrecks. As I did my usual extensive research, I discovered there ...

Southern Africa by rail

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
My husband, Jim, and I took a trip from Cape Town, South Africa, to Chobe National Park in Botswana by way of Victoria Falls, Feb. 19-March 5, 2007. The trip was set up by Deborah at Wild African Ventures (10505 Wheatland Ave., Shadow Hills, CA 91040; 800/358-8530, www.wildafricanventures.com) and included a 16-day train trip with Shongololo ...

Southern Africa trains

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
In July ’06 I made a deposit of $2,400 for trips on the following Shongololo Express trains in Southern Africa: Good Hope, March 6-21, 2007 ($3,680), Dune Express, March 27-April 11 ($3,905) and Southern Cross, April 11-26 ($4,350) — total cost, $11,935. So it was with concern that I read in ITN the news item “South ...

Assessing Botswana lodgings

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
My husband and I traveled throughout Botswana, then to Victoria Falls, in September and October 2006. We flew into Gaborone, Botswana, and stayed at the Gaborone Sun International Hotel (phone 09267-3951111 or visit www.sun-international.com). Bed and breakfast can be booked at $147 per night for two. This was the best hotel in town. Its rooms were Western ...

Luggage lagged behind

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
My partner, Pamela, and I decided to support the work of Earthwatch (3 Clock Tower Place, Ste. 100, Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754; phone 800/776-0188 or 978/ 461-0081, www.earthwatch.org), a wonderful organization which allows laypeople to volunteer to work with scientists on expeditions all over the world. I had participated in prior expeditions in Nepal ...

Africa — Wheelchair-accessible travel in Botswana, Zambia & South Africa

Features, September 2007 issue
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, ...

How Much to tip on Tours?

Travelers' Intercom, August 2007 issue
Richard E. Smith of Long Beach, California, urged readers to comment about tipping on tours (April ’07, pg. 4). Questions he asked included 1) “Should the cost of tipping be included in the tour price?,” 2) “Should there be an existing standard for tipping adhered to by most tour companies?,” 3) “Should an escrow tipping ...

Looking for luxury in Vietnam, Thailand, & Bali

Features, July 2007 issue
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 ...