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Laos — land of a million elephants

Features, January 2008 issue
Laos — land of a million elephants
by Richard Shally, Walnut Creek, CA. Photos by Henk Ten Dam, Netherlands Laos is known as “the land of a million elephants,” but are there really a million? To find out, I took a 17-day Small Group Discovery Tour with Carpe Diem Travel, a UK-based socially responsible tour company. The January ’07 tour started and ended ...

Focus on Archaeology » The Plain of Jars in Laos

Columns, November 2007 issue
Focus on Archaeology » The Plain of Jars in Laos
I stood on a hill overlooking a wintry landscape of dry fields stretching as far as the eye could see. All around me were stone jars. Enormous stone jars. Some stood six feet high. Some were no longer upright but tilted precariously. Others lay flat on the ground. My husband, Paul, moved from one jar ...

Far Horizons » Saigon and the Mekong

Columns, September 2007 issue
Far Horizons » Saigon and the Mekong
by Randy Keck (part 3 of 4 on Vietnam and Cambodia) My sojourn in southern Vietnam began on arrival in Saigon on an afternoon flight from Da Nang. During my time in Saigon I never once heard it referred to as Ho Chi Minh City by a local. Greeted by my new guide, Hoa, who speaks four ...

Reviewers’ Corner

Columns, February 2007 issue
Here are a few of the latest travel-book reviews written by ITN readers. “Fodor’s Paris 2006,” edited by Andrew Collins and Jennifer Paul (2005, Fodor’s, LLC. ISBN 140015480 — 372 pp., $17.95 paperback). This guidebook has a layout similar to that of most, with chapters on essentials, eating, hotels and what to see and do. One of the ...

Cambodia and Vietnam with Journeys Within Tour Company

Tours in Review, January 2007 issue
To characterize our trip to Cambodia and Vietnam from Journeys Within Tour Company and Bed & Breakfast (Box 93155, GPO Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia; call toll-free 877/454-3672, fax 855 63 964748 or visit www.journeys-within.com) as a “tour” would be a major understatement. Our experience would be better described as a personal invitation from a ...

Thailand — An elephant-driving school experience: what a mahout!

Features, July 2006 issue
Thailand — An elephant-driving school experience: what a mahout!
by Esther Perica, Arlington Heights, IL If you think there are no thrills left in life, enroll in the elephant-driving school at Anantara Resort Golden Triangle’s elephant camp in northern Thailand. Not only is a stay the perfect antidote to transpacific jet lag (mahout training sessions begin at 6:30 a.m.), but visitors have an opportunity to ...

Vietnam — personalizing the experience

Features, June 2006 issue
Vietnam — personalizing the experience
by Steven Emmet, Solana Beach, CA When we decided to go to Vietnam, I naturally leafed through my old copies of International Travel News and found three travel companies recommended by other readers. I e-mailed all three and explained that we preferred meeting people to visiting museums and scenic places and we wanted to avoid visits ...

Indochina — beautiful and affordable

Travelers' Intercom, October 2005 issue
In October ’04 my wife and I had a sensational journey through Indochina. We booked our tour through All Asia Travel Company (57-59 Do Quang Dau St., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; tel. 848-9203493, fax 848-9203446, e-mail allasia@hcm.fptvn or visit www.allasiatravel.com). For our party of four, our 22-day tour cost $1,800 per person and ...