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Myanmar & Vietnam with Ceylon Express International

Tours in Review, January 2008 issue
Varini de Silva of Ceylon Express International (9542 Dumbreck Dr., Huntington Beach, CA 92646; 800/423-9566, www.ceylonexpress.com) created an independent month-long trip to Asia for my wife, Barbara, and me. Land and internal air for the Feb. 19-March 19, 2007, trip cost $13,500. Ceylon Express, using ground operators Rainbow Travel (Thimphu, Bhutan) in Bhutan and Indochina Services ...

Bangkok & Chiang Mai — a tale of two Thai cities

Features, November 2007 issue
by Marilyln Lutzker, Sunnyside, NY Bangkok is a constant assault on the senses. Its pollution, traffic and crowds may make you shudder, but its palaces and temples will make your eyes dance. After seeing them, I wonder if there is any gold leaf left in the world! The glitter, the shine, the sparkle, the overwhelming splendor, ...

Independent visit to Myanmar

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
Independent visit to Myanmar
My sister, Jody, and I had a marvelous experience in Myanmar traveling independently, with guide, driver and air-conditioned car, Dec. 28, 2006-Jan. 10, 2007. We made a number of tour members jealous, too. Their typical comment was something like, “I’m so envious of you! We usually travel independently, but Myanmar seemed so isolated and difficult we ...

Eye on Travel Insurance » Q&A

Columns, August 2007 issue
by Wayne Wirtanen Following are some ITN readers’ letters and inquiries that I have received recently regarding travel insurance. The first came from Judie Kesson of Coronado, California: Q: “As longtime subscribers and sometime contributors, my husband, Ken, and I want to report back on our very positive experience with Divers Alert Network, or DAN (Durham, NC; 800/446-2671, ...

China trips with Pacific Holidays

Tours in Review, August 2007 issue
Dusty and Margi Miller took two trips to China in 2006 with Pacific Holidays (12 West 32nd St., Sixth Fl., New York, NY 10001; 800/355-8025, www.pacific holidaysinc.com). The first, March 10-22, was to the Yunnan Province in southwest China. The current price of this tour, “Rediscovering Shangri-La,” starts at $2,595 with air from the West Coast. Next, ...

How much to tip on tours?

Travelers' Intercom, July 2007 issue
How much to tip on tours?
Richard E. Smith of Long Beach, California, opened up the topic of tipping on tours (April ’04, 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 ...

Myanmar with Peregrine Travel

Tours in Review, June 2007 issue
Myanmar with Peregrine Travel
I traveled to Vietnam several years ago with an eco-friendly small-group tour company, Peregrine Travel (Melbourne, Australia; visit www.peregrineadventures.com. Book in the U.S. through Adventure Center, 1311 63rd St., Ste. 200, Emeryville, CA 94608; 800/227-8747, www. adventurecenter.com). In November ’06 I took their 12-day “Burma Unveiled” tour. The tour price was $1,375 plus $20 for ...

Private tour of Myanmar

Travelers' Intercom, May 2007 issue
I took a 2-week vacation to Myanmar, Nov. 27-Dec. 9, 2006, and had a wonderful time. Mr. Aung Kyaw Lynn of Majestic Mandalay Tourism Services Company (65 Ayeyarwady Street, Ahlone Township, Yangon, Myanmar; phone 95 1 212882 or e-mail akl-kkn@mptmail.net.mm) arranged everything except reservations for international flights, which I made separately, New York-Bangkok-Yangon and back. I ...

Report Cards

Report Cards, April 2007 issue
From Paris, FRANCE, Jan. 29, ’07. . . • Côté Cour (Impasse de la Gaité, Paris 75014; phone 01 43 27 23 34), located off rue de la Gaité. A favorite restaurant just off the “street of theatres,” it offers traditional French cooking with 2-course meals (entrée and dessert or appetizer) or all three courses. Drinks ...

Myanmar — Experiencing a people and their crafts

Features, April 2007 issue
Myanmar — Experiencing a people and their crafts
by Jane L. Reber, Palo Alto, CA I had such significant doubts that I would ever travel to Myanmar (Burma) because of its repressive government that when I found a group that assured me the moneys paid would go to the people and not the government, I signed on. I booked with Craft World Tours of ...