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Travel Tidbits

Travel Tidbits, February 2008 issue
Travel Tidbits
  On São Miguel, Azores, the Furnas Valley is covered with geysers and thermal pools. We watched as our lunch of cozido (stew) was cooked in the ground by geothermal energy, then we drove to the Terra Nostra Garden Hotel (www.jpmoser.com/terra_nostra_garden_hotel-r.html) where it was served to us in grand style. There were fantastic botanical gardens and ...

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 ...

Impressed with a 6-country tour of East Africa

Features, March 2007 issue
Impressed with a 6-country tour of East Africa
by Claus Hirsch, New York, NY In late March ’06 I embarked on my first trip to Africa. It was the start of a 3½-week vacation like no other I had ever taken. Dispelling misconceptions Many impressions are embedded in my mind after visiting six countries in East Africa. Three of those visits, admittedly, were very brief, but ...

Looking for luxury in Africa

Features, July 2006 issue
Looking for luxury in Africa
by Misty Patton, Thornton, CO You could imagine my delight when my fiancé and I decided a honeymoon in Africa was in order. After all, what better way to begin our new life together than by celebrating with an exotic destination? Looking for luxury However, we didn’t want a walk down the Frommer’s budget-minded path for our honeymoon; ...

A typical safari?

Travelers' Intercom, May 2006 issue
My wife, Dorothy, and I had been on safari in Africa on two previous occasions. The first was to Kenya and Tanzania, and it remains the best trip we ever experienced — and we have toured all the continents and over 60 countries. Our second was a walking safari through Zimbabwe and Zambia. We wanted to ...

Beautiful tent camps in Zimbabwe

Travelers' Intercom, May 2005 issue
We had received an offer of “Take a Companion Free” on a photo safari, “Focus on Zimbabwe,” with David Anderson Safaris (30 W. Mission St., Ste. 7, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; phone 800/927-4647, fax 805/563-7953 or visit www.focusonafrica.com or www.onsafari.info). The only requirements were to submit the names of five prospective travelers and to send ...