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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 ...

Tipping personal butlers

Travelers' Intercom, December 2007 issue
We had our first encounter with a personal butler at the Royal Livingstone Hotel in Livingstone, Zambia, where my husband and I stayed two nights, June 21-23, 2007. We saw the butler only two times. The first was when she explained the amenities of the room to us (usually done by a bellboy, in our experience). ...

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 ...

Amarula in Johannesburg

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
A reader talked about buying a bottle of Amarula liqueur at an African duty-free shop and putting it in her carry-on bag for the return home (June ’07, pg. 50). We returned from Africa May 22, 2007, and at the Johannesburg duty-free shop where we tried (the operative word) to purchase Amarula to take to the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tanzania & Kenya — A mother-daughter safari

Features, July 2007 issue
Tanzania & Kenya — A mother-daughter safari
by Julie Skurdenis, Contributing Editor, photos by Katie Skurdenis-Lalli When my daughter, Katie, was small, she had so many stuffed animals that I’d sometimes walk into her bedroom for a final ‘Good night’ and say, “Where’s my kid?” Somewhere among the cuddly pink elephants, fat-bellied hippos and lions with immense fluffy manes lay a sleeping child. I ...

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 ...

Natural wonders of the world

Travelers' Intercom, November 2006 issue
In no specific order, following are the places I have visited that I consider to be the greatest of the natural wonders of our world. (The Grand Canyon in Arizona would be on this list, but I’m concentrating on sights covered by ITN, those outside of North America and the Caribbean.) Several entries from my list ...

Impressive waterfalls of the world

Travelers' Intercom, May 2006 issue
Impressive waterfalls of the world
The following is a list of notable waterfalls overseas that I have visited over the years. Each is worth seeing. If you’re traveling to any of these areas, you might want to plan a stop. • Iguazú Falls (I visited in 1995 and 2001), on the border of Brazil and Argentina — one of the greatest ...
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