This is the July 2008 issue

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass
By David Tykol
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Features

A modern Greek odyssey
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Voyage to Antarctica
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Discovering Albania
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Sister cities celebration in Japan's Osaka and Kobe
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Insights from a cultural immersion program in Venezuela
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Travelers' Intercom

Tree-climbing goats in Essaouira, Morocco

 
Egypt 27 years later
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Tips for Southern Africa
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Exploring Belize
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Audio guide advantages — London
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Gliding through time
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Uncomfortable on board
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72-person ‘small-group’ tour
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Insurance came through
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Planning for three weeks in Norway
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Guide in Georgia
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Kuala Lumpur with Alwaha
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Abu Simbel with Select Egypt
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The sounds of Cairo
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Travel clocks, timers, and timepieces
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Southern South America & Antarctica
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Chile’s Rose City
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Guide in Bulgaria
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Ethiopian guide
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Ethiopian villages
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Surprise extra charge
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No Immigration snag
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What’s in a name?
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Out of sight, out of luck
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Columns

Boarding Pass
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
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Getting Reimbursed: credit cards & the quality of goods & services
The Discerning Traveler

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Tidbits from Chile
Latin America Watch

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Off-season Europe
Rick Steves' Europe

By Rick Steves
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Kwai River cruise and Death Railway
Far Horizons

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Travel Briefs

New Barcelona museum
Youths’ BritRail savings
Princess in Panama
Suez Canal with OAT
Cell phones, Kuwait
Laos highway
Rome’s Terminal 5
TSA ‘Diamond’ lanes
Heathrow Express e-tix
Zambia visas
Australia railpass
Self-drive boats in Europe
Camping in Belize
Bike Thai vineyards
Free Kyoto tours

Funniest Thing

Funniest Thing for July
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Where in the World? Correct Answers

Mahogany albatross, Midway Atoll
Mahogany albatross, Midway Atoll
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News Watch

Cyclone hits Myanmar
7.9 quake in China
Be alert in China
Blasts in Jaipur
Nepal a republic
Nepal crime and more
Mob attacks, South Africa
Somalia unsettled
Floods in Chile
Surprise eruption, Chile
Nicaragua highwaymen
Current warnings for July 2008

Tours

“Patagonian Frontiers”
“Ireland Yesterday And Today”
“Secrets Of Tenerife”
“Mustang Tiji Festival Trek”
“Autumn In Korea”