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12 days/11 nights in Ladakh region of INDIA, June-Sept. 2010. Highlights: Delhi tour/in Leh, gold and jewel thangkas in Stok Palace/11th-century Alchi gompa/visit the oracle/Shatabdi Express train to Agra, Taj Mahal. Land, $4,145. Internal air, $678. Single supp., $1,635.
Cox & Kings (Tampa, FL; 800/999-1758).
12 days/12 nights in FRANCE, Sept. 12-24, 2010. Highlights: Monet’s Giverny/Old City of Rouen/Honfleur/Belle Époque resorts Deauville and Trouville/Bayeux Tapestry/D-Day sites/Mont-St-Michel/Château Chambord/Château Chenonceau/Chartres. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $450.
Intimate France (Oakland, CA; 800/676-1247).
11-day/10-night women’s tour, Sept. 21-29, 2010. Highlights: Learn ways of a seabhean (wisewoman)/Grange Stone Circle/Ring of Kerry/first-century Cahergall Ring Fort/Bronze Age Seven Sisters stone circle/Dingle Peninsula. Land, $2,420 plus $116 prepaid gratuity. Single supp., $462.
Body Mind Spirit Journeys (Las Vegas, NV; 800/365-1408).
11 days/10 nights, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2010. Highlights: Edinburgh Castle/Falkland Palace and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, where ghosts and phantoms are said to walk/“most-haunted” castle in Britain, Glamis Castle/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Glasgow/Paranormal Evening in Peebles. Land, $3,495. Single supp., $695.
Scottish Dream Tours (Cle Elum, WA; 800/511-7803).
Have you been to ALL of these: France, Italy, Germany, UK, Mexico, Greece, Croatia, Spain, Austria, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, Canada, Chile, Switzerland, Argentina, Egypt, Netherlands, Russia, Australia and China? A total of 21 countries.
If so, you qualify for the ITN GLOBETROTTER Award. It’s a very nice certificate, highly suitable for framing and stirring feelings of envy among your friends.
by Yvonne Michie Horn
by Philip Wagenaar
(First of two parts)
Eurail announced new railpass benefits for 2010. This year, you can receive discounts…
1. on Finnlines ferries (www.finnlines.com) in Finland, Poland, Germany and Sweden,
Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) There are no restrictions on length. The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.
This month’s winner is EDWARD PUSATERI of Chicago, IL:
Just a note re the photograph and text on New Zealand on page 80 of the March ’10 issue. The writer uses the word marae for “village,” and this is not correct. A village is usually called a pa or pah, which originally meant a fortified village but these days refers to most rural Maori settlements.
A marae is a sacred, open meeting area usually situated in front of the whare runanga, which is the communal meeting house.