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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 THOMAS M. JOHANNECK of McLean, Virginia:
My husband, Robert, and I have enjoyed a lifelong love of walking the countryside of England, where if a path between villages was ever a public path, it must be kept so even if the land it is on is sold.
From 1983 to 2009, we went on 20 tours with Lord Winston’s Walking Tours (now called Footpath Touring but offering tours only to previous clientele).
For a week’s stay in Paris, Feb. 27-March 6, 2010, I found the Paris Métro system just excellent.
Drenched in Incan and Spanish history and culture, Lima, Peru, is an amazing place to visit, and the Plaza Mayor, with its Government Palace and cathedral, is a great starting point for a walking tour, as we found in November ’09. The architecture there is only one appeal. Many of the street signs are made of decorative tiles, and the tops of the street lamps look like crocheted metal.
Downtown Lima offers a lively street scene, with vendors, music and dramatic colors; my camera was busy.
I read the item about Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the September ’10 “Boarding Pass” column. While on a Holland America Line cruise in mid February ’09, I was one of about 12 passengers who took the ship’s four-night Australian Outback excursion, which included Uluru (Ayers Rock).
We flew from Adelaide to Alice Springs (two hours), staying in a nice motel across the Todd River, which was as dry as a desert. We walked around town (pop., 25,000) in the more than 90-degree weather.
The Pink City of Jaipur, in northwest India, offers a host of exquisite landmarks, yet during my March ’09 visit I made sure one of my stops was the shoe store Mojari (D-67, Shiv Heera Path, Chomu House, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; phone 091 141 2377037), listed in the Lonely Planet guide.
I sought out this store for the beaded and sequined slipper-type shoes seen throughout the vibrant state of Rajasthan.
Here are some tips from my six weeks of traveling in India in February-March ’10 (June ’10, pg. 27, July ’10, pg. 30, and Aug. ’10, pg. 14).
The US Travel Insurance Association website trip.ustia.org (Travel Responsibly, Informed & Protected) offers articles, tips and links on various aspects of staying healthy, safe and secure while traveling. There are links to resources such as US embassies, the TSA and visa services as well as for currency exchange, weather and flight info.
