This is the February 2016 issue

Boarding Pass

Features

Five weeks in Cape Town — getting to know South Africa’s ‘Mother City’
By Julie Skurdenis
Appears on Page 6
 
DIY travel – planning a month-long adventure in China
By Larry and Carol Crabill
Appears on Page 20
 
In search of family history in Poland and Belarus
By Fred Kranz
Appears on Page 32
 
Enjoying the culture, cuisine and colorful cities of Colombia
By Sherry Hutt
Appears on Page 44
 

Travelers' Intercom

National Trust’s ‘undiscovered gems’
By Tedi Siminowsky
Appears on Page 13
 
Dynamic currency conversion
By James P. Sibley
Appears on Page 14
 
Searching websites for low fares
By Mike Loebach
Appears on Page 15
 
Dolphin Discovery in Punta Cana
By Donna Perelman
Appears on Page 15
 
Air pollution in 
 Southeast Asia
By Jean Sargent
Appears on Page 25
 
Amazon with International Expeditions
By Nell McCombs
Appears on Page 28
 
A month on Crete
By Dave Bruels
Appears on Page 28
 
Ireland and Wales with David McGuffin
By Shanti Miles-Kelley
Appears on Page 29
 
Bulgaria with private guide
By Jean Frazier
Appears on Page 30
 
Budget travel in the South Caucasus
By Kathy Wilhelm
Appears on Page 47
 
‘Circling the Sun’ in Kenya
By Arlene Lichtenstein
Appears on Page 48
 

Columns

TSA body-scanner policy change. Looking at city smog levels worldwide
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
Appears on Page 2
 
An all-too-brief taste of Haiti
Latin America Watch

By Deanna Palić
Appears on Page 50
 
Jardin du Plessis
The Garden Path

By Yvonne Michie Horn
Appears on Page 53
 
Scandinavia: Lofthus and Oslo, Norway
Far Horizons

By Randy Keck
Appears on Page 55
 

Funniest Thing

Turndown service appreciated
By John Weiss
Appears on Page 48
 

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