Four years after the Central Committee of the Byelorussian Communist Party gave its approval for construction to begin on the Brest Hero Fortress, the war-memorial complex was opened on Sept. 25, 1971, in Brest, Belarus. Within the complex, the main monument, “Courage,” is the statue seen in our March mystery photo.
On a tour to Peru and Bolivia that my wife, Joann, and I took in October 2015, our group headed to Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake. There are at least 40 man-made islands, each about 50 feet square, fashioned out of reeds by the Uru people. Reeds are also used by the Uru to build houses and boats and are even eaten, with the roots considered medicinal. The people who build the floating islands must constantly work on preserving them. — Photo by Terry Moss, Roseville, CA
Dear Globetrotter:
Welcome to the 519th issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine.
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Solo traveler Edna R.S. Alvarez of Los Angeles, California, described showing up ahead of time at the assigned-seating dining room on an ocean cruise, requesting to be seated at a table with other travelers and being disappointed to end up by herself at a corner table.
Looking at 2019, here are selected news items and warnings from a few of Rick’s recent articles. — Editor
