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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.
14-day/12-night tour with National Geographic photographer Steve Winter, Oct. 1-14, 2013.
View of the Blue Mosque from the Cozy Bar & Pub in Istanbul.
Finding whimsical landscapes and welcoming locals on a 
self-drive tour
Even though my wife and I are experienced independent travelers, we fully expected to join a group tour for our first visit to Israel in April ’12.
A tour member and (center) Bune Primack, wearing clothes they bought in Iran, sp
My wife, Bune, and I took the 18-day “Ancient Persia – Modern Iran” trip from MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289), April 3-20, 2012. The land price was $5,895 per person, and internal airfare was $150.
9 days / 8 nights, Aug. 13-21, 2013.
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.
I made reservations through Spiekermann Travel on Sept. 23, 2011, for a special Gulf Air bus to take me, on Dec. 3, from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, over the causeway to Bahrain to catch the airline’s flight 707 that afternoon to Addis Ababa. The cost for the bus and the plane together was $320.
I saw the subscriber’s letter “On the Tarmac with Qatar Airways” (April ’12, pg. 26), regarding this airline and the long waits she endured on the tarmac.