Oceania articles

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, October 2008 issue.
In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the highlight, for us, was the Museum of Anthropology & History (corner of 3a Avenido and 4a Calle N.O. — open 9-4 Monday-Saturday and 9-3 Sunday; closed Tuesday. Admission, HNL10 [near 50¢]). Many of the exhibits bore captions in English.

Papua New Guinea — Spirits, sing sings and the woman thing
Features, October 2008 issue.

The City Lodge, Auckland, New Zealand
Accommodations Worldwide, October 2008 issue.

Buying freestanding medical travel insurance
Columns, October 2008 issue.

Daintree, granddad of rainforests
Travelers' Intercom, September 2008 issue.
We tend to think of the Amazon as the granddaddy of all rainforests, but, at a mere 10 million years old, the Amazon is really like a grandchild to the Daintree Rainforest on Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia.

Boarding Pass
Columns, August 2008 issue.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 390th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. First, here are a few things you should be aware of.

Beautiful Uluru
Travelers' Intercom, August 2008 issue.
Ayers Rock, or, as it is now designated, Uluru/Ayers Rock, is the world’s second-largest monolith.* This huge red rock is spectacular, especially at sunrise and sunset. It changes from red to orange and various shades of purple as the sun rises or sets.

Beautiful, friendly NZ
Travelers' Intercom, August 2008 issue.
The following tips are the result of three trips to New Zealand (in 1983, 1993 and 2008) totaling some 16 weeks. The last visit my wife, Carol, and I made, in February, reconfirmed our conviction that NZ is the most beautiful and friendly country in the world.

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, June 2008 issue.
 

Sailing the Society Islands by tall-masted ship
Features, May 2008 issue.