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Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 354th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
Exploring Colonia, Uruguay
A trip to Uruguay in April ’04 was my first to that country. I went to see Montevideo, its capital city. I also wanted to visit the small town of Colonia (its full name is Colonia del Sacramento) in the southwestern corner of the country, about a 2-hour drive from Montevideo.
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Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 353rd issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
Sail a tall ship to adventure
by Lew Toulmin (First of two parts) Cruise ships are wonderful, but there is one thing that is better: sailing a real tall ship.
Latin America updates
According to tour operators and tour wholesalers serving Latin America, there has been an increase in leisure travel to this area. The demand for alternative foreign destinations has whet the traveler’s appetite for soft adventure and indigenous cultures.
Avoiding diarrhea
The common medical ailment associated with travel to developing countries is, as travelers to Mexico refer to it, “Montezuma’s Revenge.”
The lonely desert castles of Jordan
The Kingdom of Jordan may not have the oil wealth of its Middle East neighbors to its east. It does, however, have wonderful art and historical riches available now for ordinary travelers to view in this troubled area.
New on the Bookshelf
by Chris Springer, Contributing Editor “The Travel Book: A Journey through Every Country in the World” (2004, Lonely Planet. ISBN 1741044510 — 444 pp., $39.99 hardcover).
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Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 352nd issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
Chile’s Colchagua Valley
Two hours’ drive south of Santiago lies one of Chile’s most renowned wine-producing regions, Valle de Colchagua. On my last visit to Chile, in February ’05, I had the opportunity to visit, albeit too briefly, this impressive valley of abundance on the Ruta del Vino.
The unknown Great Wall
The Great Wall. There’s little doubt that it is China’s most famous sight. Stretching almost four thousand miles across China, it meanders snake-like over mountains and valleys and over vast steppes and arid deserts. Some sections of the wall are in ruins; others are barely visible, all but obliterated by time.