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Under the Microscope: tour departure dates
Periodically, in future I plan to do “Under the Microscope” columns which will examine in detail various terms and aspects of tours and touring.
Paradise lost: Sex verdicts threaten Pitcarin’s survival
Island paradise or hell on Earth? Three New Zealand judges apparently took the latter view as they sentenced six of Pitcairn island’s few male inhabitants to two to six years in prison for numerous rapes and assaults that took place over a 40-year period on the last remnant of the British empire in the South Pacific.
Friendly Satillieu in the beautiful Ardèche
It was raining when we left Amsterdam on our way to France in May 2003. I put the car on autopilot and drove south until the sun came out.
New on the Bookshelf
—by Chris Springer, Contributing Editor “Crete” by Barry Unsworth (2004, National Geographic. ISBN 0792266439 — 170 pp., $20 hardcover).
Cuenca to Toledo with a camera over my shoulder
—Timeless Roads of the Mideast and Mediterranean is written by Ed Kinney. (Part 5 of 6 on Spain)
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 348th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
Mosquitoes, too, like Latin America
In February a few years ago, a group of middle-aged novice travelers ventured to Costa Rica to tour Braulio Carrillo National Park, which rises and falls between cool, high mountains and low, torrid jungles, all of it washed by swift, curving rivers and waterfalls.
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 347th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
A credit hold is not a credit charge
Recently, a sharp-eyed ITN reader booked a Holland America Line cruise to Alaska for 18 days, paying for herself and her roommate.
On the subject of travel insurance
Below are four letters/inquiries from ITN readers on the subject of travel insurance. Each is immediately followed by my response or recommendations.
Princess — the way to cruise
Large whitecaps topped the waves. The gale prevented us from going on the deck. Amazingly, we hardly felt the ship rock as we were sitting on the verandah of our stateroom. The stabilizers worked amazingly well.
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 342nd issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
Amber Room mystery solved?
Those of us who have visited the restored Catherine Palace outside of St. Petersburg in Russia have seen the photos of the destruction caused during the World War II “900-day” (actually “only” 872-day) siege of the city then called Leningrad.
Pilgrim’s progress in Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, the Spanish cathedral housing the relics of St. James, has long exerted a powerful pull on travelers.
Africa » Value offers
Africa CAN be affordable, from Egypt to the Cape. Here are some travel selections on Egypt, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa. Egypt