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Dear Globetrotter:

Totem poles are the monumental masterpieces of the Pacific Northwest. They are scattered over an area that includes the province of British Columbia in western Canada along with Washington and Oregon states in the northwestern corner of the continental United States plus southeastern Alaska. 

The Bahamas contain more blue holes (submarine sinkholes) than any other country and also boast the world’s second-deepest, Dean’s Blue Hole. — Bryan Henry, Contributing Editor, Hollywood, FL

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A fundamental part of enjoying travel in Europe is finding places that I call “back doors.” 

Timeline: September 1976. A restaurant in Los Angeles.

Out of the blue, I choked on a piece of meat. I could not breathe. I stood up, my hands clenching my throat. Fortunately, a few seconds later, I could eject the piece of meat from my throat.

I looked around the restaurant. Everybody was staring at me. Nobody had come to help me. Nobody had attempted to use the Heimlich maneuver, which is the first-aid procedure for the treatment of choking caused by foreign objects.

Dear Globetrotter:

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Welcome to the 501st issue of your monthly foreign-travel magazine.

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Tallinn, Estonia