by Jane L. Reber, Palo Alto, CA
I had such significant doubts that I would ever travel to Myanmar (Burma) because of its repressive government that when I found a group that assured me the moneys paid would go to the people and not the government, I signed on. I booked with Craft World Tours of Byron, New York.
From London, ENGLAND, Jan. 12, 2007. . .
From a 2-week March ’06 trip to AUSTRALIA, here are some of the hotels I stayed at in the Northern Territory. (Also see the September and January articles)
• Back in Alice Springs, I had reservations at the Best Western Elkira Motel (65 Bath St., Alice Springs, N.T. 0870, Australia; phone [08] 8952 1222, fax 8953 1370 or visit http://elkira.bestwestern.com.au). The room cost Aus$108 (US$80).
The Hotel Beránek (Belehradská 110, 120 00 Praha 2, CZECH REPUBLIC; phone +420 221 59 59 59, fax 61 or visit www.hotelberanek.com) was my accommodation for a conference I attended in August-September ’06, and I was so pleased with it that I want to recommend it to ITN readers.
Great for a room within a short walk or one metro stop of Wenceslaus Square, the Beránek is located on Tylovo Square, 2½ short blocks from the I.P. Pavlova Metro Station. There is a large number of good neighborhood restaurants to the east and north.
In the following, I haven’t identified the hotel or hotel chain because it’s not my purpose to single them out for criticism (the hotel staff was very accommodating).
Here are a few of the latest travel-book reviews written by ITN readers.
I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Kizorek’s article, “One Shirt, 40,000 Miles. . .” (Dec. ’06, pg. 6). I have the solution to his wet socks problem.
With a Viking River Cruises trip in Russia planned to start on Oct. 1, 2006, my husband and I decided to arrive a day early in St. Petersburg and also stay an extra night in Moscow after the cruise. My first job was to secure hotel reservations, which proved to be very difficult mainly because only about 25% of the e-mails I sent were answered or the hotels were already full. The other reason is that prices are high in Russia for even basic rooms.
My goal was to visit all of the old Yugoslav republics. I had been to Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia before, so from Sept. 10 to 24, 2006, I took Explore’s “Ancient Macedonia” tour (booked through Adventure Center, 1311 63rd St., Ste. 200, Emeryville, CA 94608; 800/227-8747, www.adventurecenter.com).
Following is a letter sent by a reader to Pacific Delight Tours (formerly Pacific Delight World Tours), a copy of which was mailed to ITN. It concerns a 15-day tour of Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, April 4-19, 2006. The cost without airfare was $1,843 per person.
Five years ago a friend and I took a 21-day trip to China with Pacific Delight Tours, and we have referred many other travelers to your company for your impeccable tours.