Tidbits: Hong Kong transportation, bridging the language barrier, Antarctic glaciers, Victoria Falls, and tea time

Getting around in Hong Kong is not bad if you’re walking, even with a walker (like me) or wheelchair. The subway entrances have elevators to the station. Always go to the information office to get a map of the subway and info on the handicapped entrances. The Star Ferry building has a great information office, and the ferry people are very helpful to us handicapped seniors. — VIVIAN WILDER, San Francisco, CA

If you are in a country where you do not speak the language or are unable to read the signs, buy postcards of what you want to see. Then show them to policemen. They will point you in the right direction. When you are finished sightseeing, you can use the postcards for their original purpose, of course. — ABBIE SALNY, Wayne, NJ

Our ship, the Nordkapp, sailed into the Antarctic Peninsula’s Paradise Harbor a week into December — a beautiful trip as we picked our way among the many icebergs to anchor near Almirante Brown, an old Argentine base not currently used. The glacier directly in front of us calved as we watched. At about 10:30 p.m., colors began showing in the clouds that clung to the mountaintops and in the snows of the eastern slopes — truly breathtaking! In the morning we went in the red landing boats over to the abandoned station. After spending half an hour climbing up a huge hill in the snow, we slid down a snow chute to the bottom. Great fun! — PATRICIA OVE, Rio Rancho, NM

On a November tour of Southern Africa, my wife and I visited Victoria Falls. The falls offer photographers a dilemma. During the wet season when they are at their fullest, the spray is so dense that photography is very difficult. During the dry season, one can approach the falls quite closely and photograph, but the falls are not as spectacular. — GEORGE HOBGOOD, Austin, TX

I found the mosques, shrines and gardens in Iran magnificent. The colors of the tiles were beyond belief. And you couldn’t help but feel the serenity of the gardens. We had tea almost every day in one garden or another, some in tourist sites and others at interesting hotels or restaurants. If in doubt, teatime! And the costs were minimal. — JO RAWLINS GILBERT, Menlo Park, CA