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In the letter “Instead of Heathrow” (Sept. ’14, pg. 14), a subscriber wrote, regarding flying into northwestern England, “And if you choose to get local currency at the airport upon your arrival, be aware that Travelex, the currency-exchange bank, has a monopoly on cash machines in Manchester Airport and offers an outrageous exchange rate.”

Two things to note —

1) Travelex (www.travelex.com) is not a bank. It’s a currency-exchange company.

2) Regular cash machines, not operated by Travelex, are found in all three terminals, on both sides of the security-control points...

My husband, George, and I made a 3-week visit to Southeast Asia, including a 6-day side trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jan. 21-26, 2014. Our goal was to really see and photograph Angkor Wat and its environs.

I lucked out and found a wonderful tour company online: ABOUTAsia Travel (ABOUTAsia House, Charming City, Charles de Gaulle Ave., Siem Reap, Cambodia; phone +855 63 760 190, www.aboutasiatravel.com). 

Their travel advisor Tola answered all emailed questions quickly and expertly. Given many choices, we picked the mid-range trip. For the two of us, we paid $2,166 by...

In 1998 I had more than 153 carousels of slides, mostly showing travels in more than 150 countries and all 50 states, arranged in chronological order, about 100 slides per carousel. Each slide was identified by a number, with the year, country and what it showed. Since 1945, I have also always written a daily journal during international travel. My journals are in the computer.

Showing slides, setting up the projector and screen, is a bother. In 1998 I bought my first camcorder and now mostly take videos, which I put onto VCR tapes and, since 2004, onto DVDs.

I chose the best...