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I read the letter titled “India Travel Tips” (Dec. ’10, pg. 51) and strongly disagree with most of the advice given on what not to eat and drink.

I’m a senior traveler. In 1990 I spent three months traveling all over India on a railpass. For all my train journeys, I always filled up my water bottle at the public fountain, just like everyone else; I did not buy bottled water. At the zoo I bought cups of ice water. I didn’t get sick from that either! I stayed at youth hostels, YMCAs and YWCAs and ate local fare, including lettuce, tomatoes and veggies.

Now, due to the “rock...

While in Tikal, Guatemala, in December ’03, several traveling companions and I enjoyed a “swing through the trees” courtesy of Total Adventure Tikal Canopy Tour (phone [011] 502-300-8316, [011] 502-499-3782 or [011] 502-615-4988). Their office is located just outside the gate to Tikal National Park.

This adventure, which cost about $25, included pickup from our lodgings in the park along with two guides and all equipment. With the support of safety harnesses, we rode between 10 trees, to each of which was affixed an iron platform that could hold up to eight people.

One guide...

Re the letter “Yangtze Cruise Curtailed” (Nov. ’03, pg. 34), about a cruise that was to begin in Chongqing, China, on April 8 but ended up being curtailed on two sections of the river, it is just by coincidence that on April 9, ’03, we were leaving Yichang and heading upriver on the MV East King to Chongqing. . . we thought.

There was never any doubt in our minds that the cruise no longer left Wuhan. Our tour company, Laurus Travel (#45 - 3195 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3K2, Canada; phone 877/507-1177 or visit www.laurustravel.com), had planned it that way and obviously knew...