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My wife and I travel to see interesting places and people and take lots of photos. If you like to do this too, do not go to Morocco! On our 2011 visit, people would run out of restaurants and physically accost us, demanding that we either erase the picture or give them money! 

This happened even at night in the big square filled with thousands of people. One man wouldn’t even let us take a picture of his cat!

Pictures of cute, little 6-year-old girls all dressed up for a holiday? Forbidden! The Berber market? Not only were there no folks dressed in interesting garb, the folks...

During a month in Africa with friends (June-July 2012), I boarded a fast boat from Entebbe, Uganda ($129 round trip), for a 45-minute ride to Ngamba Island, which houses the Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary (phone +256 414 320 662). At the time of my visit, the sanctuary provided care for 48 orphaned chimps that had come from families, circuses and even a US military base.

Entry costs $40 per person, and it costs $200 a day for room and meals. In addition, one can sign on as a caregiver for the day ($200), preparing the chimps meals, etc., or take an hour-long forest walk with a group...

I took the “Exotic Lands” cruise of Oceania Cruises (800/386-9283), and what an appropriate title that was!

The 12-day cruise aboard the new Riviera, Sept. 2-14, 2012, began in Barcelona and ended in Lisbon. We visited Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Granada, Seville, Santa Cruz de la Palma and Arrecife in Spain; the Canary Islands; Madeira and Lisbon, Portugal, and Agadir and Casablanca, Morocco.

This was our second sailing with Oceania and we loved it. Their restaurants and food rival any top restaurants in New York, Paris, etc. The attention to detail and service was...