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The picture in the July issue shows the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
This lotus-shaped stupa, built in the Khmer style, was built at the intersection of Norodom and Sihanouk boulevards in 1958 to celebrate Cambodia’s winning its independence from France in 1953.
On FRANCE, July ’07. . .
(part 3 of 4 on Vietnam and Cambodia)
by Deanna Palic
by Philip Wagenaar, M.D.
by Steve Venables, CTC
by Jay Brunhouse
A reader talked about buying a bottle of Amarula liqueur at an African duty-free shop and putting it in her carry-on bag for the return home (June ’07, pg. 50).
For at least 15 years, I’ve toted a black nylon LeSportsac carry-on, which weighs an ounce on a good day and is certainly within airline luggage limitations. With British Air, it’s all I get. With airlines that allow another personal item, for me it is a small LeSportsac backpack.
It’s doable for a week or a month. Basically, I pack the same stuff. Flying British Air, I wear more (several layers, and making full use of jacket pockets), with the backpack rolled up in the carry-on.
All luggage seems to be on wheels today. It’s great on flat surfaces, but now we have all these new weight restrictions, and wheelers weigh seven pounds or more. Is it important to you to have wheels or to be able to carry seven more pounds of your stuff? It’s your choice.
Wheels can be an absolute liability on the steep escalators in the London underground. In downtown Oslo, on the way to the hotel from the railroad station they’re an absolute nuisance as the bag tips over every few feet on the cobblestones.