Africa articles

(Second of two parts)
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 351st issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
by Lillie Echevarria, Livermore, CA
We had received an offer of “Take a Companion Free” on a photo safari, “Focus on Zimbabwe,” with David Anderson Safaris (30 W. Mission St., Ste.
We loved Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and came away thinking there are two things you must do there: 1) attend the “Magic of Africa” show at night (then $20 per person for about 1½ hours) — outstanding — and 2) take a helicopter ride over the falls.
In the cinderblock lobby of Prague’s Diplomat Hotel (Evropská 15; www. diplomatpraha.cz), my husband, Joe, was exchanging introductions with our guide, Petr, while I waited for my first foray into the Czech language to begin.
by Dr. Larry G. Baratta
by John Chatfield
From Rome, ITALY, Feb. 5, ’05