The people of Java and Bali are warm and very friendly — and suffering severely from the lack of tourism. However, tourist areas are not crowded, the exchange rate is most favorable, and prices are very reasonable if not actually low.
My wife, Shirley, and I wanted to revisit southwest China and try some new places, too. After consulting guidebooks, especially Lonely Planet, we drew up a list of places we thought we could fit into a trip of two weeks or so.
In the spring of 2005 we received a sample copy of ITN, fell in love with it and immediately subscribed. At the time, we were interested in a trip to Southeast Asia and we found a write-up in that issue (June ’05, pg.
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