A. Baur & Co. (Travel), Ltd. (5, Upper Chatham St., Colombo 1, Sri Lanka; phone +94 11 2448087, fax 2448493 or visit www.baurs.com), came highly recommended to us, and that was certainly justified.
Our group of five left Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 19, ’05, for a 16-day cruise from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Moscow with Peter the Great Cruises (2610 East 16th St., Brooklyn, NY 11235; 800/828-7970 or 718/934-4100 or www.cruiseruss.com).
When we called Nino Mohan at Worldview Tours (Box 11417, Newport Beach, CA 92658; 800/373-0388) and told him we were interested in visiting India and making short side trips to Singapore and Japan, he faxed us back a temporary itinerary the next day.
We took a trip to Libya with Distant Horizons (Long Beach, CA; 800/333-1240), an ITN advertiser. We were quite fortunate to have received visas, which arrived at almost the last minute. Other tours had to be canceled because the Libyans had not issued visas for those groups.
I believe in some literary license, but the reader’s comparison of the Flaming Cliffs in Mongolia to the Grand Canyon (May ’06, pg. 64) goes way too far and creates unrealistic expectations for future travelers.
by Lew Toulmin
Star Clipper is a ship that’s unique — except that she has a twin, along with a new, larger sister, with an even larger sister on the way.
