Asia articles

Angkor Wat worth the climbing
Travelers' Intercom, January 2006 issue.
When we toured Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, we first spent an entire afternoon in the temple complex. Later, we went to see the sunset on a famous hill. You can climb the hill up a very rough, rocky (actually boulders) path or take an elephant ride up.

Volcano vistas in Kamchatka
Travelers' Intercom, January 2006 issue.
In the central volcanic range in Russia’s Siberia, the town of Esso is on a tributary of the Kamchatka River. When we visited in July ’03 the streets were unpaved and without sidewalks.

Incredible India — The South
Features, January 2006 issue.
by Ian McGary, Mountain View, CA

Flying around the world
Features, January 2006 issue.
After Nancy Stott of Walnutport, Pennsylvania, asked readers to write about their experiences arranging around-the-world itineraries with airline alliances, we received a number of responses and printed several in last month’s issue.

Bulgaria — embracing tradition with an eye on the future
Features, January 2006 issue.

Black Watch cruise appraisal
Cruises Critiqued, January 2006 issue.
My wife, Carol, and I booked a 54-night cruise on Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Black Watch, leaving Jan. 5, 2005, from Southampton, England, and arriving Feb. 28 in Sydney, Australia.

Peter the Great Cruises
Cruises Critiqued, January 2006 issue.
My husband, Ken, and I visited Russia for the first time, Aug. 19-Sept. 3, ’05, taking the river cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Money in Russia
Travelers' Intercom, January 2006 issue.
If you are traveling to Russia, here are some things I learned during my trip in October ’04.

Pendolino to Tampere
, January 2006 issue.
by Jay Brunhouse

Dealing with Avian Influenza: hysteria does not help
Columns, January 2006 issue.
The President recently made an alarming statement that if Avian Influenza, or bird flu, reached our shores, infected Americans would be quarantined and, if necessary, military troops would be used to enforce this. Naturally, this has scared people, even panicked them, and quite unnecessarily.