Funniest thing

May 2006 issue

Funniest Thing for May

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged. This month’s winner is JANE YOUNG of Williamsburg, Virginia:

We love to travel in Africa. There’s always a surprise waiting!

On safari in Botswana with Ker & Downey in July 1999, my husband and I arrived at Pom Pom...

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June 2006 issue

Funniest Thing for June

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is MARTY PEREZ of Stockton, California:

While coming into Copan, Honduras, on a recent “Route of the Maya” trip with Overseas Adventure Travel, I spotted an interesting old green truck, overgrown...

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July 2006 issue

Funniest Thing for July

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged. This month’s winner is GLENDA McMURRAY of Georgetown, IL:

The first time that I rode on the Paris Métro, I followed all of the safety advice people had given me. I carried a wallet with my money and credit cards around my...

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August 2006 issue

Funniest Thing for August

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged. This month’s winner is JANE LEONARD-O’BRIEN of Savannah, Georgia:

In May ’05, my husband and I boarded a Qantas flight bound for New Zealand. With our aisle seats and the pleasant, courteous service, it was as idyllic as a...

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April 2011 issue

Fasten your seatbelts

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) There are no restrictions on length. The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is PEGGY PARKER of Milwaukie, Oregon:

Several years ago a friend and I took an escorted bus tour of France. Both of us were fairly well traveled, so we were used to getting our share of good and not-so-good guides. This...

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May 2011 issue

Bird-watching Down Under

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) There are no restrictions on length. The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is DEE HORNBACK of Los Altos, CA:

There we were, bird-watching in a boat, eight passengers and our guide silently gliding in a side canyon in Western Australia’s Kimberley region in April 2009.

Roger, a fellow...

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July 2005 issue

Funniest Thing for July

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is KATHY SKILTON of Orange, California:

In 2000 we embarked on a driving trip through Kenya. We stumbled on Buffalo Springs, a tented safari camp that had seen better days and was being manned by a...

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March 2010 issue

Funniest Thing for March 2010

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) The winner will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is ELLEN RADO of Hollis, NY:

It the autumn of 2007 it was very cold in our hotel room in St. Petersburg and no heat was coming from the radiator.

I went to the front desk to complain.

The stony-faced receptionist responded to me in her monotone: “Madam, this is Russia. It is cold.”