This is the September 2008 issue

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass
By David Tykol
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Features

Discovering much to see and do on a 5-week stay in Brussels
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A journey to Africa — Finding a little heaven on Earth in Kenya & Tanzania
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Orissa – a private tour in tribal India
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A month-long visit to China continues
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Travelers' Intercom

Affordable rooms in Greece
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Pros and cons of tour group audio systems
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Insurance came through — fast
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Unwind on Jeju Island
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Some disappointments on tour
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The standby list
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CPAP machines and British Air
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CPAP machines on Virgin Atlantic and British Air
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Rental damage covered
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Antarctica & Chile with Smithsonian
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In lieu of loo
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A visit to Madeira
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Private tours in Istanbul
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Traveling to Bali
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Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers
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Inconsiderate behavior
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Aboard Peter Deilmann’s Heidelberg
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Procuring an India visa
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NEXUS US/Canada pass
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Good Samaritans still need ID
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Coral World, near Eilat
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Wheelchair traveler
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Daintree, granddad of rainforests
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Foldable hiking stick
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Just Fly in Rio de Janeiro
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Columns

Boarding Pass
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
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Portugal — one foot in the past, one in the future
Rick Steves' Europe

By Rick Steves
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A budding affection for Boquete
The Garden Path

By Yvonne Horn
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Vilnius: a royal palace reborn
Focus on Archaeology

By Julie Skurdenis
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Bombay’s famous Gateway to India Arch and the historic hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Tower. Photos: Keck
Bombay & New Delhi, gateways to India
Far Horizons

By Randy Keck
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Travel Briefs

Kandinsky in Munich
Raffles Hotel Museum
Eiffel tower renovation
Homecoming Scotland
Tel Aviv at 100
Maritime Museum
La Sagrada Familia
Surrealism exhibition
Dumfries House opens
Travel­Chums
GoCar Tours
Renaissance science
Self-drive Thailand
Ecuador’s Chiva Express
Calling long-distance cheaply
Tokyo fish market
China’s new holidays
Bathroom directory
Changing Places, UK
Butterfly farm, UK
Victoria Falls dinner train
Kenya whale shark safari
Sydney bike tours
Langkawi sky bridge

Funniest Thing

Funniest Thing for September
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Where in the World? Correct Answers

Stalls outside the Roman stadium in Perge, Turkey
Stalls outside the Roman stadium in Perge, Turkey
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News Watch

Too many bombs
Belize crime
Argentina roads
Sichuan’s slow recovery
Rioting in Mongolia
Uzbekistan watch
Saudi Arabia concerns
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda bat filovirus
Current warnings for September 2008

Tours

“Remote Islands Of Scotland”
“Tulips & Windmills River Cruise”
“Greece & Macedonia To Bled Via Dalmatian Coast”
“Persian Highlights”
“The Changing Faces Of Iraqi Kurdistan”
“India Shining”
“Viet Nam & Cambodia”
“Patagonia’s Natural Wonders”
“Madagascar: The Eighth Continent”