September 2012

(Second of two parts, go to part one)

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Pictured above is Scotland’s magnificent Melrose Abbey, located only 37 miles southeast of Edinburgh’s airport. It was made famous in a poem by Sir Walter Scott, who was instrumental in getting the ruins restored in the early 19th century.

JOAN HANSEN
Sacramento, CA

Visitors to Rapa Nui often assume that there are two types of moais: the hundreds of “giant heads” and, numbering fewer, the much smaller statues with bodies and red topknots. In ongoing digs, all the head statues excavated have been found to have bodies beneath them (up to 10 meters tall), some with petroglyphs. Visitors may observe excavations by the Easter Island Statue Project.

China is beginning work on a 30-billion-yuan ($4.7 billion), 800-hectare tourism development in Lhasa city, Tibet, that will include a theme park and centers for Tibetan arts and customs as well as commercial and residential areas. China’s spokesperson said the project would relieve tourism pressure on the old city and create a “living museum” of Tibetan culture. The first phase is located a mile from downtown Lhasa.

In England, Oct. 27-Nov. 4, 2012, a 2-kilometer walk in the Bedgebury National Pinetum (Bedgebury Rd., Goudhurst, Kent TN17 2SL, U.K.; phone 01580 879820) will be illuminated with thousands of colored lights and have sound effects, music and interactive displays. It’s held annually. Call ahead for tickets. £15.50 (about $24) adult, £10 senior, £41 family (two adults, two children).

(First of three parts)

(Second of three parts)

Toughing it out

(Second of two parts)

9-day / 8-night polar bear habitat tour in CANADA, October and November 2012 and 2013. Highlights: Toronto / tastings at four wineries near Niagara / Churchill, “polar bear capital of the world” / trek through the tundra to see bears, caribou, wolves, foxes / small-plane aerial tour / view bears from a Tundra Buggy. Land, from $9,060 per person. Kensington Tours (Wilmington, DE; 888 / 903-2001, www.kensingtontours.com).