A friend who was fortunate enough to spend the holidays in Peru reports that it is a remarkably inexpensive country. One of the top travel destinations in Latin America, Peru has the magnificent ruins at Machu Picchu as well as many other attractions. Its capital, Lima, is considered one of the most beautiful cities in South America, a pleasant blend of modern and Spanish colonial architecture set in mountains, and with beaches just a few minutes’ drive away. When the North American colonies didn’t yet exist, Lima was the most important city in the Western Hemisphere. Read more…
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The newest trend on travel planning is surfing the Internet. Potential travelers now can cruise the Big Red Boat, a family cruise line, in cyberspace. Cruise information, games, a chance to win a cruise and 3-D illustrations can all be found on this home page. The address is http:/www.bigredboat.com. Read more…
“Amazing Thailand” may sound like just another tourism shtick but once there, it wouldn’t take long for one to be convinced that whoever coined the phrase is not kidding. Seeing how well the propaganda is sustained and the clockwork coordination between tourism-related agencies, one need not wonder why foreigners chose to visit Thailand when they could have dropped by and be part of the Philippine centennial celebrations – with or without the Philippine Airlines strike. Indeed, this little neighbor of ours is a sight to behold, that is, if you know the right places to visit. Read more…
Egypt has been a tourist destination since ancient times, and for good reason. It offers sights of unparalleled grandeur and antiquity, a pleasant climate most of the year, and an intriguing glimpse of life that, at least in the countryside, has changed little since the time of the Pharaohs. It is a country of great contrasts antiquity with modernity, poverty with wealth, the desert with the fertile land. Particularly since the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, it has enjoyed a tremendous influx of tourists. Read more…
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It was unique training, she said, designed to allow Japanese artists to share their trade “secrets” with foreigners. “It was a marvelous experience for a Westerner,” said Draper, explaining that Kyoto was considered to be the center of the textile industry. A resident of Upper Merion Township, Draper, 40, returned June 29 from a four-week trip through Japan and a two-week workshop at the Juraku Textile Museum in Kyoto. Read more…
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A friend who visited Bulgaria recently reports that this little-known country offers some unusual bargains. I find that easy to believe, since I found very good values on a recent trip to Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria is reputed to be among the least expensive of the East Bloc countries. Read more…
This summer, South Tulsa residents are flooding the beaches of Cancun in record numbers and beating a well-worn path to Las Vegas. “We are just being swamped with Cancun,” said Andrea Anton, co- owner of Dream Reality Travel, 8014 S. Memorial Drive. “It’s really something, because summer is usually the off-season (for Cancun). It’s been really unique this summer.” Read more…
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If “yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum” is your cup of tea, there are numerous tourist sites connected with pirates and piracy in Jamaica. Pirates played a formative part in the island’s history, and you can walk in their footsteps, if you know where to look. Across Kingston harbor from the modern capital, at the tip of a thin spit of land called the Palisadoes, is the old pirate capital of Port Royal, which you can reach by ferry. If you drive the 10-mile route, you pass the Norman Manley International Airport, tracking coastal cactus and mangroves, the long-rooted trees that grow straight out of the water. Read more…
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Exotic Morocco and the Riad Farnatchi Hotel in Marrakech are no strangers to celebrities. Actors Russell Crowe, Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie have stayed at the exclusive hotel situated in the heart of the Medina, the oldest part of Marrakech and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Read more…
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Once described as “a thousand miles outside the world,” the Seychelles archipelago consists of 92 islands scattered over a vast area of the Indian Ocean between Africa and India. These balmy waters were once the haunt of pirates, who buried their treasure on the islands. To the 9th-century Arabs, this area was the legendary Sea of Zanj, where Sinbad found birds so huge that they fed their young on elephants. General Charles Gordon, the Victorian military hero, had an even more extravagant flight of fancy: He was convinced that the Garden of Eden had once flourished here. Read more…
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