Africa articles

Penguins in Africa
Travelers' Intercom, March 2007 issue.
Why go to Boulders Beach, south of Cape Town, South Africa? To see the African penguins, of course. Formerly called jackass penguins (for their donkey-like braying), they are native to South Africa, and this beach is one of their three breeding grounds.

Impressed with a 6-country tour of East Africa
Features, March 2007 issue.

RMS St. Helena
Travelers' Intercom, March 2007 issue.
I have individually thanked the readers who answered my request in the November ’06 ITN for information on the RMS St. Helena, a “mail packet” which sails from London to South Africa via the island of St.

Where Salome shed her veils
Columns, March 2007 issue.

Boarding Pass
Columns, February 2007 issue.
Dear Globetrotter:

Kenya and Tanzania with Njewa Safaris
Tours in Review, February 2007 issue.
My husband, Allan, always looks for the best travel for our dollar, shopping via the Internet. For a Feb.

Boarding Pass
Columns, January 2007 issue.
Dear Globetrotter:

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, January 2007 issue.
We took an exhilarating, 2-hour white-water rafting trip down Chile’s Sarapiquis River during a December tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (800/221-0814 or www.oattravel.com).

Exchanging money abroad
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
In my previous letter on how to handle money abroad (Oct. ’05, pg. 53), I noted that going to the ATM was virtually always the best way to get local currency.

Switched companies after lapse in contact
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
In September ’05, my traveling companion, Lynn Drake, and I, contacted PNG Holidays and arranged to take an 11-day “Goroka Festival” tour in Papua New Guinea a year later, Sept. 11-21, 2006. Including three internal flights in PNG, the cost was to have been $3,100 for each of us.