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Susan Benton, Hermosa Beach, CA
The National Trust (Box 39, Warrington, WA5 7WD, UNITED KINGDOM; phone 0870 458 4000 or visit www. nationaltrust.
We were pleased with every aspect of our 18-day “Russia and the Baltic States” tour from Grand European Tours (6000 Meadows Rd., Ste. 520, Lake Oswego, OR 97035; phone 800/552-5545 or visit www.getours.com).
To characterize our trip to Cambodia and Vietnam from Journeys Within Tour Company and Bed & Breakfast (Box 93155, GPO Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia; call toll-free 877/454-3672, fax 855 63 964748 or visit www.journeys-within.com)
My wife, Darlene, and I, following a private tour in Mongolia (June ’06, pg. 85), were among a group of 96 people from all over the world who made an incredible private train trip across the Russian Federation along the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, Aug. 19-31, ’05.
In Budapest, Hungary, the Terror Háza, or House of Terror Museum (Andrássy út 60, Budapest 1062, Hungary; phone + 36 [1] 374 2600 or visit www.terrorhaza.hu), deals with the years of fascist and communist oppression, from WWII to the fall of
In regards to the article “India: Enjoying Your Visit While Leading a Group Tour” by Judith Anshin (Oct. ’06, pg. 22), she wrote only about the upside of her trip to Rajasthan and none of the downs. India isn’t a trip for everyone.
by Lew Toulmin
Here are a couple of the latest travel-book reviews written by ITN readers.