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October 2018 issue | Appears on page 44

A good bird-watching site (part 5)

Vickie Birdsall with king parrots (each of which has a red/orange head and/or breast and green or dark-blue wings) — Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia.

Subscribers were invited to write in about places, outside of the US, where they've had rewarding sightings of birds. (We cannot accept more submissions.)

In addition to the types of birds they saw, we asked travelers to each tell us where they were and the year/month/time their visit took place. We also wanted to know how difficult it was to reach an area, what equipment would be recommended and what the weather was like.

We've printed responses about sites in the...

September 2018 issue | Appears on page 31

The world on $100 a day

Pat Ove of Aurora, California, wrote, "There must be many budget travelers reading ITN who are having exciting adventures discovering the world on $100 a day [not including overseas airfare]. I would love to read about their journeys."

Regarding traveling outside of the US on $100 a day (excluding international air), subscribers were asked to tell us how they did it and where and when they traveled, specifying modes of transport, types of accommodations used and how those...

September 2018 issue | Appears on page 34

A good bird-watching site

A pied kingfisher (black and white) — Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. Photo by Emily Moore

Subscribers were invited to write in about places, outside of the US, where they've had rewarding sightings of birds. (We cannot accept more submissions.)

We printed responses about sites in Latin America...

August 2018 issue | Appears on page 28

The world on $100 a day (Part 1)

Casa Betania, our hotel in Cortona, was formerly a monastery.

Pat Ove of Aurora, California, wrote, “Reading Stanley Mui’s article about his 10-day trip to Guadalajara, Mexico, for less than $1,000 (June ’17, pg. 44) brought back many happy memories of the $100-a-day trips my husband and I took for 20 years.

There must be many budget travelers reading ITN who are having exciting adventures discovering the world on $100 a day. I would love to read about their journeys. (For purposes of this information request, and considering...

August 2018 issue | Appears on page 32

A good bird-watching site (Part 3)

Two hyacinth macaws — the Pantanal, Brazil. Photo by Diane Bell

Subscribers were invited to write in about places, outside of the US, where they’ve had rewarding sightings of birds. (We cannot accept more submissions.)

The most responses were about birds in Latin...

July 2018 issue | Appears on page 39

Advice for a solo on a custom guided tour

PART 2

Mazel Pernell of Rockville, Maryland, wrote, “I’ve enjoyed international travel with group tours. In planning my sixth trip to Africa for the fall of 2018, I didn’t find a set tour that I liked, so I’m working directly with a Ghana-based company to customize a 3-week guided tour that includes Ghana, Benin and Togo. I will be going solo.”

“I would appreciate hearing from any traveler who has been on an extended solo tour. Specifically,...

July 2018 issue | Appears on page 41

A good bird-watching site

The cocoi heron is quite regal on lilies, Guyana’s national flower. Photo by Denzil Verardo

Subscribers were invited to write in about places, outside of the US, where they’ve had rewarding sightings of birds. (We cannot accept more submissions.)

In addition to their providing details about the types of birds they saw, we asked travelers to each tell us where they were (including any contact info) and the year, time of year and even time of day of each sighting. We also wanted to know how difficult it was to reach an area, what equipment would be recommended and what...

June 2018 issue | Appears on page 36

A Good Bird-watching Site

Violet sabrewing hummingbird — La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica. Photo by Christine Beebe

Subscribers were invited to write in about places (outside of the US) where they’ve had rewarding sightings of birds. In addition to providing details about the types of birds they saw, we asked travelers to each tell us where they were (including any helpful contact info, if applicable) and the year and time of year of their visit and even the time of day. We also wanted to know how difficult it was to reach the area, what preparations others should make who wish to go there, what...

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