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March 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Paraty — a link to Brazil’s colonial heritage

By Deanna Palić

by Deanna Palic (Second of two parts. Go to part one)

History abounds at every turn

The town of Paraty, a colonial relic and truly a work of art, has been declared a national monument. The 30 small blocks that comprise its historic center are lined with fine examples of Portuguese colonial architecture. Buildings cannot be higher than two stories. Visitors with mobility limitations would have problems here due to the irregular, rounded cobblestones used in paving the streets...

March 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Kilroy was Here » By the dozen

by Kevin Keating

As this is the month we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I got to thinking about Ireland.

“O Oysters, come and walk with us!”

The Walrus did beseech.

“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk

Along the briny beach.”

“It’s a lovely day,” said the man behind the desk at Jury’s hotel in Galway.

In Ireland, it’s either a “lovely day,” a “soft day” or a “desperate day.” A soft day is when the rain gently down doth fall. When it’s raining...

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Boarding Pass

By David Tykol

Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 336th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. This issues marks a full 28 years of publication!

Some of you will remember the name Paige Palmer, whose column “Worldwide Travel Advice” ran in ITN from the very beginning until five years ago, when she set it aside for health reasons. Well, Paige is going strong and just sent us a letter, saying, “The beautiful state of Ohio celebrated its bicentennial in 2003, and Jacqueline Jones Royster...

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Creating engaging photos

by Linda Ledray

Traveling alone, I find it hard to get pictures that I want to look at more than once, and I am sure they bore my friends, so I have quit bringing them out to show, altogether. It seems like a waste of time and money, but I can’t just stop taking pictures. That just doesn’t seem right. I do want to have some memories. I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions? — Mary Ann E., Tulsa, OK

Pictures should be a way of capturing those special travel moments....

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

You simply must visit South Africa

By Philip Wagenaar

by Philip Wagenaar, first of three parts

“You now have to set your watch one hundred years back,” the captain announced as the plane descended toward the Johannesburg airport.

Just a few weeks earlier a screaming headline in the newspaper The Cape Times had proclaimed, “Never would a colored heart beat in a white neighborhood.” A Jew had just received a colored man’s heart in the second transplant performed by Prof. Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town....

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Paraty — a link to Brazil’s colonial heritage

By Deanna Palić

by Deanna Palic (Part one of two)

Nineteen years ago I was totally captivated by the locale in the film “Gabriela.” The movie starred one of Brazil’s hottest stars, Sonia Braga, and the esteemed Italian film idol Marcello Mastroianni. “Gabriela” was filmed in such an enchanting yet unidentifiable colonial seaside town that I felt compelled to wait until all the credits rolled and the town was identified. Paraty, sometimes spelled Parati, has remained on my “must see” list since 1984...

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

The Turkish sport of cirit

During our travels in Middle East countries, my wife, Moreen, and I have seen the horse valued as a treasured necessity for both transportation and animal husbandry. Yet, as in Western countries, we’ve also seen horses used for sports, though most of the games are quite different from the ones we view.

You may have seen on TV scenes of an Afghanistan horseman riding wildly in a cloud of dust chasing another horseman carrying a sheep’s or goat’s head; buzkashee is Afghanistan’s...

February 2004 issue | Appears on page 0

Energetic Manila

By Randy Keck

(First of two parts on the Philippines)

A kind of frenetic mania pervades the urban streetscape as the cultural combine of East and West continues to define itself while the business of daily life goes on. In the Philippines, all journeys seem to begin and end in the sprawling megalopolis that is Manila. One cannot know or hope to understand the modern-day Philippines without comprehending Manila.

An island outpost in Asia controlled for over 350 years by incumbent Western...