This is the March 2009 issue

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass
By David Tykol
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Features

Madrassahs, monuments and mosques — a private tour of Uzbekistan
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An Arctic ice adventure
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Argentina — apartment living in Buenos Aires
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Bali and beyond
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Discovering incredible diversity in Gujarat, India
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Travelers' Intercom

Street crime in Santiago
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Britain driving more difficult
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London on foot
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Traveling with a wheelchair
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Luggage cart cost
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Creative solution to language predicament
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Couldn’t avoid AA’s booking fee
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Frequent-flyer woes
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JAL came through
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Assumed cabin was booked
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Cusco hotel noisy
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Return to Myanmar
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Impressions of Russia
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Discovered Tallinn
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Iwo Jima in WWII
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Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel
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Preparing for an Australia trip
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Sapporo summer festivals
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SteriPEN® sterilizes water
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Tour group audio systems
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Prinsendam and the Amazon
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Transnistria ‘toll’
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Offsetting poverty
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Communicating in Peru
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Re scripted school visits
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Bucharest taxi snag
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What wallet?
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Chand Baori in Abhaneri, Rajasthan
By Wanda Bahde
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Calling All Readers!

Boutique museums
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Columns

Boarding Pass
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
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Searching for the right place to sleep in France
The Discerning Traveler

By Philip Wagenaar
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The art and value of journaling
By Rick Steves
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Long name, low cost, high ratings — ACCL
The Cruising World

By Lew Toulmin
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Travel Briefs

Tokyo fish market
Nara’s free museums
Football Museum, São Paulo
Berlin in lights
Frequent-flyer e-mails
Prepaid data SIMs
Public transport guides
Anniversary discounts
Perfume Museum
Jumbo jet hostel
Smallest subway
Car + driver in Vietnam
Takao-san Mountain
EarPlanes

Funniest Thing

Funniest Thing for March
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Where in the World? Correct Answers

"The Beehive" in Wellington, New Zealand
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News Watch

Gaza conflict
Kenya food crisis
Floods in Fiji
Violence in Athens
Democratic Republic of Congo​, Uganda and Rwanda battle Lords Resistance Army
Assam, India, unrest
Clashes in Côte d’Ivoire
Burundi caution
Nepal power cuts
Current warnings for March 2009

Tours

“Garden Tour, South & Southwest England”
“Clare & Burren Cycling Tour”
“Interlaken & Lucerne”
“Sicilian Volcano Trail”
“Splendours Of India”
“Splendid South Africa”