This is the December 2008 issue

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass
By David Tykol
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Features

Searching for Harry Potter in and around London
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Persistence pays off for a visit to Abkhazia
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Cruising the Danube — Eastern European discoveries
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Palau — A snorkeler's dream destination
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Exploring Easter Island
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Travelers' Intercom

An insider in London
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Extorted in Moldova
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A few steps to savings
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Lugano’s Parco del Tassino
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Trekking NZ’s Queen Charlotte Track
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Roommate or single supplement
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Why don’t we have that here — better elevator dispatch
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Frequent-flyer seats sparse
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Equitours, Travelex and Botswana
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Syria arrangements
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Oman’s transformation
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Cruise to Asmat, West Papua
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Tips for Papua New Guinea
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The Beijing Olympics
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Reindeer in Lapland
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Coping with and fighting poverty during travels
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Chilka & Simlipal disappointed
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Yosakoi Soran in Sapporo
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The HK shuttle shuffle
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RTC farewell tours
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In Portugal, ask a teen
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High conversion fee
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Charge fee in Denmark
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Dizzy dining
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Keep numbers at hand
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Credit card purchases
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Springprozession in Luxembourg
By Harvey Hagman
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Calling All Readers!

Flight arrangements for tours
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Columns

Boarding Pass
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
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Rick Steves poses with teenage girls in Iran, a place that might give many Americans culture shock.
Culture shock and wiggle room
Rick Steves' Europe

By Rick Steves
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Lothal: remnant of ancient India
Focus on Archaeology

By Julie Skurdenis
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Patan is Nepal’s ancient city of beauty and art. Photos: Keck
Nepal excursion
Far Horizons

By Randy Keck
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Travel Briefs

Clearing pax from watch list
Lisbon taxi vouchers
Argentina tourist fee
VAT refunds in Colombia
Carry-ons sized down
Mendelssohn in Leipzig
Fall of the Wall, Berlin
Oktoberfest 2009
Packing tips
Saudi Arabia entry
Chunnel under repair
Smoking ban, India
Van Dyck portraits
Handel in Halle
Passion Play, Oberammergau
‘In Pursuit of Caravaggio’
Galápagos yacht
Porto Card
Save in Lisbon
Christmas & New Year’s in Japan
Swims with horses
Osaka’s Namba Park
Bike The Broads
Body building

Funniest Thing

Funniest Thing for December
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Where in the World? Correct Answers

The Temple of Canova
The Temple of Canova, Possagno, Italy
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News Watch

More bombings in India
Pakistan quake
Kyrgyzstan quake
Rebels overrun Virunga
Sudan dangers
Israel, West Bank & Gaza
Roatan unrest
Bolivia reforms
Current warnings for December 2008

Tours

“English Villages: East Anglia & Kent”
Painting In France
“The Best Of Tuscany”
“Nawah Maha Perahera Festival”
“Egypt Delight”
Affordable South Africa
“Amazon Voyage”