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(Part 2 of 3 on Egypt)

The main thrust of my September ’09 Egypt journey was a seven-day/seven-night cruise on the timeless Nile, and the first half of the cruise was upstream, heading south, from Luxor to Aswan.

From Cairo, an easy hour-long flight south transports visitors to Luxor, home port for the majority of the scores of passenger vessels that ply the Nile on four- to seven-day cruises.

Luxor: riverboat central

On the Luxor waterfront, the Crown Prince was waiting for me and 85 other passengers (approximately 55% of the ship’s passenger...

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 398th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

If you’re heading to Bali or other islands in Indonesia, be aware of recent shortages of wine, liquor and imported foods like cheese and crackers.

A trade regulation came into effect on Dec. 15 that restricts imports of electronics, textiles, toys, food and beverages. Where before smugglers had operated openly, now the rules are strictly enforced.

The crackdown has been successful in reducing the amount of low-quality goods smuggled into the country, but now supplies are...

by Jay Brunhouse

Over the flat farmland of Germany’s Thüringen (Thuringia) state, my ICE TD, a 5-carriage train, sped to 125 mph with its tilting mechanism mastering the curves beautifully.

I was on the trail of the Bauhaus school, from Weimar, where the school began, to Dessau, where it blossomed, to Berlin, where the most important and influential school of design that combined crafts and the arts met its ultimate death at the hands of the Nazis.

On the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, Weimar, the Weimarer region, Jena and Erfurt will muster in...