Having enjoyed many of the world’s great gardens and floral events, I found the Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival via the Internet and discovered that Go See Touring (4/99 Racecourse Rd., Ascot, Queensland 4007, Australia; phone +61 1300 551 997, www.goseetouring.com) had been offering tours to Thailand and the festival for nine years. 

From my first email to GiGi Huxley (gigi@goseetouring) until the fabulous farewell dinner our group had in Chiang Mai, our tour and the staff of Go...

While traveling in three countries of the South Caucasus in August-September 2014 (July ’15, pg. 15), I got to sample a wide range of foods.

I visited the Republic of Georgia’s western section on my own with a private guide arranged by MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com). I traveled in other parts of Georgia as well as in Armenia and Azerbaijan on a group tour with Original World (San Rafael, CA; 888/367-6147, www.originalworld.com). In each country, our group...

My daughter, Cate, and her daughter, Frances, and I arrived at Mexico City (aka México, D.F.) in the evening and chose to stay right in Benito Juarez International Airport’s Terminal 1 at the Courtyard Mexico City Airport — Marriott (phone +52 55 4631 4000).

If you happen to arrive in Terminal 2, which is a 10-minute drive from Terminal 1, you’ll find that many hotels have offices in the main area and will swiftly shuttle you in their vans.

At the Marriott, the cost for two...