The Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is about an hour’s flight south of the capital, Paramaribo. On our May ’03 trip we flew in a Cessna around Tafelberg, which is a tepui, or flat-topped mountain, and saw its 12 lovely waterfalls cascading over the sharp edge of the top, the largest a golden color — quite spectacular. We were lucky to have seen Tafelberg after some rain, since the waterfalls are seasonal and they do seem to be a miracle appearing from nothing...

ITN was mailed a copy of the following letter, sent by a reader to Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), a subsidiary of Grand Circle Travel (GCT).

Thank you so much for your recent “form letter” noting that we had not chosen to travel with Grand Circle Travel or Overseas Adventure Travel this year and offering us a “frequent traveler credit.” This “generous offer” combined with the incessant mailings from Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel are really annoying in light of...

My friends, Mike and Molly Gallant of Hallowell, Maine, went on a Caribbean cruise aboard Princess Cruises’ Dawn Princess in March ’05. For a special treat, they took Mike’s elderly aunt with them. This was to be her first-ever cruise, and the lady very much needed a break since her husband had gone into a long-term-care center and she was exhausted.

On the fifth day of the cruise, Molly went up on deck to call home and report on the great time she and Mike and the aunt were having....