During our month-long travel in several South American countries in March ’05, we enjoyed a lot of good food, but two meals we had in Chile and Uruguay were a pleasant change from meat-loaded meals such as parrillada in Argentina and churrascaria in Brazil.

• In Santiago, Chile, half the fun was getting to the restaurant El Camino Real in Parque Metropolitano. We first had a funicular ride and then a ride in a 2-person cable car.

With the restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows,...

We took a trip to Tanzania arranged by Roy Safaris (P.O. Box 50, Arusha, Tanzania; phone 255 27 250 8010, fax 255 27 254 8892, e-mail roysafaris@intafrica.com or visit www.roysafaris.com).

We flew to London on Dec. 16, ’04, and then to Nairobi, Kenya. After a slight glitch on our flight from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro, we met our guide/driver, Salvatory, who with a gracious, warm smile welcomed us to Tanzania. We spent the next 13 days on a private safari for two in Tanzania, including a...

I have often read articles on Africa. Having taken, in 1999, a 7-day trip to Tanzania and a 7-day trip in Kenya in which we visited several reserves, I know that it is a complete waste of time to visit the Giraffe Manor in Nairobi as well as The Ark (famously written up) in Kenya and the Mt. Kenya Safari Club (also written up often). My friend and I agreed. If one is going to Kenya or Tanzania, there are many other places to view the animals than those mentioned above.

The Mt. Kenya...