I had already taken two tours with Turtle Tours (Box 1147, Carefree, AZ 85377; phone 888/299-1439 or 480/488-3688, fax 480/488-3406, e-mail turtletours@earthlink.net) when I received the brochure which read, “Join us as a volunteer. Come on a 2-week program as a Health Care Professional or Staff Assistant for which no medical training is required. You will be a great help and get to know our tribal friends.”

The brochure described medical projects which are run by TurtleWill (e-mail...

We travel frequently and always use the local SuperShuttle for travel to the airport. SuperShuttle always tries to get us to make a reservation for our return home. For a December ’02 trip, we did make a return reservation since we were flying back to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California; that regional airport closes at night, so we wanted to insure a trip home.

I had a reservation number and confirmed same before we left on our trip. Upon our arrival back at the airport,...

I returned March 13, ’04, from a month-long trip to Honduras, Guatemala, Yucatán and Belize with Adventures Abroad (Richmond, B.C., Canada; phone 800/665-3998). I found them very thorough in covering the architectural and cultural parts of those countries.

One week into the trip, our group of 12 plus a driver crossed the border from Honduras into Guatemala. At 11:30 a.m., about 74 kilometers from Guatemala City, a Toyota pickup cut us off on the main, busy highway and five or six...