While traveling through the Middle East in mid-June 2015, I had a chance to see the beautiful new Amman Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan. It is especially nice. In the business-class lounge, the seats are comfortable and the meals quite sufficient. Located on the second floor, the lounge also has an information desk, with the shopping floor accessible below. A taxi can take you into the city, 20 miles north, to one of many hotels. The one I chose was the InterContinental Amman (...

If your heart is set on seeing waterfalls in Western Australia, as was the case with the Reeds during their dry-season trip (“Australia’s Kimberley Coast,” June ’15, pg. 30), you should make careful inquiries before booking a visit. Australia is experiencing drought conditions in many areas, and most of the waterfalls on the northwestern coast are often reduced to mere trickles. That’s how it was when I visited in late July-early August 2015. During our Lindblad Expeditions (New York, NY;...

Helen Harper’s letter “National Trust Sites, England” (Nov. ’15, pg. 27), about tours by the Royal Oak Foundation, motivated me to write with more info. Many travelers, even if they’re Anglophiles, might not know about England’s National Trust (P.O. Box 574, Manvers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, S63 3FH, U.K.; phone +44 0344 800 1895, www.nationaltrust.org.uk). 

The National Trust is sort of a combination Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, preservation-and-historical society,...