This is the November 2013 issue

Boarding Pass

Taktsang (Tiger’s Nest) Palphug Monastery, upper Paro Valley, Bhutan.
What a subscriber learned flying standby
By David Tykol
Appears on Page 2
 

Travelers' Intercom

Applying for a Russian visa
By Lois Halunen
Appears on Page 15
 
Bilbao Greeters
By Esther Perica
Appears on Page 16
 
GPS travails in Belgium
By Nancy Norberg
Appears on Page 17
 
Geiranger village seen from Ørnesvingen (Eagle’s Bend) Lookout. The road to the lookout is full of hairpin curves like the one on the left. Photo: Prindle
Touring rainy Bergen and Ålesund
By Paula Prindle
Appears on Page 18
 
Did not find big-bus touring ‘leisurely’
By Susan Klapstein
Appears on Page 28
 
Savings buying tickets from theater
By Yvonne Richter
Appears on Page 29
 
Return to Ethiopia
By Susan Lushing
Appears on Page 30
 
Gorillas with ElderTreks
By Victor Block
Appears on Page 31
 
Memorable Kurdistan
By Phyllis Schlesinger
Appears on Page 32
 
New Zealand with AAT Kings
By Patricia Rosen
Appears on Page 32
 
Parisian Studio Apartment
By Allan Penl
Appears on Page 33
 
Residence Agnes in Prague
By Martha Calta
Appears on Page 33
 
From the river, a view of the Old Bridge and castle in Heidelberg.
Neckar River day cruise
By Robert Meyerhof
Appears on Page 33
 
Uxmal’s Casa del Adivino (Pyramid of the Magician).
Mexico’s Mayan ruins
By Stephen O. Addison, Jr.
Appears on Page 34
 
Trips-montage Christmas card
Appears on Page 53
 
Battery bandit in Bamako
Appears on Page 53
 
Found Moroccans camera averse
By Steven Emmet
Appears on Page 54
 
Label all memory cards
Appears on Page 54
 
Uses ‘new-looking’ currency
Appears on Page 54
 
A Massage To Die For — Floating massage
Appears on Page 55
 
"One more way smoking is bad for you"
By James Stefan
Appears on Page 55
 
Lahemaa national park
Lahemaa national park
By Harvey Hagman
Appears on Page 73
 

Calling All Readers!

Karen Heady reading “The Cat in the Hat” to children at the Dickey Orphanage in Lhasa, Tibet. Photo by Rod Smith
Traveling and giving
Appears on Page 42
 

Essay Contest Winners

I Choose China - Winners
Appears on Page 47
 

Columns

Taktsang (Tiger’s Nest) Palphug Monastery, upper Paro Valley, Bhutan.
What a subscriber learned flying standby
Boarding Pass

By David Tykol
Appears on Page 2
 
Local girls chatting on the phone in front of a Carnival Cruise Lines ship in Port Vila. Photos by Lew Toulmin
Port Vila, Vanuatu — What to do and where to eat
The Cruising World

By Lew Toulmin
Appears on Page 57
 
Europe — Suggested tipping amounts worldwide
The Discerning Traveler

By Philip Wagenaar
Appears on Page 59
 
Hacienda de Oro visitors' center and restaurant is at the heart of the gardens.
Vallarta Botanical Gardens in Mexico
The Garden Path

By Yvonne Horn
Appears on Page 61
 
The Catedral de la Habana and its namesake plaza graces Old Town Havana. Photos by Randy Keck
Havana — the sea change
Far Horizons

By Randy Keck
Appears on Page 63
 

Where in the World? Correct Answers

Druk Wangyal Khangzang, in Bhutan
Druk Wangyal Khangzang, Bhutan
Appears on Page 77