This is the December 2011 issue
Boarding Pass
| Costa Rica's high speeding fines. Also, "People-to-People Groups" to CubaBy David TykolAppears on Page 2 | 
Features
|   | Impressed with Ireland on a chauffeured tourAppears on Page 6 | |
|   | A month in Mexico CityAppears on Page 22 | |
|   | Bhutan, Nepal & the mystical HimalayasAppears on Page 36 | |
|   | Off-season in SardiniaAppears on Page 44 | 
Travelers' Intercom
| In and around AmsterdamAppears on Page 14 | ||
|   | Bilbao delightsAppears on Page 15 | |
| Car rental snag in IrelandAppears on Page 18 | ||
| Tracing ancestors from GermanyAppears on Page 18 | ||
| Luggage lost and lessons learnedAppears on Page 27 | ||
| ‘Disappointed’ on Cunard’s Queen EilzabethAppears on Page 29 | ||
| Violins and more in CremonaAppears on Page 31 | ||
| Bulgaria by bikeAppears on Page 32 | ||
| Smooth rolling in AfricaAppears on Page 33 | ||
| Ethiopia with Patrick SyderAppears on Page 33 | ||
| Brazil’s PantanalAppears on Page 34 | ||
| Dealing with roommate issues on a tourAppears on Page 35 | ||
| France’s ‘Megalithic Parthenon’Appears on Page 51 | ||
| By Bromo Volcano on JavaAppears on Page 51 | ||
| Sumengen Hotel, IstanbulAppears on Page 52 | ||
| Arlequin in BrusselsAppears on Page 52 | ||
| Montevideo cautionsAppears on Page 54 | ||
| Solid adviceAppears on Page 55 | ||
| Security passAppears on Page 56 | 
Calling All Readers!
|   | Attending a concert, play, opera, ballet…Appears on Page 40 | 
Columns
| Costa Rica's high speeding fines. Also, "People-to-People Groups" to CubaBoarding PassBy David Tykol Appears on Page 2 | |
| Cheap sleeps in EuropeRick Steves' EuropeBy Rick Steves Appears on Page 58 | |
| What’s Cooking in…Hong KongWhat's Cooking in...By Sandra Scott Appears on Page 59 | |
|   | Colonial history comes alive at Kings LandingThe Garden PathBy Yvonne Horn Appears on Page 60 | 
|   | Macedonia’s Bay of BonesFocus on ArchaeologyBy Julie Skurdenis Appears on Page 62 | 
| Readers name items brought from overseasDeparture LoungeBy Armond Noble Appears on Page 77 | 
Travel Briefs
Funniest Thing
| Nothing to sniff atAppears on Page 56 | 
Where in the World? Correct Answers
|   | "Gateway," a 75-foot-high monument in New ZealandAppears on Page 76 | 
