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2003

Historic Places

How Do You Determine Value In A Tour?

   1. Medieval Medina of Fez
   2.
Why Mongolia?
   3.
San Miguel de Allende, Birthplace of Mexico's Independence
   4. Rome: What's Love Got To Do With It?
   5. Cambodia, Fascinating Past and a New Future
   6. The WRIGHT STUFF, Landmarks of Flight
   7. A Story in Black and White
   8. A Christmas Story: Washington's Crossing
   9. China
 10. The Gulf of Georgia Cannery
 11. Sri Lanka
 12. Norstead, A Viking Port of Trade

Iemanja, A Party Fit for the Goddess of the Sea
The Highland Folk Museum

BRUGES, Belgium's Medieval Masterpiece

Fez Medina Morocco


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2003

Riding the rails through time and space

Concorde: Requiem for a Heavyweight

   1. TGV: The French Rail Revolution
   2.
Tiny Switzerland's Mighty Rail System
   3.
Train-ing in Switzerland
   4. The True Orient Express
   5. Scotland's Falkirk Wheel
   6. India's "Palace on Wheels"
   7. Vietnam by Train
   8. It's Not the Destination: Verde Valley Railway
   9. Big Cog in a small machine
 10. Our Love Affair with Trains
 11. The Chihuahua al Pacifico Train

San Francisco's Year-Round Street Car Fest
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

Kuranda Scenic Railway - Australia
Everglades National Park
Trains Unlimited, Tours


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2003

Winter Holidays

"Crowded Buses from Hell"

   1. Vienna's Glorious Ball Season
   2.
Christmas in Austria
   3.
An Elegant Austrian Christmas Dinner - with Recipes
   4. Germany's Old World Christmas Markets
   5. Santa's Turkish Roots
   6. Galette des Rois - a French Desert
   7. Italian Feasting Recipes
   8. History of the Christmas Tree
   9. Austrian Cookie Recipes

Hokkaido Ice Festivals
Ruben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego

Sousse, Tunisia
Zion National Park, Utah
World Society


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2003

Educational Travel

How Osaka Bicycle Shops Are Changing the Face of Travel

   1. Learning Vacations
   2.
Attainable Private Retreats and Workshops
   3.
Learning the French Way
   4. "I Will Remember You Forever"
   5. A Day in Guilin, Or Penis of Black Dog
   6. Awash in Ancient Art
   7. Cordoba, Argentina
   8. My Hopi Friend
   9. Morocco: Window to Understanding Islamic Culture
 10. Reeducating Ourselves About Russia

Loy Krathong: Thailand's Festival of Lights Upon Water
Harvard Museum of Natural History

University of Virginia
Yosemite National Park, California
TraveLearn


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2003

Mexico and Central American Cultural Adventures

Travel Agents Matter

   1. Belize or not?
   2.
Canopy Adventure
   3.
Surprising Chaipas, Mexico's Most Mayan State
   4. Cohetes and dolphins
   5. Copper Canyon, Mexico
   6. Nature's calling in Costa Rica
   7. For Mind and Body in Mexico
   8. The Day of the Dead Comes Alive in Oaxaca
   9. Pedro's pulqueria
 10. Tikal - Guatemala's Great Maya Capitol

Day of the dead, Mexico
Science Museum of Minnesota

Joya del Ceren, El Salvador
Calakmul National Park, Mexico
Albee Adventures


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2003

Great Explorers

The Great Explorers

   1. Lewis and Clark: The Great American Explorers
   2.
Following in the Wake of Captain James Cook
   3.
Southern Patagonia: Land of Myths
   4. Cultural Explorations: A Journey to Iraq
   5. Sir Edmund Hillary
   6. Great Falls, Montana: Along the Lewis and Clark Trail
   7. Transiting the Sun in 2004
   8. Exploring Nature: Black(fish) Magic
   9. Fiji: Explorers, Traders and Beachcombers

Cabrillo Festival, San Diego
The David Livingstone Center

Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Torres del Paine, Chile
Bestway Tours and Safaris


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2003

Classical Culinary

Travel Begins Pickup

   1. Caviar, the Incredible, Edible Egg
   2.
Amalfi - Paradise Revisited
   3.
Paris in a Basket
   4. Saharan Suppers
   5. The Cuisine of South Africa
   6. Galicia's Stunning Red Wines
   7. Wurzburg, Germany's Franken Wine Capital
   8. New Zealand Wine - South Island's rising stars
   9. Italian Wine Bars
 10. Viennese Food and Wine

Food of the God's Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musée de l’Art Culinaire

Tokaji, Hungary
Grand Teton
Tasty Tuscany


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2003


History's Battles and Wars

All the King's Horses And all the King's Men, National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad

   1. Ten of the World's Great War Memorials
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The Vietnam Memorial, Washington, DC
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USS Arizona, Pearl harbor, Hawaii
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Vologograd, Site of the "Rodina" (Motherland) Statue
       - Thiepval, Somme, France
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Monument to the Childeren Heros, Chaultepec Park, Mexico
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ANZAC, Memorial, Gallopli, Turkey
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The Japanese War Memorial at Hiroshima
       - The World War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, France
       - The Monument to the Spartans at Metéora
   2. The Man Who Saved Corregidor

Spoleto: Everything Cultured Travelers Desire
The New Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Puebla, Mexico
Glacier National Park, Montana
Midas Battlefield Tours


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2003


Cruising: Luxury, Adventure or Relaxation - Your Choice

Why Travel Today is Better Than Ever

   1. Barging Through France
   2.
Cruising the Danube
   3.
Down the Danube in Mozart's Footsteps
   4.
Antarctica: Expeditions to the White Continent
   5. Take the Ferry (And Plan Your Own Alaskan Adventure)
   6.
A Whale of a Time in Alaska
   7.
Learning to Sail Aboard a Two-Masted Schooner
   8.
Caribbean Cruising, A Private Yacht Fantasy
   9. Cabin Charters in French Polynesia
 10. Jill's Son Goes 'Round the World

SEAFAIR, Seattle: Everything But The Kitchen Sink
San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
The Grand Canal, China
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Society Expeditions


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2003


A Few of our Favorite Places

Fuddy Duddies Not

   1. Český Krumlov: Capturing Times Past
   2.
Delft: A Village and Its Pottery
   3.
Guanajuato: One of Mexico's Colonial Gems
   4.
Kiso Valley, the "Other" Japan
   5. Why Paris Still Remains My Favorite Shopping Destination
   6.
An Ancient Rainforest Community In the Peruvian Jungle
   7.
Rome: Awesome Openings
   8.
The Silk Road’s Mogao Caves: A Study in Harmony
   9. A Soupçon of Southwestern England
 10. The Lot: an off-beat, off-the-beaten-track French destination
 11. Tuscany: the Genius of the Familiar

Carnaval in San Francisco
Florence's Bargello Museum
The Statue of Liberty
Toroweap, a remote area west of Grand Canyon National Park
Welcome to the Renaissance


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2003


African Tour Hosts

Travel after Iraq?

   1. A Safari Primer
   2.
Choosing Your African Safari
   3.
Africa on Horseback
   4.
A Classic Africa Safari
   5.
Tanzania's Forgotten South
   6.
The Last True Wilderness
   7. Impressions of Ghana
   8.
Journey to Uganda: A Biking Adventure
   9. Painting South Africa
 10. Grape Town, South Africa

All Africa Games, October 4-18, Nigeria
Museum for African Art, Queens, New York
Great Zimbabwe, Africa's Great Ruin
uKhahlamba-Drakesberg and Royal Natal, South Africa
African Safari Company


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2003


Megalithic Magnificence

On being careful what you wish for

   1. Mysteries of the Megaliths
   2.
Stone Age Monuments and Neolithic Structures in Ireland and Scotland
   3.
Turkey's Neolithic Structures
   4.
Malta's Monolithic Temples
   5.
Sacsayhuaman, Peru – Fortress of the Incas
   6. This is the last frontier, the primordial home of the Tiki
   7.
Easter Island
   8. An AFOB News Bulletin for Archeological Travelers

Tapati Festival, Easter Island
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
The Stone Fortress at Mycenae
Yellowstone: The First National Park
Crow Canyon Archeological