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Peru Travel Guide – June 2000
Arequipa, the capital of cuisine in Peru Location South highlands at 2,350 meters above sea level. Climate Sunny and dry (sun during the whole year). It’s cold at nights and the rainy season is from January to March. The temperature goes from 24°C in the morning to 10°C at night. Landscape Andean and mountainous. There
Off the Track – China Style
How to know when you’ve found the real China, off
New York City, New York – June 2000
Every writer needs a muse. This month, mine was a fiberglass cow. I admit it: I was about to let June slip by without an update for BootsnAll (as has been my habit in recent months). And then she beckoned me from her perch two stories above my Brooklyn park bench: a fragmented cow clinging
Moscow, Russia – Transport
From the Airport Most international flights arrive at Shermetyevo-2 airport. If you’ve booked accommodation, they might arrange to pick you up – confirm this and make sure you have their phone number! On your own? The very best bet is to call Taxi Blues at +7 095 128 5957 /9477 /7763. Give them your flight
Moscow, Russia – Accommodation
There are three basic types of accommodation in Moscow: hostel, Soviet hotels, and expense account. The best thing, of course, is to stay with friends. For a wealth of information, try G&R International, they can organize every type of accommodation. Russian wooden house The Russian Home homestay program starts at $20/night with lots of extras
Massage: Moroccan Style
An invigorating and inexpensive way to lose the st
Machu Picchu: A Childhood Dream Come True
Making a childhood dream of visiting the ancient c
Les Trois Mousquetaires go to France, Italy and maybe a few other places #2
Day 1: Thursday, June 1 We leave for Paris today. The girls are getting really excited. I would be, too, except that I have to work until almost the minute I leave. We get to the airport to learn that the flight is overbooked and that several volunteers are needed to give up their seats.
Les Trois Mousquetaires go to France, Italy and maybe a few other places #14
Versailles and the Loire Valley châteaux The châteaux of the Loire valley were unbelievable! The U.S. thinks of them as triple mansions. Before that, Versailles was HUGE, you can hardly see everything in a day, and it is so popular it is overcrowded. My mom kept losing me. But you know, big is not always
Les Trois Mousquetaires go to France, Italy and maybe a few other places #10
And how do you pay for everything? In the summer of 2000 the dollar is very strong against the French Franc. Ten years ago, I got 4.6 francs for every dollar. This year: between 6.8 and 7.2 francs! That means that our average hotel room (450FF) cost us $64 instead of $88! A big difference!
Les Trois Mousquetaires go to France, Italy and maybe a few other places #12
France so far France and the U.S. are totally different!!!!! People are allowed to smoke inside everywhere! When we got off the plane all I could smell was smoke. It wasn’t very pleasant. You have to pay to go to the bathroom! I couldn’t believe it. The cars here are really weird. They look like
Going Against the Flow (4 of 4)
The third and final day on the river indeed dawned overcast and drizzly. I was once again up and about at 6:30am and despite the gray and sunless morning the scenery was the most spectacular of the passage. Whisks of low cloud surrounded the peaks of nearby hill tops, flowing like misty waterfalls into the