Category: archive
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Beasts, Beans and Bolsheviks by David Fuller
Under a bridge in a vast city dominated by a powerful empire, lives a giant troll. A short walk from the beast's dark hiding spot stands a statue of a…
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Inuit Web Site
One of the oldest indigenous peoples, the Inuit, have turned to one of the most modern forms of communication to tell the world about their culture. The Inuit are a…
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A Quiet Corner of Cambodia Uncovered – Kompong Chhnang by Andy Brouwer
Kompong Chhnang isn't a provincial town that has obvious attractions for the tourist hordes visiting Cambodia these days. For most, they catch a glimpse of it as they whiz by…
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Travel Quiz
Win a Moon Handbook on Guatemala – see www.moon.com by answering these questions. The winner of last month's Moon Handbook on Vancouver is Dian Anderson from Canada. 1. Guatemala does…
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Mother and Daughter Travel to Venice by Francesca
I wanted to spend a week away with my younger daughter – age 18 at the time (June 2001) having had to leave her behind on a previous trip with…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
India: the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade lifted its travel advisory for India on July 23, 2002, but maintains that Canadians should still not travel to Jammu…
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Free London Museums: The British Museum
The British Museum, one of the greatest museums in the world, tops the visitor charts. Founded in 1753, it is also the oldest museum in the world and its contents…
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Dancing In Iran
Be careful dancing in Iran: an Iranian dancer who left Iran 22 years ago and has been living in Los Angeles has just been given a 10-year suspended prison sentence…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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House Votes to Lift Ban on Cuba Travel by Susan Milligan / Boston Globe (via Common Dreams News Center)
The US House voted last night to lift the ban on US citizens travelling to communist Cuba, stunning hard-liners and defying a plea by the Bush administration to retain harsh,…