GREECE
OFFICIAL NAME: HELLENIC REPUBLIC In the past Greece has attracted many visitors who were unwanted. It has been overrun and ruled at various times by the Persians, the Romans, …
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Melbourne Map
While alert to the dangers of cultural genericization, the discussion acknowledges the insistence by many Pacific artists on commonalities and connections throughout a sea of islands’ (Hauofa 1994: 152). …
MEXICO
Aficionados of Mexico proclaim it to be the destination to end all destinations: a land of contrasts and wonder, offering beaches, mountains and fascinating Indian ruins inexpensive, colorful the …
Mexico City Map
The bullfights are a major pan of the Mexican entertainment scene, part sport, part ritual, a place to vent primitive passions. For some the bullfight is an art-form; for …
France Guide for Tourist
The TGV ride is similar to that in an airplane. In first-class, one row of single seats and one of twin seats made of molded plastic. Second-class cars hold …
WEST GERMANY
West Germans spend more on international travel than people from any other country, including the U.S. Income from foreign visitors for 1981 was $6.3 billion; outgo was $17.8 billion, …
AVOIDANCE OF POOR COUNTRIES
Ironically some of the countries that desperately need visitor money get little because of their poverty. These include most of the Black African nations and most of Asia. Bangladesh’s …
THOSE IMPORTANT FOREIGN PHRASES EUROPE
A travel blog should probably include information about how to get into and around various countries. It would be valuable to include foreign language translations of much-used phrases like: …
Spain Map
The Alhambra, on the outskirts of Granada, is seventy-seven miles from Malaga, one of the international gateways to Spain. It also has direct flights from Madrid. The Alhambra suggests …
New York Travel
In 1898 New York (henceforth known as Manhattan), Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island amalgamated into Greater N ew Y ork with a population of over 3 million. …