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...TABLE TENNIS Petra Cada, Halifax, N.S. Johnny Huang, Toronto Faazil Kassam, Ottawa Marie-Christine Roussy, Repentigny...
...Jordan (tribes.co.uk) After taking in the country's top sights-cliff-clinging Petra, the Roman city of Jerash, sand-worn desert castles and the Red Sea-you can tent down (surprisingly comfortably) with nomadic Bedouins and sleep well, knowing that 75% of the profits from the camping are channeled back to the host nation...
...coralcay.org) Explore the South Pacific's many pelagic pleasures while checking on the health of a coral reef. Marine conservation volunteers from around the world are your dive buddies; expeditions, from two weeks upward, depart year-round. JORDAN (tribes.co.uk) After taking in the country's top sights - cliff-clinging Petra, the Roman city of Jerash, sandworn desert castles and the Red Sea - you can tent down (surprisingly comfortably) with nomadic Bedouins and sleep well, knowing that 75% of the profits from the camping are channeled back to the host nation. Luang Nam Tha, Laos (responsibletravel.com) If you feel the urge...
...sometimes you can find home in unlikely places. Many evenings after work, staff at the Czech mission to the E.U. gather in a Congolese bar called Beverly Hills, in the African neighborhood Matonge. It's one of the few places in Brussels with Pilsner Urquell on tap. Mission spokeswoman Petra Masínová calls the experience "strange but pleasant; the beer is good and well-chilled." If only the owner could be persuaded to add roast pork with sauerkraut and dumplings to the menu...
...rain-soaked streets of Zurich, Secondos Plus candidate Katumba also appears confident. "The Swiss are smart enough not to panic," says Katumba, a product manager for an Internet company. "We can't go back to the way it used to be 50 years ago." He seems to have persuaded Petra Brunner, 22. "The fact that he is running shows courage and determination," she says. "This is a very liberal town, so I think he has a good chance." Zurich may still be liberal, but what about the rest of Switzerland? The country's self-image may soon be revised...