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...time to go on a subcontinental safari. The monsoons are gone, the danger of flooding has passed and the air begins to cool. Tigers are just one of the many delights that await nature lovers in India: elephants, wild boars, cobras and bears also abound. The best way to catch the country's extraordinary fauna is to plan a two- or three-day trip to one of India's numerous national parks, where jeep and elephant-back safaris will take you deep into the forest. Four of the best national parks are listed below; a few days spent...
...filled with shoes, bags and jewelry. Accessories bring in about half of the company's revenue. In addition, there are less expensive clothes, which Hermann insists are not a second line, layered into the stores. The friendlier-priced "capsule" collection includes basic pieces like jersey evening dresses and safari jackets that won't crease in the latest...
...government has opened more than 30 shelters, many residents have chosen to remain near their homes or move into tents set up in parks and city squares. Blue-plastic tents dot the landscape from the beach town of Cerro Azul, made famous in the Beach Boys song "Surfin' Safari," to the city of Ica, 160 miles south of Lima, the capital. Major landmarks that identify this part of Peru have been lost. Centuries old churches collapsed, museums in Pisco and Ica are now little more than debris. Even natural rock formations, including one known as the Cathedral popular among tourists...
...negotiations were handled by Bakang "B.K." Bala, a molecular biologist and sometime safari guide who is acting as cultural advisor to Minghella. According to the traditional Botswana khotla system, he made a presentation to the village chiefs, then withdrew, for several weeks, while the chiefs chewed over the matter with their constituents. "They didn't think we were serious at first," he says. "They were asking 'Why would you film a funeral? What sort of film are you making?' Some older people were saying it was bad luck, that if we filmed a funeral, then the village would certainly experience...
...destination's artistic, historical or recreational highlights. Ambassadors for Children volunteers, for example, who range from teenagers to retirees, pay $2,025 for 11 days in South Africa (airfare and lodging included), spending about a week with children infected with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Plus, they get a daylong safari as well as a tour of the Robben Island prison that held Nelson Mandela for 18 years. In Thailand, Globe Aware charges $1,090, not including airfare, for a week split between teaching English to impoverished schoolchildren and visiting floating markets or trekking through temple ruins. These kinds of blended...