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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Burmese artist Ma Thanegi's delightful book, The Native Tourist: In Search of Turtle Eggs, is a humorous account of her 18-day pilgrimage to Burma's major Buddhist sites. Her witty observations provide colorful insights into the lives of the practical-minded Burmese who combine religious fervor, holiday making and trade when they go on the road. You can find it in Rangoon bookstores and souvenir shops...
...steps leading to the summit zig, zag, and turn in spirals, passing meditation cells, shrines and small shops selling everything from tourist trinkets to fragrant thanakha logs?from which Burmese women grind their traditional face powder. Monkeys cavort along the path?cute from a distance but downright terrifying when they bare their teeth and hiss. Be warned: while eating pork or cursing may offend the nats, a bag of cookies in your back pocket is a sure invitation to an attack by monkeys...
...Salaries run about $15 a month, pensions $1 a month. He then ran down the list of Abkhazia's assets - tobacco, citrus fruit, grapes, wine - then raised his eyebrows as if shocked at the shortness of the list. There is also tourism. "In Soviet times we had 2 million tourists a year," he said. "Now we are delighted because we had 100,000 last season." Abkhazia's subtropical beauty drew both the élite and the masses to its Black Sea coast in Soviet times. Joseph Stalin and his secret police chief Lavrenti Beria had dachas here, as did Mikhail...
...what it was in the 1960s. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which owns his family home in Virginia, wants to restore Washington to his rightful place in our history and hearts, but for that to happen, the father of our country needs a makeover. The still popular tourist attraction (ahead of Graceland in numbers of yearly visitors but behind the White House) Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens is launching an $85 million expansion project in an effort to make his image more appealing to young people. When we think of Washington, the Ladies' Association wants us to think...
...LUNCH BREAK Savvy travelers would think themselves wise to eschew the tourist-trap lunch stalls across the street from the entrance to Angkor Wat, opting instead for a packed lunch provided by their hotels. They would be wrong. Chez Sophea is a tiny gem not to be missed. Run by a French-Cambodian couple, the breezy restaurant offers a delicious selection of simple French fare and Cambodian specialties. And for special occasions, there are always a few bottles of chilled champagne on hand...