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Traveling in India

I just love to share your adventures, travels, and life experiences here with others of like mind.  Today I have a special treat for everyone who is interested in traveling to India or has been there… 

Dear Ruth,  …I started my trip to India form Delhi taking local flight to Aurangabad (about 2.5 hours flight) to see Ajanta and Ellora caves 40 km drive from Arungabad and 104 km from Ajanta on the way to Jalgoan. Caves are on the UNESCO list.

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“Travel as a Political Act” by Rick Steves

Yes, the same Rick Steves you see on PBS travelogues! I did a double-take, too. Couldn’t imagine this mild mannered guy taking on politics in any guise, but found to my delight that he and I thing alike! What are the chances of that? Really, really think alike and I now have someone I can quote rather than tell you what I think, which is not really something that interests me—at all. So, the following comes from Rick’s intro to the book and is exactly what I think, too…believe it or not. I will … what I do not fully endorse or feel is too time consuming for you to read here. Please get the book if you want to get a feel for how to see the world and increase your love of life at the same time.

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Good news from Ecuador

Got the following note from Micky about the folks we met last year in Ecuador....

An eye surgeon from Inverness called and wants to donate his time in Cotacachi for a week at Christmas time.  Am trying to get this coordinated with Dr. Vaca and others to help.  Also the Collier County Medical Society donated 2 suitcases of meds - he will take them over.
  Am waiting for photos of the school - roof has been put on and materials there for ceiling and electricity.  Of course we are out of money - need to fundraise - want to put in a bathroom that is functional. 
Glad you are doing well and out and about ----- Best wishes and blessings   Micky

50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time

Reflect on your own relationship to traveling and what it has taught you, and then check out the following list of reasons given by men and women from all times and climes. REMEMBER… One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. --Henry Miller 

1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain
2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” –St. Augustine

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Egyptian pharaohs' tombs may close

Called to The Middle East in January, we concluded the trip to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Red Sea cruise with an extensive visit to Egypt to view the antiquities. I regret that I have yet to share the trip due to health problems, but perhaps one day I will catch up on my e-zine, “Where in the World is Ruth Lee Now?” Must say I am glad we got to visit Tut’s tomb, but Nefertiti’s tomb was closed to visitors. Thank you Kathy for spotting this article.

 
LUXOR, Egypt (AFP) – The ornate pharaonic tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings are doomed to disappear within 150 to 500 years if they remain open to tourists, the head of antiquities has warned. Zahi Hawass said humidity and fungus are eating into the walls of the royal tombs in the huge necropolis on the west bank of the Nile across from Luxor….

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Flying Too High For Me

Man can now fly like kites (the bird kind) and live to take videos of it. So amazing that you have to see it to believe it! I was scared beyond comfort watching cliff divers in Acapulco years ago and viewing these foolhardy guys really got to me.

Must Read for anyone visiting NYC

Many thanks to Millicent for sending in this great travelogue of her visit to New York over the Memorial Day weekend.  What did you do then?  Let's hear all about it here!

Hey Ruth, you know that I took advantage of the cheap flight and hotel fares this last weekend.  A co-worker and I went to New York City and stayed for two nights at the 5-star Waldorf Astoria for only $442 and that included roundtrip airfare.  Susan has never been to New York City and thought she wouldn’t like it.  You will see that something happened that might have ruined the trip for my friend but I prayed and it turned out great.  Here’s what we did. Millicent

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Just seven days left...

Doncha hate it when people are so dramatic and say the same stuff over and over again?  If you do, then you skip ahead or turn the dial or miss what is said.  For this reason, i never use such phrases--until now.

Today i can honestly say there are only seven days left of the Early Bird Special that entails gifts from me valued at $400 if you register for the last retreat i intend to ever create.  There are five more women out there somewhere who are to be reached by me, but i have no idea where they are, as usual. 

Our Dream Quest this Septemeber in Tucson is unlike anything i have ever done, but will help everyone who attends and those they affect later in life.  It will be fun, obviously, and it will be at a gorgeous place, as always, but it will not be like anything else i have done in the past!

You have until May 30 to sign up and get great gifts, as well as save more money! 

For full details, click here:  www.retreatandrefresh.com

Intro to Alaska Tourism in March

Our good friend and Blog correspondent, Cheryl, visited Alaska 3/12-18 /09 on a tour with University of California alumni to view Aurora Borealis. Unfortunately, I cannot include pictures, but I can share what she wrote about her adventure in the Far North.  

 
3/12: Early departure time. Herself, the Moon, alternated between a crooked pencil line smile and peeking out from behind a cloud blanket… followed by Himself, the Sun, rising through muted red ribbons in a pale blue sky. Who says you can’t have the best of both?
 
I kept myself awake en route to the airport by trying to imitate the African sounds on Paul Simon’s Graceland....

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Day 22 - Home Again, Home Again Jiggity Jig!

Fly out of Cairo at 8:50 AM on a 5 hour 10 minute non-stop flight to London.  We arrive at Heathrow at 12:00 PM and quickly leave at 1:30 again on British Airways for our long 9 hour 50 minute flight to Miami International where we will arrive at 6:20 PM.

Day 21 - Overland to Cairo

This morning we will have breakfast and then check out of our hotel to begin a drive back to Cairo.  About 60 miles west of Alexandria we'll stop at the small village of El-Alamein, scene of two major battles between the British and the Germans in 1942.

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