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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 259209" data-attributes="member: 1954"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>I am an avid reader of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. I clip the articles that I feel will be useful in the future. I am also a huge fan of the internet for current information. Third source is the shore excursion guides that various cruise company's publish. Most can be had in glossy print and at no cost from the cruise line or accessed easily on their web site and printed out. I just researched our next trip that includes some ports in Brazil and found this site to be quite useful for Salvador da Bahia. <a href="http://www.bahia-online.net/" target="_blank">http://www.bahia-online.net/</a> The general info applies to all of Brazil. Lastly, we always ask for a round table for eight on a ship. Often, we meet folks who are as well or more traveled that we are. I keep my ears open during conversations and learn more than you can find in any book. Once in a while you end up sitting with some real duds but happily, most of the time people who like these larger tables are fun to be with and keep up a lively conversation each night. Also, some good friendships are made there.</p><p> </p><p>Just a note on Santorini... we were there about seven years ago, in the off season. The place is beautiful but pretty much shut tighter than a clam then. I'm sure the in season costs more but it will be well worth the additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>On the subject of photos, I love to take pictures but hate to carry a camera. I also hate to be seen as a tourist with a camera hanging around my neck. Guess that goes back to carrying packages for a couple of years when I started at UPS. I have a Sony T100 that is a small, in fact tiny camera that fits in either my pocket or a small case on my belt, has 8.1 mega-pixels with a 5X optical zoom that is all internal. In other words, no lens pops out even when you zoom in. I invested in an 8 gig media that holds about 2,500 pictures at the highest resolution! That means I don't have to download at all if the trip is less than a month. It also takes great movie clips. I do carry an extra 2 gig media and a second battery, both of which are quite small just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traveler, post: 259209, member: 1954"] [b]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/b] I am an avid reader of Conde Nast Traveler magazine. I clip the articles that I feel will be useful in the future. I am also a huge fan of the internet for current information. Third source is the shore excursion guides that various cruise company's publish. Most can be had in glossy print and at no cost from the cruise line or accessed easily on their web site and printed out. I just researched our next trip that includes some ports in Brazil and found this site to be quite useful for Salvador da Bahia. [URL]http://www.bahia-online.net/[/URL] The general info applies to all of Brazil. Lastly, we always ask for a round table for eight on a ship. Often, we meet folks who are as well or more traveled that we are. I keep my ears open during conversations and learn more than you can find in any book. Once in a while you end up sitting with some real duds but happily, most of the time people who like these larger tables are fun to be with and keep up a lively conversation each night. Also, some good friendships are made there. Just a note on Santorini... we were there about seven years ago, in the off season. The place is beautiful but pretty much shut tighter than a clam then. I'm sure the in season costs more but it will be well worth the additional cost. On the subject of photos, I love to take pictures but hate to carry a camera. I also hate to be seen as a tourist with a camera hanging around my neck. Guess that goes back to carrying packages for a couple of years when I started at UPS. I have a Sony T100 that is a small, in fact tiny camera that fits in either my pocket or a small case on my belt, has 8.1 mega-pixels with a 5X optical zoom that is all internal. In other words, no lens pops out even when you zoom in. I invested in an 8 gig media that holds about 2,500 pictures at the highest resolution! That means I don't have to download at all if the trip is less than a month. It also takes great movie clips. I do carry an extra 2 gig media and a second battery, both of which are quite small just in case. [/QUOTE]
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