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Luggage service vs. package delivery: Packing for the long haul
Question: My husband and I will be traveling abroad for several weeks. We plan to pack lightly so that we do not have to check luggage. However, we will need more toiletries than we can carry on our planes so we are thinking about shipping them ahead. Can...
Tags: Mail Order Industry, FedEx Corporation, Trips and Vacations, Mexico, Travel
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Foreign government offices
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...Tags: National Government, Slovakia, Malaysia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Bulgaria, Slovakia, Malaysia, Brazil, Spain
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Delegates fail to reach a compromise at International Whaling Commission meeting
L.A. UnleashedAGADIR, Morocco â An international effort to truly limit whale hunting collapsed Wednesday, leaving Japan, Norway and Iceland free to keep killing hundreds of mammals a year, even raiding a marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters unchecked. The breakdown... -
Japan tries to buy international votes on whaling, Times of London says
L.A. UnleashedAGADIR, Morocco â Accusations that Japan uses aid money and personal favors to buy votes have quietly circulated for years around the International Whaling Commission, which oversees the conservation of the whales that Japan regularly hunts. Now, a... -
Guatemala, out of the shadows
Times Staff WriterBill Clinton slept here. He shopped a few blocks away. He had dinner around the corner and down the street. Everywhere I turned, it seemed, I saw fading photos of the former president smiling into the camera as he shook hands with a beaming proprietor. I...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Belize, Interior Policy, Costa Rica
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Artisans of the roast
Times Staff WriterA great cup of coffee starts with great beans. As recently as 10 years ago, finding good whole bean coffee usually meant seeking out the little gourmet shops that imported it, finding a Peet's or Illy store -- or having an Italian (or Guatemalan)...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Family, Farms, Coffee
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Times Food Editor Russ Parsons: The new coffee connoisseur
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIT was bound to happen sooner or later; I suppose the only wonder is that it took so long. After dinner a couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me for a cup of coffee. And that's when I realized I had no earthly idea how to make one. I'm 51 years old and...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Museum of Modern Art, Brazil, Water, Coffee
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Bulgaria, Slovakia, Malaysia, Brazil, Spain
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Staying afloat while learning a new language
Special to The Los Angeles TimesBuenos Aires A few years ago, during my first attempt at learning a second language, I took a weeklong Spanish course in Antigua, a tiny colonial town near Guatemala City, the capital of this Central American country. In a stucco building on a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Italy, Trips and Vacations, Michigan State University
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Key West Hemingway festival also rises
Times Staff WriterHemingway Days: Hemingway-esque activities include a marlin fishing tournament, a look-alike contest, tours, exhibits, art shows and arm-wrestling. Lorian Hemingway, the author's granddaughter and a Pulitzer-nominated writer, will announce the winners...Tags: Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Key West
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When Antigua Cultural Coffeehouse closes its doors, more will be lost than a morning cup of joe
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterForget short, tall and venti, that strange code for ordering Starbucks. The sizes at Antigua Cultural Coffeehouse are ce, ome and yei, the Mayan words for one, two, three. Somehow, that's easier to follow. Sadly, though, today will be the final day to...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Starbucks Corp., Family, Travel
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