[lit-ideas] Re: Travel Suggestions??

  • From: "[+1] 9 1 9 5 9 9 7 0 6 5 {palma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}" <palma@xxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:58:25 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, John Wager wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:01:06 -0500
> From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Travel Suggestions??
>
> This is a genuine request for ideas.
> I've been asked to teach for "Semester at Sea" for the Spring 2008
> voyage. I'll be teaching three philosophy classes aboard ship. The
> itinerary of the trip is: Bahamas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Salvador,
> Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius; Chennai, India;
> Penang, Malaysia; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Hong Kong; Shanghai, China;
> Kobe, Japan; Honolulu, Hawaii; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; and then back to
> Miami, Florida. That works out to 45 days at sea and 55 days in port.
> Some of the port stops are already planned, but I'm always looking for
> more things to do.
>
> Of course this is an impossible itinerary to actually learn significant
> things about so many places, but many of you have been to some (or
> most?) of these destinations. What I'd like is some kind of "Don't miss
> this" kind of response.  Not the "World's Tallest Building" kind of
> things, but the things that you think give some real marker of the local
> character or are of real significance.
>
> So: From the itinerary above, what do you think I should include on my
> very limited time "Don't Miss" list?
>
> --
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> explained by incompetence and ignorance."
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> John Wager                john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
>                                    Lisle, IL, USA
>
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