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? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > "Never attribute to malice that which can be > explained by incompetence and ignorance." > ------------------------------------------------- > John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx > Lisle, IL, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > off address: #201 West Building, Philosophy, Duke University box 90743, Durham, NC 27708 home ph#: [1] 9196881856 cellph#: [1[] 9195997065 (voicemail is available on said numbers) email palma@xxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html