[lit-ideas] Re: Travel Suggestions??
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:15:58 +0900
John,
How long will you be in Kobe? If you have only a day and an interest in
Japanese tradition, do the obvious thing and head straight for Kyoto and
Nara. We may be able to put you on to a friend who owns a car and loves
showing off Kyoto to visitors. If you have a bit longer, you might want to
consider a bullet train ride to Yokohama, where we can put you up for the
night and show you some highlights of the city Ruth and I call home.
Before you make your choices, if you have choices, do have a look at the
chapter on Japan in Ray Scupin, ed., Peoples and Cultures of Asia. Ruth and
I wrote it and filled it with all sorts of what we consider useful
information about a place that has come a long way from chrysanthemums and
swords.
If the book isn't in your library, I can send you electronically, the ms.
for the chapter.
John
On 10/27/07, [+1] 9 1 9 5 9 9 7 0 6 5 {palma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} <
palma@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> if you can take them to ishawanldana
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> (in ZA)
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, John Wager wrote:
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> > 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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> > "Never attribute to malice that which can be
> > explained by incompetence and ignorance."
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Lisle, IL, USA
> >
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