50 - Sunday, January 30, 1994 -

THE ASTUTE TRAVELLER

VISITORS TO the Cook
Islands rave about this South
_ Pacific sunspot’s unspoiled
beaches.and.- friendly people,
but few of them get: ‘beyond
“the main island of
Rarotonga.

Those who do find a paradise
almost untouched by modern
tourism.

There are daily flights from
Rarotonga to five other islands in
the southern group, but it's a costly
way to travel — a return ticket will
run about $200, :

‘A much cheaper and more
romantic way to take in the islands.
is by freighter.

_ . Several ships from the port of:
Avatiu on Rarotonga make a regu-
Jar circuit and will take passengers. :
for about $40 return.

Add about $4 for each additional
island you want to stop at, and $8 a
day for food.

‘Accommodation is.on the ship's

deck, and don’t expect anything

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fancy when you get where you're
going. Aitutaki [sland has plenty of
beds, but elsewhere you may be
staying with a local family.

Air New Zealand has twice-a-
week service from Vancouver to the
Cook Islands.For more information
phone 689-3331.

For more information on the
Cook Islands: Cook Islands Tourist
Authority, P.O. Box 14, Rarotonga,
Cook Islands, phone (011-682) 29
435, or fax (011-682) 21 435,

Schussers keen to travel have a
wide range of ski packages to
choose from this year.

If it’s the open slopes of north-
ern California's Tahoe ski area that
beckon, Canadian Holidays has a
package that includes a round trip
air ticket (Vancouver-Reno)}. four

night's accommodation in Tahoe,

plus a rental car from Reno.

Prices range from $479 to $759
per person, based on double occu-
pancy, between Jan. 30 and March
27. (Add $15 if you're coming from
Victoria.)

An aduit day pass at Alpine

Meadows. one of the 15 ski areas in

Tahoe, is USS$40.
For more information, phone

“toll-free 1-800-GO-TAHOE.

If it’s Europe’s famed Alps you
want to challenge, check out
Swissair/Air Canada’s packages.

For example, until March 4, you
can experience Davos/Klosters,
largest winter-recre-
ation area, with more than 320 km
of skiable terrain, for $958 (airfare,
Vancouver-Zurich return) plus $804
(seven nights accommodation).

An adult day ski pass is $44.-

For more information on winter -.”

packages and a free copy of Winter
Switzerland, contact the Swiss
National Tourist Office, 154

University Ave., Ste. 610, Toronto,
Ont. M5H 3Y9, Phone (416) 971-
9734 or fax (416) 971-6425.

For more information on the
Swissait/Air Canada ski packages
phous toll-free [-800-337-9477,

When some cruise ships move
from their winter routes to their
summer ones or vice versa, they
have special repositioning cruises,

For example, the Sky Princess,
which serves the Caribbean in win-
ter months and the Alaska run in
summer, has a 15-day Ft.
Lauderdale-Los Angeles itinerary
that departs April 22 and includes
calls at Jamaican, Colombian. Costa
Rican, and Mexican ports.

The rate for an outside cabin is
US34.300. The price includes one-
way airfare to Ft. Lauderdale, For
an extra USS400, passengers may
stay onboard for the four-day sail
on to Vancouver.

For more information phone
toll-free 1-800-LOVEBOAT.

It's worthwhile checking with a
cruise-ship travel specialist to sec

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to the company’s volume buying.
For example. the Sky Princess
cruise would cost US$3.450 to
Vancouver if booked through
Cruise Ship Centres.

For'more infermation contact

~ Cruise Ship Centres. 302-1110

Hamilton St, Vancouver, V6B 282,
phone 685-1221.

To brighten dreary winter week
ends, Loganita, which calls itself":
villa by the sea.” is a gelawi uy not
far away.

‘The Washingt on state bed and
bre: akfast, on Lummi Island in the
Strait of Juan de Fuca, has a variety

The Lucky Cuss is not to be missed.

‘From page 43.

* cause of death, the date and age of
the victim are often included.
Illness took quite a toll on the
. pioneers, especially children. “Eve
Waters, age three months. Scariet
Fever”. but the Hill holds its share
_ of gunfighters —~ including Billy
> Clanton and Frank and Tom >:
» McLaury from that famous ore —

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as well as murders, Suicides and
victims of assorted accidents.Last
time we were there we found a real-
ly fine quilt store near the cemetery.
The work was exquisite and the
prices not too bad. :- :

If it's still operating, don’t miss -
a meal al the Lucky Cuss

Restaurant. They smoke ribs and

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Those ribs are to dic for and the
soups, breads and salads excellent.
If you goto Tombstone, try to
spend the night. An evening in the
town, after most of the other
tourists have cut out is great.
Saturday night is ideal. The bars are
busy and, with luck, you might chat
with some of the oldtimers. The
food's good and the stories can be

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Winter ocean walks cun be
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February is anice time to visit as
thousands of bulbs come out and
hundreds of lilac trees bloom.

The Las Angeles Times calls
Loganita by the Sea “the Tiffany of
all B&Bs.” Rates are US$85 to
USS195 a night.

For information, contact
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