David Wishart Experience Asia's most vibrant cities: dynamic Hong Kong, bustling Bangkok and cosmopolitan Singapore. You'll visit golden temples, savour marvelous cuisine in each city, and © stay in superior fi ist-class hotels, : CITY people who “think they’re smarter than their country cousins should visit a small town some ~« time. November 6- 18, 1996 (13 days/11 nights) $3, 4935 ean, ¢ Round trip airfare from. Vancouver ¢ First-class hotel * BCAA Tour Host © English: Photo sutenitted speaking guides * and more!.. NANCY Johnson and Gunther Lang at the Lang Winery. Lang left his senior man-. a : Boos Paes agernent position with Mercedes in Stuttgart and came here 16 years ago, bought a small vineyard and started to read about making wine. Today they have a win- ery next to one of their two vineyards overlooking Okanagan Lake. .. .For a start they will find - . it easier to nicet people, and “what's out there can be a . real eye-opener. Take the wine industry, “one of the biggest tourist » attractions in the Okanagan | *:Vailey. An enterprising com- pany called Okanagan Wine Tours (OWT), just four years old, last year took 5,000 visitors to many of the 34° wineries around. Penticton. There are. big commercial wineries, estate - wineries‘and farmgate — wineries, and according to OWT's Nancy Johnson the - wines are as good as those | in France and a heck of a lot . cheaper. I was just there on a * quick fly-in trip courtesy of AirBC and only had time to . visit a couple of wineries, _ but what I tried was quite acceptable. More than that, | ~met some characters. :;One.was Gunther Lang, “who operates the Lang “ Winery with his wife "Kristina. Lang chucked his job as a senior manager with Mercedes in Stuttgart and: came here 16 years ago, bought a small vineyard and started to read about making wine. Today they have a winery next to one of their two vineyards overlooking Okanagan Lake. But it took hard work and five years of lobbying to change the regulations to allow a small operation, the ‘first farmgate winery in B. Cc. There are now 15. The Langs produce _ 10,000 gallons of wine a year, which translates to See Okanagan page 23 BCAA Travel 608 Park Royal North West Vancouver. * 268-5650 - TONSDALE FANSOTRERAEY GaN ical Therapy Since 1983 “SPECIAL-INTEREST IN: °°: * Neck & Back: ‘Pain, Sprains & Strains ain, Hand Injuries, Tendonitis, ion Of Fractures & Foot'Problems | | Thomas Cook Travel Marlin Travel vat Eaton’ S Park Royal — Park Royal South | . » July § 8-21, 1996. Pes ~ 987-6663 BE And see the World with Royal Caribbean: CARE , NORTH VANCOUVER © 7 ERs. LA in a PANAMA CANAL JEWELS OF 3 Soa cueaen: Dec. 7-18, 1996 | | SOUTHEAST ASIA: CARIBBEAN a * Ostober " to, 18- Faye THANKSGIVING * October 12to 18- 7 days . B.C... “THE ROCKIES THANKSGIVING | © 1875® mes October 12 to 18 ~ 7 days $4125% ppvac October 11 to 15-5 days | -NorTHwesT THANKSGIVING ON THANKSGIVING ae $1295" ppidbl Vancouver Is. §98B5™ pov. Evergreen TOUS = - for 33 years, a unique service for seniors * Door to Door Se vice - home pick-ups ands dropotls KA Leisurely Pace - no early departures or late arrivals . § 4 Fully escorted by semi-retired or retired couples we liclusive Pricing - medical, cancellation insurance, departure taxes, porterage, sightseeing adinissions, gratuities, anchonany meals me & First Class Aécommodation Specially selected 10 appeal To seniors “Call us for details" — W2days "Legend 0 of the: . 15 “Sun Jan. 12-26, 1997 days Viking Includes: © Return airfare © © 3 nights at Ist dass hotel * pre-paid gratuities ¢ all transfers Above prices are in Canadian dolfars and based on double occupancy. Thomas Cook Travel at Eaton's Park Royal 926-5555 < 1:8,,1997 a 8 days: “Grandeur of the Seas May 12 - 28, 1997 : "Splendour of the Seas" Cat. D outside and veranda $4,995 cdn. I cat. 1 outside & sitting area & sofa. ‘$4,755 edn. " Cat. N inside & sitting area & sofa $4,425 edn... * Deviation in London on the'return permitted for $50.00 cdn. per person edditional. Marlin Travel Park ‘Royal South 922-9301