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THE BEST TRAVEL CREDIT CARDS FOR EARNING MILES AND POINTS People use credit cards to pay for everything. Travel credit cards offer free points that can be redeemed for airfares, hotels or cold hard cash. In the competition to get … Continue reading →

CHEAP PLACES to SLEEP Cheap travel accommodations are available around the world — you don’t need to pay for expensive hotels. Travel can be very affordable, especially when you use alternative forms of overnight accommodation. Accommodation is one of the … Continue reading →

This is the arc of islands extending east from Bali towards northern Australia. The islands are from west to east: Lombok, Sumbaya, Komodo, Rinca, Sumba, Flores, the four tiny Pulaus: Solor, Adonara, Lembuta, Panta, and ending on the large island … Continue reading →

Capital Port Moresby Government Constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy Currency kina (PGK) Area total: 462,840 km2 land: 452,860 km2 water: 9,980 km2 Population 5,545,268 (July 2006 est.) Language English spoken by 1%-2%, Tok Pisin widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region, … Continue reading →

INDONESIA Population. 240 million, #4 in the world and the world’s largest Muslim country (220 million). There are 300+ languages on 17,000 islands. 50% survive on $2 or less per day. Over half live on Java, one of the most … Continue reading →

CITIES Port Moresby — the capital city with its interesting Zoological gardens, the Parliament building, the museum, and general Melanesian atmosphere. Alotau — laid-back capital of Milne Bay province and gateway to some fascinating but remote islands. Goroka — an … Continue reading →

PREGANCY AND THE SINGLE WOMAN – Why unplanned births are a bigger problem than unmarried parents. Two recently published books deal with this problem: “Generation Unbound: Drifting Into Sex and Parenthood Without Marriage” 
By Isabel V. Sawhill
Brookings “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion … Continue reading →

THE REAL ROOTS OF MIDLIFE CRISIS – What a growing body of research reveals about the biology of human happiness — and how to navigate the (temporary) slump in middle age. This summer, a friend called in a state of … Continue reading →

GUAM Dec 15, 2014 From after a two-hour flight from Hong Kong, I transferred through Manila. Sitting next to me on the flight was a Filipino woman who worked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong for an Indian family. … Continue reading →

MACAU (pop 550,000) Mainland Chinese can’t get enough of this once Portuguese-administered backwater-turned-gambling megaresort. Its growth has been explosive since 2002 so that it is now called the Vegas of the East. It might be appropriate to put that the … Continue reading →