Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free january 1967 arabs called it Haven of peace Snow in the land of the Mardi Cras not this for the picture was taken in when new Orleans was about to finish the million Bridge across the Mississippi new with its Famo us Mardi is among Dixie Beautiful for another Dee p South City Savannah please read Story Oaks be whiskered with Spanish Moss by Bill Thomas Savannah special if i were asked to name 10 of the great cities on the North american continent great from the standpoint of Chart and interest to tourists i would have to include Georgia among it in a compar Able to the offerings of new and re mindful of this charming City in Many someone once described Savannah As a Beautiful lady with a dirty if Savannah didst have a dirty perhaps she possess the Charm that she for 200 years this old Atlantic City of the South has been More than a trifle she still May be at but if she likes Savannah welcomes you with open the traveller May recapture the struggles of an infant nation that grew relive the Battles of brother against brother in a civil and watch demise of a modern Fortin an atomic More than a Hal dozen fortifications embrace Sav Annah but Walls crumble and their Charm progresses with Savan nah is said to be the Only City in the South having preserved four of these old forts covering a period of Iso Savannah has always been a great shipping and at one time it possessed the title of Cotton shipping port of the the old Cotton Exchange Down near the waterfront still stands and is one of the most intriguing places in a warehouse on the let us be your travel agent Forl carry travel service Winnipeg 180 a memo h Steinbach Savannah ofers tribute to the great ships that once sailed into her it is in the form of a mariners museum and in in Are models of old Spanish great trading ves their sails full flowing and their rigging historic guns the museum is relatively having opened last to the a Small admission is within two blocks of the mariners museum Are the historic Washington presented to the Chatham artilery by George washing tort in the two brass cannons were captured when Cornwallis s u r r e n dered at during the civil the guns were buried for safekeeping before Sherman ended his March to the sea in Savan the old Savannah Cotton was built in 1887 Savannah ranked first As a Cotton below on the a massive restoration pro Gram is now under a sailing vessel rides at an Chor stripped of its the Cruz Del sur once As a pirate vessel in a motion now it will become a tourist attraction in old Cobblestone streets that could if they could but talk Tell much of the history of this great City still wend their Way up the Riverbank and through parts of the Well endowed with Beautiful historic old is said to be one of the Best planned cities in it also is said to be the founder when James Ogle Thorpe climbed the High River Bluff Here in 1733 to found the Colony of he carried among his pos sessions a plan for Savan and the City was Laid out under that no one knows who conceived the but it is claimed that Savannah was planned on the same system As peking in which was Well known to Ogle the Early settlement was Laid out with a system of Little Green originally intended As Central acres of fortification for the colonists and sports for neighbourhood water today the better known As form natural malls in a criss Cross pattern across the heart of the Savannah is steeped not Only in but also in us streets Are lined with giant live be with Spanish j it has much sculpture and Many and in the Savannah decks herself out in the Brilliant hues of azaleas and dog Wood and a dozen other Spring four ways of London 24 Carlton Toronto usury each 29 departure 220 every town Day May 3 to september 4 10 290a Poland every sunday june 4 to a Fuit 27 14 Days always use a travel agent no one can serve you setter by Reg Butler dare Salaam special the guardian there is much More to Africa than just game re for in dare Salaam and the Tanzania dare Salaam is the sea port capital of most of the City is relatively though it was settled by Arab traders Many centuries the principal hotels All air conditioned and close to the waterfront offer panoramic views across the splendid natural Harbor which the arabs named Haven of Tranquillity is still the a favorite pastime is to go yachting across the landlocked tenders Cluster around the big cruise liners which make dare Salaam one of their main ports of the entire 500mile Coral coast of Tanzania was opened up by Arab and persian traders centuries ago and their influence still remains in the local and in the predominance of there Are far More mosques than for Many centuries the p r i m i t i Velo oking Arab dhows with Lateen sail carried Trade Between Africa and the up and Down the coast and across the Indian the dhows were linked with the worst excesses of the slave when miserable captives from the african Interior were ferried across to Zan notorious As Africa largest slave to those broadest earned coasting vessels Are still a picturesque feature of Dar Essala ams Harbor their traditional once made of arc now of machine made but the Basic design is quite when the wind fails for the last mile across the the Crews heave at the Clumsy just As they did 900 years ago and the dhows Are still owned by Arab trading along the coast and across to the deep once crammed with now carry varied cargoes of flour and in Small settlements along the Palm fringed fish Ermen use dugout boats with they re turn with Good hauls of and King the Coral reefs Are a goggle swimmers with fantastically coloured shells and teeming fish easily visible in the Crystal Clear Waters of the Indian for big game Fisher the principal lure is Ceylon boosting tourism Ceylon Spe Cial Onsi with rubber and Coconut bringing in less Revenue every and with the country spend ing More and More on j subsidizing the food and social service requirements of a burgeoning Ceylon is being forced into new economic soon after Dudley Senanayake National government came to Power in it urge big business to help bring Down the skyrocketing Cost of As the government offered Jungle land on Long term for Clearing and planting with food the big business houses accepted the and undertook to grow onions and other subsidiary food firms running estates ordered that part of each should be set aside for vegetable but this plan has not shown the results promised by the Early some firms have done Noth ing with their others Are hampered by Lack of agricultural knowledge or of foreign Exchange for the Purchase of and yet others Are growing Only crops that help their other As for the flood of vegetables from the Colombo is still awaiting nowt in place of the grow new crops Cam another Panacea being tourism is the country Best bet for the said minister of and now Many of those who started grow new crops projects in 1965 Are switching to build new hotels plans in within the last few months a new tourist with a huge has been a hotel corporation has been goodies for All san puerto Rico anybody who invented the Moonlight Beach cookout be All and that goes for the Lusty buccaneers who frequented this Caribbean Cross oads 300 years pirate lore says they buried their loot at the Waters Edge while Yoho Hoing Over bottles of fiery rum and a Barbecue hence the name of the this Type of Al Fresco frolic is still popular with Island hoppers who pour into puerto Rico by the thou Sands every year in Pursuit of fun and they dont expect to find Ienir fortunes in the How but in the casinos of the Waterside puerto Ricos own Hill Funfare offers goodies for every theres fishing for the sport minded horseracing and girl watching for the sunday bullfights Are fixed Eltoro never one can drive through Scenic Silver Green Cane Fields and shining a hot Rod Motorist could make it from san Juan to almost any other spot on the Island and Back in a but Why do that when Dally ing is so delightful presiding Over All this is the 446year old capital which is like a legendary enchantress with new fashions and a is Oral int younger san Juan is really several and in lit is to know them old san Juan is tin historic port Section of Stone paved Craft shops and atmosphere off a group of islands called i visited the fishing Vil Lage of a few Miles outside dare Salaam past Oyster Bay which has a Small hotel in idyllic surroundings and through plantations of the main Export crop of Tan canoes and a Small dhow were drawn up on the and fishermen mended their nets in the Shade of Coconut the Village had a Small Sisa hemp Plant on the but even Nylon new huts were being built a framework of poles filled in with plastered and then villagers claim that thatch offers a Cool air conditioning makes it far Superior to More modern roofing materials like corrugated Massani was originally an Arab and a few ruined Walls were scattered among the huts and Palm children posed glee fully for the Grin Ning like slices of water Many visitors to Africa feel self conscious about entering a native especially if there in towards will the africans object or demand Money or feel annoyed at being caught in workaday dress instead of their Best City suits a useful solution for the Stopover tourist is to visit the african Craft newly built As an offshoot of the National museum four Miles outside dares some of the ropes were Ferrary Hawaii join Continentals 2nd Hawaii bargain vacation leaving Winnipeg 6 returning March 1967 Only for one full month Price includes spa Jet air fare 29 nights accommodation at a centrally neater hotel with private swimming Pool Transfer on arrival get acquainted party experienced Price based on family plan air fares and double occupancy of hotel Shorter or extended stays arranged upon ask for our tour obtainable Only Continental travel Bureau 4rh the Bay Winnipeg 7720371 Mon along for a free Jet spa to Amsterdam and get a Day on the House Start your european Holiday in Amsterdam and Sample unequalled dutch Courtesy of the Amsterdam tourist As soon As you arrive youll be Given a Day on the House free Kerns ranging from a welcoming a 75 minute trip in a Glass topped canal boat the Best Way to see Amsterdam to a concert by the world famous concert Degouw spa flies you All the Way to Amsterdam from and sets you Down just a Jet hop away from most of Europe major the fare is Only on the 1421 Day Economy round trip from but All you need to get started is 10 your free Day on the House welcoming cocktail Brodje Swinkels lunch visit to Rem brands Home night club entertainment brewery Tours and sampling cultural events see your travel agent and 75minute canal boat rids visit to Rijk museum Choice of 3 sumptuous meals visit to Anne Frank House tour of Diamond works and much More Canadian Pacific trains trucks ships hotels telecommunications world s most Complete transportation system Fly spa transcontinental jets to Montreal and expo 67 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