Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 64 Winnipeg free september travel the big Apple full of jokes and surprises tourists equate Bronx with zoo new York a the real new York is not the statue of the world Trade Centre or times it is not found on Broadway or Wall the real new York is Home to million a place where the extremes that Flash across the evening news seem absurd and most new yorkers Are lured to or kept in the City by which explains Why they endure its hard their their new is the cites endless store of hidden jokes and trea coach houses there Are oases like pomander a mews of Tudor Row houses Between West 95th and 96th and Sniffen an Alley of converted coach houses and stables off East 36th that looks As it did 70 years the hispanic an almost forgotten museum on the outskirts of has six Al a Buddhist Temple on Staten Island has the Western hemispheres Lar Gest privately owned collection of tibetan the real new York is a Little White tailed Deer have been spotted in the forests of the Northern and earlier this year a red Fox stepped Over the line from Nassau county into Alley Pond Park in some people on the South Ern end of Staten Island still keep horses in their theres even a the Klein family spread in Eastern the spindly Trees of Midtown Manhattan have an average life Span of Only seven but Isham Park in upper Manhattan boasts a 200yearold Ginkgo tree that stands 27 metres tourists equate the Bronx with the Yankees and the but at one end of the Borough is wave a Hudson River estate that was Home to Mark Theodore Roosevelt and Arturo at the other is City a seaport Village where mansard roofs and Church Spires peek Over the real new yorkers drink the judged by consumer re ports Magazine to be Superior to Many bottled they eat chinese at thousands of Sze Chuan or Hunan All with virtually identical All with a Chicken dish named after a mysterious oily film the world knows new Yorks infrastructure is but real new yorkers know that the third water Tunnel the largest local Public works project in the United states is slowly being dug 75 storeys beneath their through Rock two billion years an equally Unsung engineering feat is the 400tonne Block of con Crete that slides Back and Forth on an oily film in the slanted attic of the Citicorp counteracting jew York is Home to million a place where extremes seen on to news seem the winds that try to push the building the real new York is full of real like those who gathered outside the late Irving berlins win Dow every year to serenade the songwriter on his and the three kids who Rode into the record Book last year by completing a tour of the entire subway system in 29 47 minutes and 12 Eric an drives a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle with Small lights that Flash on and off in 25 different Michael fein president of the hatters drives a cab in his off hours to supplement his Harry the mellifluous subway conductor on the 1 Broadway weaves his Sta Tion Stop announcements into a travelogue that entertains the most hardened going our Way he asks were the one to Van Cortlandt Nugent likes to but even he thinks that a certain con Ductor on the 6 line an Elvis Impersonator goes too real new yorkers some times into the unexpected an old Roommate or or the statue of a Panther lurking on a Rock above East drive in Central they walk through Woodlawn cemetery to visit Fiorello Laguar Duke Ellington and Wool a free map can be had at the Stone anyone who tires of the real new York can always go to the Queens museum and visit a miniature one the 867square metre Model of the City with its tiny its All part of the real new and neither the murderers nor the billionaires nor the evening news can take it destruction of Highland forests killing Scenic chinese River Beijing Reuter the Clear and tranquil Lijiang River flowing through the spectacular mountains of Guilin is one of chivas major tourist each year boat trips Down the River attract half a million Passen most of them from Gullins mountains and River Are the Best under heaven is an old chinese but environmentalists warn that the River May be doomed because of the destruction of Highland what used to be a three month dry season for the River 10 years ago now lasts Well Over six the regions tourist Bureau blames serious water loss and soil erosion caused by excessive tree Felling around the Rivers a backpackers tackle Hawaii los Angeles times if youre going to Hawaii and want to Duck the heres an Opportunity to join Veteran Backpacker Robert Smith on trips to Kauai and the big backpackers Camp six nights and spend two nights in Day hikers Are put up in on hikers explore Haleakala the Hana Wabana Panapa Black Sand on the big Smiths groups visit vol canoes and the Remote Kaipio Val destinations on Kauai include Keokee state Waimea can the Alakai swamp wettest spot on rates for eight including a Luau dinner show the last night Are an Evenglish teacher and the author of three books on hiking in has been leading hikers to the islands since he believes in Small groups and plenty of Leisure for details on Smiths hikes and write to hawaiian outdoor Box Hunting ton 92648 War Eagle Lake experience hike and Yoya cur Canoe to a secluded Lake in Manitoba wild and Beautiful Canadian enjoy a 3 night Retreat in a hand crafted log Cabin equipped with the traditional conveniences to ensure a naturally comfortable explore and fish for Small Mouth Northern and Perch in 3 sturdy 17 old town discovery capture the exhibition of the fall migration per person based on 6 person Winter packages also Cau Orfu Inverness Falls resort wh1teshell provincial its a natural Reservoir at the foot of mount the highest Peak in the about 70 Kilometres to the North of an official of the Region Al forestry department blames the tourist Bureau for not spending enough Money to protect the River peasants in the area Are so poor that they have to Cut Down Trees to grow the forestry official they the tourist Bureau have grabbed All the profit from tour he its not Only our a tourist Bureau official insisted that too much logging and slow tree replacement at the Rivers source was the Root cause of the a severe drought in 1988 was also a yet the problem of the Lijiang is minuscule in terms of the Environ mental woes facing California dreaming Only 6 seats left 9425ooo brochure Pulca our Las vegas 6 nights Acapulco 7 nights 399 499 359 449 Mazatlan in com 7 nights 649 u04 London air Only Zurich air Only 598 659 we will not be undersold give us a Call youll be glad you did Renaissance travel main 286 Smith each loan cd owned and Assiniboine travel service offers 2 adventure trips with Robert Taylor Kenya safari 1 5985 ads april 1991 ads space is limited for detailed information or to have your name placed on our mailing Call or write Assiniboine travel service suite r3g ov3 phone or outside Winnipeg Call colled Kayla Dawson is Back at her desk Lawson travel 9449900 october 918 9 marvelous Days prom los 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