This particular company has tours to other Latin American countries too. Ruth Halcomb, editor, Network for Living Abroad, Sherman Oaks, California 17. Dr. Jane Wilson Howarth, author of Bugs, Bites and Bowels, United Kingdom 18. Should your bag be lost or stolen, you'll have everything you need with you in order to expedite a claim. Members also pass on information about gardens and nurseries in their areas.
Homes vary from cottages and farmhouses to rectories and manors.
Crowded tourist beaches are notorious pick-up joints. In Jamaica, the Gambia, Aegean Turkey and Brazil a well-developed gigolo culture has emerged. Women arriving alone are assumed to be on the lookout for a holiday boyfriend, someone to share a good time and holiday cash with. Don't be fooled by the lyrical sweet-talk, your replacement is probably arriving on the next plane. Natania Jansz, editor of Rough Guide's More Women Travel, London, England 21.