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Show What Travel l!!Jbl.M!)k ill ii iiiiiii iimiii mi; niiiiim iowtjii 'iimjjNi'ni rcriinniin iiir ..nn'uw .nil ilimiiii.i lu'wii'wiiiiiiiiiiimjuwi'iMmiii A famous nwiwinmiwiwiwi star tells of memorable By WILLIAM HOLDEN pew years ago, I drove my Land Rover into Somalia, a small village near the border of Somaliland and Ethiopia. A We were on an elephant hunt and stopped to ask the local chief where the herd was. He insisted that I remain hut while he sent scouts to find it. at his To show my gratitude, I offered the people of the village some orange soda and sugar. In turn, to show his appreciation, the chief brought me a gourd of goat's milk filled with flies! Not wanting to insult him by turning down his hospitality, I asked my interpreter to tell him it was against my religion to drink goat's milk. The chief frowned as he turned to my interpreter, mud-cover- .rc- 'JgSSMaS. Oregon Coast in a day. But why hurry? There's beachcombing, clamming, crabbing, agate hunting, seal spotting, whale watching, dune buggy ing, bonfire building, fishing and sightseeing aplenty. Plan to spend a week save your second week for the rest of ,0C0 square It's miles big and just as beautiful. Mail the coupon for a picture preview. Then, come see Oregon for yourself . . . soon. Oregon. Excitement-OREG- SEND COUPON ; TRAVEL INFORMATION, : Please send me free Heme checked: Full-colbooklet. Parks and camping guide. I iuk'flmmiSl It's true, you can drive the You can ride for miles beside the surf along the superscenic Oregon Coast highway (U. S. 101). You can boat out over it at colorful fishing ports liVe Depoe Bay (above). You can even join the surfers in it at several sheltered spots. The Oregon Coast is nearly 400 miles of superb scenery, broad public beaches, rugged headlands, rolling dunes and silvery bays. Surf-sid- e dining, accommodations and campsites are plentiful everywhere. Relax in a State of .. OR WRITE TODAY Room 348, Highway Dept., Salem, Oregon 97310. Highway map. Events folder. NAME ADDRESS . CITY ; ON STATE ZIP fTPllf ed "What is the Bwana's religion?" I didn't want to specify a religion for fear the chief may have been familiar with it, so I told my interpreter to tell him I was an "agnostic." Th chief turned back to me with an approving smile: "Ahh agnostic! No wonder you can't eat these things!" Like many travelers, I derive some of my greatest pleasure as well as my most awkward moments by trying strange foods. In Japan, for instance, a tuna-fis- h eye is considered a one J offered an was eye delicacy. night at a party in Kyoto. I simply couldn't bring myself to eat it and said, "No, thanks, I don't care for it" When my host continued asking me, I felt I couldn't refuse. I popped the eye into my mouth and washed it down with my cocktail. That eye or the memory of it stayed with me for months ! My years of traveling have taught me many things. The most important being to familiarize myself with the customs of the peoplo and country I p!an to visit. This avoids embarrassing situations and insures getting along more easily with the native population. t don't know how many tourists I have encountered in Japan, for instance, who climb into a taxi at their Western-style hotel, give the driver an address which he invariably acknowledges with a broad smile, and soon find themselves lost in the middle of town. A little pretrip homework would have told the tourists that a Japanese driver would lose face if he admitted ahead of time that he didn't understand the directions, and that most Japanese addresses are so that even the natives of Tokyo get lost easily without very detailed directions. Consequently, when in Japan, or any oher country whose language I don't speak, I have learned never to ler.ve my hotel unless I have the address written down in the native language, usually accompanied by a sketch of how to get there. The earliest recollection I have about taking a trip goes back to the time I was four years old, and my family moved from southern Illinois to California. After that, my travels were restricted to vacation trips with my family to places like Yosemite National Park, the Grand Canyon, and other fascinating sights in the western part of the United States. ed Phase Print M Family Weekly, April 11, Iff 68 |