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Show TRAVEL El THE DAILY HERALD (www.HarkTheHerald.com) SUNDAY, JUNE 3. 2001 TRAVEL BRIEFING Egypt in Memphis A MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) show spanning three thousand years of Egyptian history and culture will open here June 28 in of a pharaoh's tomb. a "Imagine," reads a brochure for the tour. "You're deep inside a pyramid. Your footsteps echo as you feel your way down a pitch-blac- k corridor. Your heart races, .. ... :;"f ' when suddenly you discover an d enormous granite 6,600-poun- " f 4fi lion." The touring exhibit is on loan from the British Museum, which has the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside of . Cairo. Other objects in the collec- tion include a golden mummy mask, papyrus pages from the Book of the Dead, precious jewelry, mirrors, glass work, and lifelike figures of gods and goddesses. The show is being sponsored here by WONDERS: The Memphis International Cultural education-- , Series, a al and cultural organization that specializes in producing large international exhibitions. All other venues for the show in the United States are museums. The show ran through May 27 at the Toledo Museum of Art'. After it closes in Memphis on Oct. 21, it will move to the Brooklyn Museum of Art from Nov. 23, 2001-Fes 24, 2002. Other dates are: Museum of Art, Kansas 7, 2002; City, Mo., April The Fine Arts Museums of San . CHARLES S. RICEThe Associated Press Stop and smell the roses: Above, Waikiki and Diamond Head are seen from a spot along the Makiki Trail. Below left, Chris Cottrell, front, and Charles Rice hike along with Olomana trail in Oahu. Below right, the Makiki Trail in Oahu, Hawaii, offers hikers an easily accessible view of nature's abundance. ' . (Mi VHraUiULizi If MiUi U1W , b. Nelson-Atkin- J 4 12-Ju- ly Francisco, Aug. 10-No- v. '"fflf , ' 3, 2002; y m ".iM,Mn,im .iLii I The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Dec. 22, 16, 2003; The Field Museum, Chicago, April 10, 2003, and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Sept. 21, .wv-- .i,yiiLiti.jii.iUiii.Liu.iui 1 , Oahu's trails 2002-Marc- h 26-Au- g. are among the best places to explore an 2003Jan. 4, 2004. For more information check httDyeternaleervDt.ore. or for tickets call (901) . w I . f 743-ART- abundance of nature with Back in time This PHILADELPHIA (AP) city where it all began offers all kinds of special ways to celebrate Independence Day. For those wanting to get a jump on the 4 million people who are expected to take part in the special weeklong festivities that begin June 27 and continue through July 4, there is a Lights of Liberty Show throughout the year in Independence National Historic Park. Still images of events leading up to the American Revolution are projected onto the buildings where the actual events took place, while visitors walk from building to building wearing wireless headsets that transmit the story and help create a time travel effect.. For the week of the nation's 225th birthday party, 50 free events are being offered in the city including fireworks, concerts, '.; .. very little effort (I Oahu's trails are among the best places to ridge overlooking Honolulu's Makiki Valley. The trail is a staircase of roots and rocks. As I explore an abundance of nature with very litwend my way around trees and stumps, tle effort. Birds, particularly along the Makiki Trail, glimpses of gold cloth weave in and out of the trees ahead. The voice gets close? and closer. seem tame. I am serenaded each morning by with a woman the d shama. About the size of a Suddenly, I come dressed in gold robes, her hair wrapped in the robin with a d breast, its appearsame gold cloth. She's carrying a staff and balance is almost as beautiful as its song. I can ancing a piece of wood on her head. I feel as if walk within a foot of the gentle shama, and it I am in a scene from the Bible as I stand lookjust keeps singing. Recently, I have taken to ing up at her. whistling when I spot the shama. The bird Sensing my curiosity, she stops singing. I repeats my tune and then embellishes it in a compliment her on her song. She' was simply performance that might last a good 30 secasking the gods of the woods, she explains, if onds. she could use this trail. She assures me they Wildlife isn't the only thing you'll enjoy don't mind. when hiking the trails. There's also the fruit. Coming across the woman with the golden In autumn and springtime, the delicious voice was among my first experiences on the strawberry guavas ripen. About the size of a hiking trails of Oahu after arriving in Hawaii cherry, and plentiful on many of Oahu's trails, last August. It was by no means my last See HIKE, E3 encounter with the magic of the island. Scenic hike puts vivid colors of Oahu on display face-to-fa- white-rumpe- sienna-colore- , BY CHARLES S. RICE f; Associated Press Writer HONOLULU It sounds like the voice of a powerful, yet soothing operatic voice wafting in the wind. Echoing across the neighboring valleys and hillsides, it seems to be coming from the ridge above. Before the wind carries the song off for good I give chase, quickly navigating he steep an angel See TRAVEL, E3 , OAHU ALASKA INSIDE PASSAGE CRUISE PACKAGE INCLUDES! air SLC to Seattleflransfers Round-ti- "k. .J . FROM to Vancouver 7 nt cruise on Hofend America's delightful Vteterdam! 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