Salt Lake Tribune | 1999-01-24 | Page 107

_H7 The Salt Lake Tribune TRAVEL Sunday, January2 McCarthey: there is the Montreal Jazz Festival. The Fun Also Rises Travel Guide North America, The Most Air RageIs Running Rampant CHRISTOPHER BY REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES TIMES Fun Places To Be At the Right Time is available at most book stores for $17.95. a @ Continued from H-1 Asian Pacific Adventures, Los WAsk to be moved. If there are no seats available, try to distance yourself psychologically. If you do not wantto be part of the problem,takethese steps: Those will be the travelers recruited by Sober Vacations Inter- Irian Jaya is located on the western side of the island of New Guinea, and is part of Indonesia. It is home to the remote Yali and Kumbaytribes and the better Charterflights will take tour members to the highlands and lowlands tovisit the uniqueclans. Boththe Yali and Kumbay were Do nottakepills. Avoid taking tranquilizers or sleeping pills. ago whenthe were contacted by the outside. Dates for this adventure are tion that has been prescribed for March 14-April 2, June 6-25 and October 10-29. Group sizeis limited to 8. Land-packagecost is $2,730 per person. It includes accommodations, transfers, porters, most meals, group camping gear and native English-speaking guide. International and domestic charter air fare is extra. someoneel Have a couple of drinks. But don’t overdoit. if you have a complaint, voiceit politely, listen to the explanation and considerit before making an response. Never shout or use threatening gestures. QO provides ticket information. Davis are paying $799 andupper per- their own chunkof the main dining room, a space for daily Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a hospitality area with coffee and soft drinks. Atfirst, recalls Grand, he and Carnival Cruises or Club Med have found out we're an easy group,” Grand says. “All we ask for, other than a normal trip, is a room for meetings.” This is not to say that the world teems with sober travel specialists. Frequently, says Grand, “people start [running sober tours], and six months later, they realize this isn’t so easy. And they drop it.” 2 a a Co. 81.7 9. Holland America Line 78.6 10. Coral Princess Cruises 78.4 partygoers there is Mardi Gras in They xchanged glances in Paris panies. “But now, companies like 6. Cunard Sea Goddess 84.6 7. Abercrombie & Kent International 81.9 8. American West Steamboat Sundance Film Festival; for real EAM a RTeCm LRT tT OTe his brother had trouble striking deals with big-name tourism com- 4. Windstar Cruises 87.8 5. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises For car-racing enthusiasts, there is the Indy 500; for film enthusiasts, there is Park City’s own (Internet shipboard activities and port calls, its sober travelers will get 3. Crystal Cruises 91.2 rants and night spots. A Mating Rating tells which events are best for meeting other partygoers. city air fare). Aside from the usual Conde Nast Traveler in the January issue: 1. Silversea Cruises 94.1 2. Seabourn Cruise Line 92.7 lists his favorite hotels, restau- U.S son (double occupancy, excluding Thetop cruiselines (with ratings), as selected by readers of Gras to the Kentucky Derby, Da- door settings — as manyas four weekly, including a regular Sun- families. Those on the Caribbean cruise Top-Ten Cruise Favorites vis describes in detail each event. He suggests three-dayitineraries built around the event, and http://www.aa.org). Since its founding in 1935, AA has grown into a global network with millions of members. meetings in Northwestern out- cent each from Illinois and New Jersey. Singles account for 51 percent; the rest are couples or oO newbook The Fun Also Rises. From the Chicago BluesFestival to San Francisco's Hookers Ball, and New Orleans’ Mardi yearly) and stages traditional AA work and climbs (20 to 30 events disaster to a Denali expedition. cent from NewYork and 8 per- ic Adventures, 826 South Sierra Bonita Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Tel: (800) a5. 1680. 50 mostexciting events in the United States and Canadain his Anonymous itself, which has a phone number in every major from California, another 15 per- your travel agentor: Asian Pacif- Author Alan Davis covers the Anothersourceon alcohol-free matters, of course, is Alcoholics 12 years of sobriety. Now the group arranges retreats, trail cent of their customers come For more information, contact The Fun Also Rises was killed when a storm brought The group was founded in 1991 byJim Hinkhouse,a climber with founder. In May 1995, Hinkhouse ing alcoholic, sober nowfor 18 years) and brother Guy Grand (a recovering heroin addict, clean 12 years). They run four to six trips yearly andestimate that over the last 11 years, they've arranged 62 trips for about 10,000 traveling customers. Surveys showthat about 15 per- fierce headhunters until 20 years Never combine medication and alcohol. And never take medica- the absence of the group's sober outdoors club with the slogan “Keep climbirg mountains and don’t slip.” the Carnival ship, was founded in 1987 by Steve Abrams(a recover- known Dani tribe. There are several books on the market. AA conferences. In Seattle, there’s OSAT (One These efforts continue despite Step at a Time), [phone], a national, a Los Angeles company that specializesin trips for recovering alcoholics. The company, run by a pair of brothers who accompany every trip themselves, maynot be a threat to enter the Fortune 500 any time soon. But theirs is not the only group serving this niche in the market Sober Vacations International, (800) SOBER-FUN or (818) 7072111, organizer of the group on zation. @Tackle anyfear offlying. [phone], a Connecticutbased venture founded by Jack Wilbur in 1982. Wilbur said he also arranges about a dozen weekend trips on the East Coast yearly and three or four larger trips. usually designed to dovetail with Carnival ing alcohol-free glasses. people whohave hadlittle contact or influence by western civili- ing. Smokers should prepare for nonsmoking flights by bringing along nicotine chewing gum. Life Tours, [phone] or the 350 of those cruisers will be lift- remote areas, while meeting @Stay calm. Stress is a major cause of plane rage. Insulate yourself from possible aggravations by bringing along reading materialorlistening to soothing music on a Walkman. Learn to cope without smok- ship Saturday, Angeles, is offering an unusi 20-day exploratory trip in to Irian Jaya, one of the last frontiers for travel amongst stone-age cultures. The journey is for adventurous travelers who wantto enjoy a physically challengingtrek into attention. The result is a fairly small marketplace. Another modest compa ny that has endured is Celebrate Juan, Puerto Rico, on a seven-day Caribbean itinerary with about 2,000 passengers. But when the moment comesfortoasting at the first shipboard dinner, at least Fascination sets sail from San Stone-Age Journey Do notcall the crew over. 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