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Show The Salt Lake Tribune TRAVEL Sunday, January 31, 1999 McCarthey: Zagat Rates Restaurants on the kingdom’sreligion, history, geography and culture. _ Rafting and kayaking on pris- Insult Leads to Oldest, Largest Winter Fest tine rivers is available for visitors. Festivals thro @ Continued from H-1 Pls in most bookstores for Oo The Ichiban Sushi & Japanese Cuisine restaurant, 336 S. 400 East, features the work of a “talented female sushi pro.” Red Testing Diarrhea Vaccine _ According to information pro- Iguana, 736 W.North Temple, vided by the Johns Hopkins Uni- still has “killer Mexican food.’ Pomodoro, 2440 E. Fort Union Blvd., Sandy, has “garlic mashed versity School of Public Health, as many as 60 percentof those whotravel to developing countries experience some form of potatoes to die for.” The best Chinese food still is found at the Mandarin Restaurant, 348 E. 900 South, Bountiful. La Caille, 9565 S. Wasatch Blvd., madethelist of Other Important Places, thanks to its ‘wonderful farmhouse atmosphere,” as did Log Haven,in Millcreek Canyon, because the “food has improved considerably.” Others listed include: Baci; Capitol Cafe; Chimayo; Cucina; the Grapevine; Grappa; Lakota: Market Street; Riverhorse Cafe; Sundance Tree Room; and Tuscany. Voters were madeupof nu- traveler's diarrhea, usually caused by Enterotoxigenic e.Coli, or ETEC. Theailment is so common that those who haven't expe- Tienced the condition have at wish to participate in the restaurant survey. You will receive a is published. In the meantime America’s Top Restaurantsis available at travelers and for children. Through July 4, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and mala, and Cuernavaca, Mexico — and the schoolstill needs volunteers to aid in the research. Volunteers mustbeat least 18 years old, must be available for a two-week period, and must not have traveled in a developing country within the last year. Participation is limited to a few hours a week, and those who Volunteers shouldn't view the test as a license for careless eat- ing and drinking, though. Tests are double-blind, meaning that neither the volunteer northe lab mightlook to Bhutan. Nestled in between Tibet and India, Bhutan is a remote and magical destina- tion. It remained in self-imy isolation until 1974 whenits doors were cautiously opened. To prepare for trip, check out Lonely Planet’s new guide- book Bhutan. The book contains a chapter on trekking, detailed maps listing previously unchartered towns throughout Bhutan, as well as comprehensive notes *129 °219 °223 *234 *239 embraceit,” says carnival spokeswomanJanetBlixt. The Winter Carnival runs from thelast weekend in worker knows whois being given the vaccine and whois being given placebo. 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EUROPE CARIBBEAN Rey? ttLakeribune ttatyrlica Menco/peso tallest frozen man-made edifice on record in the world. The 12-tower colossus cost about $1 million and drew 2.5 million visitors in the 12 days it stood, and pictures of it ran in publications around the world. $23.3 billion, up $2.6 billion from the 1996 estimate. A faster, pricier magneticlevi- ty’s executive director. Ireland/pound 250 feet each, and crash helmets and sleds will be provided. steel-wheel line has increased to Mehdi Morshed,therail authori- 155 showsandevenan orchid show. than promised, a consultantsays. According to a report prepared at the request of the California High Speed Rail Authority, the projected cost for a 200-mph “Wethink the high-speed rail ideawill be very popular once we have a final plan in place,” says 0287 6021.66 Alas, onetradition of Winter Carnivals pastis consignedto history. Increasing costs and liability issues doomedtheelaborateice palaces that once symbolized the event. The last was built in 1992. At 15 stories high, the 1992 ice palace was the complete the project will receive Travelers suffering from the been-there-done-that syndrome “We thumbour nose at winter at the same time we 3484 Britain /pound Boreas’ castle and herald the loosening of winter's grip on thecity. Organizers are promoting this year’s carnival as bookstores for $12.95 or by call- Secrets of Bhutan Eversince, this state capital has celebrated the coldest months of the year with the annualSt. Paul Winter Carnival — the nation’s oldest and largest winter festival — featuring parades, fun in the snow and old-timefrivolity. King Boreas, followed by fireworks and a Vulcan and hisfire-engine-riding Krewe of Vulcans storm ing (800) 333-3421 The book is great for travelers interested in good restaurants. El alive, even in the dead of winter. Belgium franc Highlights of the closing weekendincludethe Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade and the dethroning of But a neworal vaccine may changethosestatistics, both for ery year. ducting studies it began in the fall. The vaccineis being tested in two locations — Antigua, Guate- York, NY 10019.Indicate you of Commerce, who decided to provenotonly that the city was fit placeto live, but that it was very much Jan. 30. ma’s Revenge” also claims the lives of perhaps a million children in developing countries ev- executives and regular folks. All Survey, 4 Columbus Circle, New Back in 1885, a New York Times writer belittled St. Paul as anotherSiberia, unfit for human habitation. That offended members of the local Chamber Travelers cantrade dollars for foreign currency at these rates JS In CSI eed Australia ‘dollar 158 632 tion of King Boreas and other members ofhis royal family followed by a grandball on Friday, Jan. 29. and the “coming out” of Vulcanus Rex LXII andhis Kreweand Boreas’ Grande Day Parade on Saturday January through the first weekendin February. This year, that is Jan. 29-Feb. 7. The legend behind the carnivalis the struggle between King Boreas, the king of the winds who chose St. Paul as his winter playground, and Vulcanus Rex, the godof fire. At the endof the carnival, Vulcanus known is that the samebacteria that causes turista or “Montezu- Public Health will continue con- send a stamped,self-addressed, business-size envelope to Zagat ST. PAUL, Minn. — It started as a response to an insult from an Easterner almost 114 years ago. Today it endures as proof that people not only can survive a Minnesota winter, they can thrive onit. 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