TIME: Traveler's Advisory

	TRAVELER'S ADVISORY	JUNE 1, 1998 NO. 22
Traveler's Advisory By SIMON ROBINSON NORTH AMERICA BLACK HILLS Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski died in 1982 after working for 34 years on his grandest project: a 170 m statue of 19th century Sioux leader Crazy Horse, carved (using drills and dynamite) from a South Dakota mountain. Ziolkowski's widow and children continued work on the statue--it was less than half finished--and on June 3 plan to unveil the first completed section, showing Crazy Horse's head. The day will also include an exhibition of Native American art and a large mountainside blast to open the sixth decade of work on the site. When finished, the massive Indian warrior will be depicted on horseback, gazing over the hilltops. ST. AUGUSTINE Fore! Does your golf swing recall the power of Greg Norman,the artfulness of Arnold Palmer, or the comedy of Lee Trevino? Find out at Florida's just-opened $55 million World Golf Hall of Fame, where a computer analyzes your swing and works out which golf pro you most resemble. Visitors may also stroll across a replica of St. Andrews' famous Swilcan Burn Bridge, examine footage of the six-iron shot played on the moon by U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard and be tested on the game's rules. Admission is $9 for adults and $4 for children. EUROPE CONISTON WATER Somewhere beneath the surface of Coniston Water lie the remains of Donald Campbell, killed when his jet-powered Bluebird hydroplane disintegrated during a bid to raise the world water speed record to 480 km/h. Only Mr. Whoppit, Campbell's teddy bear mascot and riding companion, was found after the accident. Visitors to Coniston, in England's Lake District, can retrace the path of Campbell's doomed 1967 run and earlier record attempts by Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm, with Campbells on Coniston Cruises, which depart from Coniston Boatlandings at 2:00 pm every Tuesday and Thursday until October. The 80-minute cruise costs approximately $10 for adults and $5 for children. A full-size replica of the ill-fated Bluebird is on display at the nearby Lakeland Motor Museum at Holker Hall, part of a tribute to the Campbells, who between them established 21 speed records on land and water. AFRICA ZOMBA For three decades until 1994 Mikuyu Prison, situated an hour outside Blantyre, was a symbol of the ruthless rule of Malawi President Hastings Banda, who led the nation to independence in 1964 and declared himself president for life in 1971. Inmates, many of them political prisoners, were tortured, beaten, held in cells barely larger than themselves, and even forced to defend their lives against hungry wild cats. Now the prison--closed following Banda's election defeat four years ago--has been turned into a museum, displaying many of the grisly tools used against Banda's enemies. Surviving prisoners are your tour guides; exhibits include canes, leg irons and straitjackets, and the shameful cells themselves.
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TRAVELER'S ADVISORY

JUNE 1, 1998 NO. 22

Traveler's Advisory

By SIMON ROBINSON

NORTH AMERICA

BLACK HILLS

Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski died in 1982 after working for 34 years on his grandest project: a 170 m statue of 19th century Sioux leader Crazy Horse, carved (using drills and dynamite) from a South Dakota mountain. Ziolkowski's widow and children continued work on the statue--it was less than half finished--and on June 3 plan to unveil the first completed section, showing Crazy Horse's head. The day will also include an exhibition of Native American art and a large mountainside blast to open the sixth decade of work on the site. When finished, the massive Indian warrior will be depicted on horseback, gazing over the hilltops.

ST. AUGUSTINE

Fore! Does your golf swing recall the power of Greg Norman,the artfulness of Arnold Palmer, or the comedy of Lee Trevino? Find out at Florida's just-opened $55 million World Golf Hall of Fame, where a computer analyzes your swing and works out which golf pro you most resemble. Visitors may also stroll across a replica of St. Andrews' famous Swilcan Burn Bridge, examine footage of the six-iron shot played on the moon by U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard and be tested on the game's rules. Admission is $9 for adults and $4 for children.

EUROPE

CONISTON WATER

Somewhere beneath the surface of Coniston Water lie the remains of Donald Campbell, killed when his jet-powered Bluebird hydroplane disintegrated during a bid to raise the world water speed record to 480 km/h. Only Mr. Whoppit, Campbell's teddy bear mascot and riding companion, was found after the accident. Visitors to Coniston, in England's Lake District, can retrace the path of Campbell's doomed 1967 run and earlier record attempts by Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm, with Campbells on Coniston Cruises, which depart from Coniston Boatlandings at 2:00 pm every Tuesday and Thursday until October. The 80-minute cruise costs approximately $10 for adults and $5 for children. A full-size replica of the ill-fated Bluebird is on display at the nearby Lakeland Motor Museum at Holker Hall, part of a tribute to the Campbells, who between them established 21 speed records on land and water.

AFRICA

ZOMBA

For three decades until 1994 Mikuyu Prison, situated an hour outside Blantyre, was a symbol of the ruthless rule of Malawi President Hastings Banda, who led the nation to independence in 1964 and declared himself president for life in 1971. Inmates, many of them political prisoners, were tortured, beaten, held in cells barely larger than themselves, and even forced to defend their lives against hungry wild cats. Now the prison--closed following Banda's election defeat four years ago--has been turned into a museum, displaying many of the grisly tools used against Banda's enemies. Surviving prisoners are your tour guides; exhibits include canes, leg irons and straitjackets, and the shameful cells themselves.

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