Traveler's Advisory
By
LEORA MOLDOFSKY
Islands
Cardenas
Found lashed
to an inner tube off the Florida coast after the November
1999 shipwreck that killed his mother and 10 others, Elián
González triggered a seven-month custody fight that Cuban
leader Fidel Castro called "the greatest battle that our people
ever fought." A year after U.S. authorities, who had granted
temporary custody of the "miracle child" to his Miami relatives,
allowed Juan Miguel González to return to Cuba with his son,
Castro has opened an exhibition dedicated to the Communist
government's fight for Elián. The display, at the Oscar Maria
Rojas Museum in Elián's hometown, Cárdenas, includes photographs,
newspaper clippings and a statue of a boy clad in a Young
Pioneers uniform and tossing away a Superman doll.
South America
Lima
While many museum visitors glance through what's on show before
heading for the souvenir shop or the café, a sharp-eyed sightseer
has revealed that all that glitters at Lima's famed Museo
de Oro may not be gold. When the man wrote to Peru's consumer
protection agency questioning the authenticity of some of
the pieces he'd seen, the agency ordered an inquiry into the
museum's extensive array of gold, silver and bronze items,
jewels, pre-Incan mummies, weapons and textiles. Up to 85%
of the museum's 20,000 artifacts, said to have been found
in pre-Columbian excavation sites, are now thought to be fakes.
North America
Los Angeles
When Ike Turner penned Rocket 88, his 1951 ode to an Oldsmobile,
he jump-started rock 'n' roll and launched a love affair between
tunesmiths and their cars that has yet to fade. To commemorate
that relationship, Petersen Automotive Museum and Guitar Center
has brought together an offbeat collection of vehicles owned
by musicians ranging from Janis Joplin to Madonna. Highlights
of "Cars and Guitars of Rock 'n' Roll" include Jeff Beck's
"hand-built" 1932 Ford Roadster, the Monkee Mobile used in
the 1960s TV series and a rosewood Fender Stratocaster made
for Jimi Hendrix. Through Dec. 31.
Europe
Balmoral
Queen Victoria loved the seclusion and tranquility of the
Scottish highlands castle Prince Albert bought for her in
1852. But, in a break with tradition, Queen Elizabeth and
Prince Philip are prepared to share the Balmoral estate with
commoners-even when the royal couple are in residence in the
late summer. For the first time, six cottages and lodges,
once reserved for royal guests, can be rented by members of
the public. The houses sleep up to 12 people and cost from
$550 to $1,650 a week. See www.balmoralcastle.com/cottages.htm.
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August 6, 2001 | No.
31
COVER
STORY
Shifting
the Balance of Power
Baby boomers are accused of raising the most spoiled generation ever,
and everyone has a tale of out-of-control behavior or gross excess. But
parents are fighting back, resisting all the ads aimed at their kids and
launching an urgent debate about how to treat them with respect without
sacrificing authority, how to set them free but still set limits. How
and where should parents (like Natalie Bontumasi, left, with her son Lucian)
draw the line?
TRAVELERS
ADVISORY...
PACIFIC
BEAT: State of the big bet; linguistic First Aid...
ASIA
CHINA:
Canceling the Kids... The one-child policy becomes the no-child choice
THE
ARTS
ART: Poverty and war are robbing Africa
of its cultural heritage...
CINEMA: Fighting the Mafia in The Hundred
Steps (I Cento Passi)...
BOOKS: Traveling with the Tuareg
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