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Jewish author and lecturer Inge Auerbacher will join Avalon Waterways annual Jewish Heritage Cruise this October to share her account of life as a child in Germany during WWII.
The last Jewish child born in the German village of Kippenheim in 1934, Inge experienced Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) and was imprisoned for several years in a Czechoslovakia concentration camp.
Miraculously, Inge and her parents survived and moved in 1946 to the United States where Inge studied to become a chemist and authored six books on her experience. Now retired, Inge travels the world to speak about the Holocaust, tolerance, and human rights.
As a guest lecturer on the 13-day Jewish-themed cruise, Inge will share her story as travellers discover European monuments, museums, and traditions significant to Jewish history.
If it rains in Mandalay, the beer will flow
Khiri Travel Myanmar will give guests on upcountry trips in Myanmar free beer on each day that it rains for more than 10 minutes during the day. The offer is valid from now until September 30 this year.
If it rains, each adult guest will be eligible for two chilled large (600ml) bottles of Mandalay beer on that day (or free-flow soft drinks). The offer applies to Bagan, Mandalay and Inle Lake – not in Yangon or coastal beach resorts.
Khiri says the promotion has been designed to boost demand for trips in Myanmar in the period when travel agent and consumer perception is that ‘it rains’, and therefore is not a good period to come.
A&K goes river cruising in Myanmar
Abercrombie & Kent has a new luxury river cruiser, Sanctuary Ananda, offering a range of cruise itineraries from three through to 11 nights, on both the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers in Myanmar.
Named after the country’s Ananda temple, the river cruiser has four decks, with 25 suites, sundeck, spa and panoramic lounges.
Four suites will also have private butler service.
A&K’s 8-Day Mysteries of Myanmar journey takes in British colonial Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda, a luxury Ayeyarwady river cruise, the Temples of Bagan and the floating gardens of Inle Lake.
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