Travel to Israel, the Soviet Union, and China With Mother Earth News

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No trip to China is is complete without a visit to the Great Wall.
No trip to China is is complete without a visit to the Great Wall.
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TOP LEFT: Jerusalem's ancient, intriguing streets beg to be explored. TOP RIGHT:  Rooftops abound with solar collectors, which turn Israel's 320 days of sunshine into a viable source of energy. BOTTOM LEFT:  Ordzhonikidze's Sunnit Mosque, at the foot of the towering Caucasus, is now a museum. BOTTOM RIGHT: Large city parks, like this one in Jilin, were once closed to all except the Chinese royal family and foreigners.
TOP LEFT: Jerusalem's ancient, intriguing streets beg to be explored. TOP RIGHT:  Rooftops abound with solar collectors, which turn Israel's 320 days of sunshine into a viable source of energy. BOTTOM LEFT:  Ordzhonikidze's Sunnit Mosque, at the foot of the towering Caucasus, is now a museum. BOTTOM RIGHT: Large city parks, like this one in Jilin, were once closed to all except the Chinese royal family and foreigners.
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What better place to write a trip diary than in the flower-strewn fields outside the Soviet spa of Pyatigorsk?
What better place to write a trip diary than in the flower-strewn fields outside the Soviet spa of Pyatigorsk?

Not long ago, a member of the Citizen Exchange Corps (a people-to-people organization that cosponsors MOTHER EARTH NEWS’ U.S.S.R. trips) attended a Soviet social function and was told by an Intourist official that Aeroflot, Russia’s national airline, was boosting its fares by 15%. “I thought inflation was only for decadent, capitalist societies,” the CEC representative teased.

Unfortunately, no area of the world seems immune to today’s rising costs. (The People’s Republic of China recently announced a 75% increase in its intracountry transportation rates!) And, as you’re probably aware, airfares are spiraling rapidly. Pretty soon, if present trends continue, an overseas trip may simply be out of reach for the average American.

Happily, that’s not quite the case yet … so now’s a good time to fulfill your yen to visit faraway lands, before current travel costs start to took like “the good ol’ days.” And when it comes to satisfying wanderlust, you just can’t beat the three exciting foreign expeditions that MOTHER EARTH NEWS can offer you in 1980.

Soak Up Some Israeli Sun Power

If you want to travel to Israel, we know for a fact that you won’t find a more-for-your-money trip than the 10-day “Solar Tour of Israel” (February 14-24), which we’re co-sponsoring with solar-pioneering Jordan College and SolarAge (the official publication of the American section of the International Solar Energy Society). For the incredibly low price of $1,090, you get your round-trip airfare from New York to Israel … first-class hotels in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee … all ground transportation … breakfasts … and guided tours throughout your stay in Israel.

  • Published on Jan 1, 1980
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