Pals in Nepal

Jeffrey Carlisle of Marina del Rey snapped this photo during a trip to India and Nepal in August with his 24-year-old daughter, Liz. They spent one week of the trip hiking in the Himalayas. In one Nepalese village, he said, “We came across these kids, and they weren’t used to seeing a whole lot of tourists, so they were fascinated with us.”

January 22, 2006
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation. A helpful website is the Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory, http://www.towd.com .

Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist Board, (800) 553-4939,

http://www.anguilla-vacation.com .

Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism, (888) 268-4227, http://www.antigua-barbuda.org .

Argentina: Argentina Tourism Office, (212) 603-0443,

http://www.turismo.gov.ar .

Armenia: Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, (202) 319-1976, http://www.armeniaemb.org .

Aruba: Aruba Tourism

Authority, (800) 862-7822, http://www.aruba.com .

Australia: Australian Tourist Commission, (800) 333-0262,

http://www.australia.com .

Austria: Austrian Tourist

Office, (212) 944-6880,

http://www.austria.info/us .

Bahamas: Bahamas Tourist Center, (800) 439-6993,

http://www.bahamas.com .

Barbados: Barbados Tourism Authority, (800) 221-9831, http://www.barbados.org .

Belarus: Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus,

(212) 682-5392,