Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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do nothing before consulting a lawyer.
Here the burden is on the state to prove a
person's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,
and everyone has the right to remain
silent, whether he or she is suspected of a
crime or actually arrested. Once arrested,
a person can make one telephone call to a
party of his or her choice. International
visitors should call your embassy or con-
sulate.
MAIL
At press time, domestic postage
rates were 28¢ for a postcard and 44¢ for
a letter. For international mail, a first-class
letter of up to 1 ounce costs 98¢ (75¢ to
Canada and 79¢ to Mexico); a first-class
postcard costs the same as a letter. For
more information go to
www.usps.com
.
If you aren't sure what your address will
be in the United States, mail can be sent to
you, in your name, c/o General Delivery
at the main post office of the city or region
where you expect to be. (Call
&
800/275-
8777
for information on the nearest post
office.) The addressee must pick up mail
in person and must produce proof of iden-
tity (driver's license, passport, and so on).
Most post offices will hold your mail for
up to 1 month, and are open Monday to
Friday from 8am to 6pm, and Saturday
from 9am to 3pm.
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
National newspapers include the
New York
Times, USA Today,
and the
Wall Street
Journal.
National newsweeklies include
Newsweek, Time,
and
U.S. News and World
Report.
In large cities, most newsstands
offer a small selection of the most popular
foreign periodicals and newspapers, such
as the
Economist
and
Le Monde.
The
Albu-
querque Journal,
New Mexico's largest
daily newspaper, circulates throughout the
central and northern parts of the state.
The
El Paso Times
is favored in southern
New Mexico. The state's favorite magazine
is
New Mexico
(www.nmmagazine.com),
a colorful monthly published by the State
Tourism and Travel Division since 1923.
Check out the “King of the Road” column
in the magazine, for some interesting off-
the-beaten-track destinations. The
Ari-
zona Republic
is Arizona's largest daily
newspaper and can be found throughout
central and northern Arizona. In the
southern part of the state, you are more
likely to find Tucson's
Arizona Daily Star,
a morning daily.
Arizona Highways
is a
vivid and informative photo-driven
monthly magazine published by the Ari-
zona Department of Transportation. Both
Phoenix and Tucson have a number of
glossy monthly lifestyle magazines that are
worth picking up for their monthly events
listings.
PASSPORTS
See
www.frommers.com/
planning
for information on how to
obtain a passport. See “Embassies & Con-
sulates,” above, for whom to contact if you
lose yours while traveling in the U.S. For
other information, please contact the fol-
lowing agencies:
For Residents of Australia
Contact the
Australian Passport Information Service
at
&
131-232,
or visit the government
website at
www.passports.gov.au
.
For Residents of Canada
Contact the
central
Passport Office,
Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade,
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G3 (
&
800/567-
6868;
www.ppt.gc.ca).
For Residents of Ireland
Contact the
Passport Office,
Setanta Centre, Moles-
worth Street, Dublin 2 (
&
01/671-1633;
www.irlgov.ie/iveagh).
For Residents of New Zealand
Contact
the
Passports Office
at
&
0800/225-050
in New Zealand or 04/474-8100, or log
on to
www.passports.govt.nz
.
For Residents of the United King-
dom
Visit your nearest passport office,
major post office, or travel agency or con-
tact the
United Kingdom Passport Ser-
vice
at
&
0870/521-0410,
or search its
website at
www.ukpa.gov.uk
.
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