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  • Hotmail to charge!

    As all travellers know, accessing home e-mails from a
    free service such as Yahoo or Hotmail is fantastically useful, especially
    for those long trips away.

    From 16 July, Hotmail will end the free service that
    makes it possible to check e-mail accounts held with net service providers
    via its website. There are apparently around 110 million Hotmail users
    who before now have managed all their e-mail accounts via the site. Earlier
    this year, Hotmail rivals Yahoo and Lycos introduced charges for similar
    services. Anyone wanting to check other accounts, so called POP mail,
    will have to sign up for the MSN Extra Storage service which, in the UK,
    costs £19.95 per year. In addition to getting access to the POP mail
    service, those signing up for Extra Storage get 10 megabytes of space
    that lets them get and send larger attachments and ensures that their
    account stays live even if they stop using it for 30 days. Many net experts
    see the charging of fees for once free services as an inevitable part
    of the web's development.

    Many companies with websites are looking for new ways
    to offset the cost of running their net business now that revenue from
    advertising is harder to come by and investor funds are scarce.

    Anyone wanting to still use a free POP mail service can
    find a comprehensive list at emailaddresses.com.

  • Tea in Pasadena!

    Janice from L.A. suggests the Rose Tree Cottage in Pasadena for that great
    English cup of tea. The owners, Mary and Edmund Fry, (her husband Edmund
    dressed like Jeeves) run a delightful teashop in Pasadena and also organise
    tours. Including a trip to Kenya for tea and safari. Members of royalty
    and visiting dignities have all visited (and been photographed with the
    owners). The Rose Tree Cottage has also been named by Los Angeles Magazine
    as one of the best teashops in Southern California and was again featured
    in USA Today.

  • London Pass

    Are you one of 28 million visiting coming to London this
    year? For as little as £22 you can gain free entry to over SIXTY
    top London attractions and more… londonpass.com

  • Fishy Stuff: FBI Seeks Suspicious Individuals

    Source: scubatravel.co.uk According to the Divers
    Alert Network, the FBI is “interested in any information concerning
    suspicious individuals who started dive training but did not complete
    it”. They presumably mean that you were suspicious of them rather
    than vice versa, but fail to elucidate upon what your suspicions should
    be based. Visit: divers alert network website.

  • Contemplating The Eternal Flames On Mount Olympus

    by Anja Heij / AeonGlobe.com

    Twenty mountains on planet Earth bear the name Olympus,
    being the dwelling of the gods. On Mount Olympus burns the eternal fire
    of creation and this sign of a bond between the gods and the humans is
    kept alive and still spread around as the flame on the Olympic Games.
    In the region Lycia in Turkey we find a remarkable natural phenomenon:
    a high mountain from which small fires spring to 1 to 3 feet high. This
    phenomenon has been recorded for at least 4000 years. One can extinguish
    the small fires, but the natural gas inside the mountain will light them
    again in minutes. Although the mountain now goes by the Turkish name Tahtali
    Dag, in older days it formed part of the Greek civilization, was non-surprisingly
    called Mount Olympus, and in the neighbourhood one can visit the ruins
    of the ancient city of Olympus (founded around 300 BC). I believe this
    is the real Mount Olympus the chronicles speak of.

  • Globetrotter Travel Award

    Under 30? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
    in a £1,000 travel award?

    Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each
    year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested?

    Then see our legacy page on our Website,
    where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip
    and we'll take a look at it. Get those plans in!!

  • Mutual Aid

    Mike is still looking for his missing friend. My missing
    friend is called Bob Arthrell and he is sailing a 40 ft. yacht named Tasneem.
    Four months ago he was at Nuku Hiva island in the Marquesas, and looking
    for crew to help him sail to Fanning (Tabuaeran) island which is a tiny
    part of the republic of Kiribati in the pacific ocean. If you can help
    Mike, please contact him by email.

    Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a
    place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our
    Mutual Aid section of the Website: Mutual Aid

  • Bangladesh Ferry

    Ferry accidents are very common in Bangladesh, a country
    criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers. Two large rivers dissect Bangladesh
    in two, east and west, the River Meghna and the River Padma and there
    are hundreds of off shoots. In a country where travel by boat is a daily
    part of life, and the main means of getting about, another tragedy occurred
    on May 4th, when a passenger ferry travelling in stormy weather collided
    with another boat and capsized near the south eastern port of Chandpur.
    Officials say that the number of people on the ferry amounted to about
    150, but survivors say that this was more like 300-400. No number has
    been placed on the number of fatalities, but it is thought to be in the
    100s.

    Apart from restricting the numbers of passengers, the
    tragedy could have been avoided if the nearest rescue boat had proper
    equipment. Most Bangladeshi ferries travelling on local routes do not
    keep passenger lists or issue tickets. Most accidents are blamed on overloading
    or on unskilled skippers, correspondents say. Nearly 200 people were killed
    when a ferry sank in the Meghna river early last year, and there have
    been many more smaller ferry disasters.

  • Globetrotter Travel Award

    Under 24? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
    in a £1,000 travel award?

    Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each
    year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested?

    Then see our legacy page on our Website,
    where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip
    and we'll take a look at it. Get those plans in!!

  • Fave Websites of the Month

    This web site provides links to a very
    wide range of information – everything you might need to plan a
    trip: links to the latest travel warnings for British, American, Australian
    and Canadian citizens, lists of travel agents in each of these countries
    and Pacific Asia, info on cruise lines around the world, national parks,
    internet cafes, embassies around the world, world time zones, restaurants,
    exchange rates – you name it!