Vacation Dreams

Tag: October 2004

  • So You Think You're Well Travelled?

    Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how
    many you get right! Go on, have a guess!

    What is the capital city of the following countries:

    1. Bulgaria
    2. Ghana
    3. Mauritius
    4. Tunisia
    5. Maldives
    6. Yemen

    For the answers, see at the end of the e-newsletter.

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  • New Airport Planned for Madrid

    Spain, which attracts 50 million tourists a year, is building
    its first private airport 200 km (125 miles) south of Madrid
    in a bid to lure budget airlines away from the capital and
    develop a deprived mining area.  The airport is expected
    to be operational from the second half of 2006, is being
    built on the plains of La Mancha, best known for
    Cervantes's Don Quixote and will be named after the
    windmill-tilting knight. 

    The new airport has been nicknamed “Madrid's Luton” after
    the British airport outside London which challenges
    London's Heathrow and Gatwick, particularly in the budget
    flight market. The Don Quixote airport will try to woo low
    cost airlines with lower tariffs and flexible timetables. A
    high-speed train link connects Ciudad Real with central
    Madrid in 45 minutes, making it a viable alternative to the
    capital.

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  • Cuba-Pictures.com Launched by Lonely Planet Author

    he original author of Lonely Planet Cuba announces the launch of Cuba-Pictures.com, a 14-page collection of 126 travel photos of Cuba. All photos in this picture gallery are by David Stanley, who researched and wrote the first two editions of Lonely Planet Cuba, published in 1997 and 2000. Stanley first visited Cuba in 1975, and over the next four years he represented a Canadian tour company on Isla de la Juventud, at Varadero, and in Havana. Since then, he has revisited Cuba dozens of times.

    A few of Stanley’s photos originally appeared in Lonely Planet Cuba, while the rest are published here for the first time. They offer a cross section of Cuba, with the emphasis on “real Cuban life” rather than the artificial world of tourism. The images are intended to convey the atmosphere of some very special places, and the warm, friendly people who call Cuba home.

    Each page of pictures provides an introduction to a specific area, and all photos are fully captioned. The site also features a map of Cuba, a shopping mall with Cuban music, guides, and films, and a selection of travel links. http://www.cuba-pictures.com is now open to visitors.

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  • Have you got a tale to tell?

    If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then
    why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website
    and share it with the world. Travel Sized
    Bites

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  • Tours to Iraq

    Budding British travel operator Don Lucey is proposing to
    offer tours to Iraq.  Never mind the troops, killings
    and kidnappings, Don Lucey, a former soldier and policeman
    who worked in Iraq in 2003 has set up Bann Tours in Swindon,
    western England. “It has a lot to offer, a lot of history.
    It's not just all war and people killing each other.
    Obviously terrorists scare a lot of people, but people like
    myself want to prove that they are not in control,” he said
    in a telephone interview.

     

    Lucey said tourism in Iraq had to start somewhere, and that
    he and his clients were determined to be the catalyst. The
    10-day trip, which will take in some ancient sites, costs
    1,200 pounds ($2,192) per person, not including insurance.

     

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