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A Quiet Corner of Cambodia Uncovered – Kompong Chhnang by Andy Brouwer
Kompong Chhnang isn't a provincial town that has obvious attractions for the tourist hordes visiting Cambodia these days. For most, they catch a glimpse of it as they whiz by on the speedboat between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap or for a handful, it's a brief stop on Highway 5 as they take the bumpy…
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Travel Quiz
Win a Moon Handbook on Guatemala – see www.moon.com by answering these questions. The winner of last month's Moon Handbook on Vancouver is Dian Anderson from Canada. 1. Guatemala does not have a coastline – true or false? 2. Which Guatemalan city was originally named Santiago de los Caballeros de Goathemala? 3. What is the…
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Mother and Daughter Travel to Venice by Francesca
I wanted to spend a week away with my younger daughter – age 18 at the time (June 2001) having had to leave her behind on a previous trip with my other daughter. Instead of me making all the arrangements as I always had done in the past, I ended up leaving a lot to…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
India: the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade lifted its travel advisory for India on July 23, 2002, but maintains that Canadians should still not travel to Jammu and Kashmir and those areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Punjab close to the border, and areas of Ladakh close to the Line of Control. Some…
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Free London Museums: The British Museum
The British Museum, one of the greatest museums in the world, tops the visitor charts. Founded in 1753, it is also the oldest museum in the world and its contents catalogue over two million years of world history and culture. With over 94 galleries and thousands of artefacts, the British Museum will have something for…
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Dancing In Iran
Be careful dancing in Iran: an Iranian dancer who left Iran 22 years ago and has been living in Los Angeles has just been given a 10-year suspended prison sentence in Iran on charges of corrupting the nation's youth. Mohammed Khordadian had been making a living giving lessons in Iranian traditional dance and performing for…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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House Votes to Lift Ban on Cuba Travel by Susan Milligan / Boston Globe (via Common Dreams News Center)
The US House voted last night to lift the ban on US citizens travelling to communist Cuba, stunning hard-liners and defying a plea by the Bush administration to retain harsh, 40-year-old sanctions against a nation it sees as a terrorist state. In an unexpectedly lopsided and bipartisan 262-167 vote, the House approved an amendment by…
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London: Saturday 6th July 2002 – London Meeting by Padmassana
This month we had the annual member's slides show. We were treated to eight mini talks from club members, covering three continents. I have described them below in a geographical order and not the actual sequence in which they were presented. We will start with the Americas. The Seattle suburb of Freemont took us on…
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Fave Websites of the Month
Cut price rooms in London do, really exist. Take a look at: www.laterooms.com and also www.lastminute.com do London hotel rooms. Travel Inn www.travelinn.com have rooms at £74.95 and there is one next to the London Eye – the huge Ferris wheel or tel: 08702 383300.
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