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Tanzania Game Hunting
The villagers of Ngarambe, bordering the Selous game reserve in Tanzanian had been allowed to sell hunting licences and shoot animals for meat so they would no wild animals would not destroy crops or menace the villagers. The area is rich in wildlife of all types – elephants, lions, giraffes, buffaloes and more. The government…
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Been to Airlie Beach?
I am writing a book about a little known but stunning town in Australia called Airlie Beach. I am desperately seeking globetrotters who have visited this region. I am seeking submissions from them based on their time and experiences in the region. Did Airlie Beach make an impact on your life? It’s the kind of…
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Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts Aussies picked up the most medals each at the Sydney Olympics, which brings them into the all time top 11. Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranked first at summer Olympics and third in winter games. Almost half of Ecuador is protected. Kenyan women work 35% longer than their men folk. Ethiopians…
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Air Travel Illness
A review in the medical Lancet found the commonest diseases linked to air travel have been spread via contaminated food rather than from the cabin’s recycled air. The US researchers found a total of 41 in-flight outbreaks of food poisoning resulting in 11 deaths had been documented between 1947 and 1999. Salmonella was the most…
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Travel Writing Workshop
When: Saturday 18th June, 10.30am-4.00pm Where: The Newsroom, The Guardian 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA Cost: £85.00 A day of two intensive workshops: Travel Writing – How to do it and how not to with Dea Birkett, the Guardian’s Travelling with Kids columnist and author of Serpent in Paradise and Off the Beaten Track…
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A Little Part of Istanbul
When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took over Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the construction of a new palace for this new Ottoman capital, on a site in the district of Beyazit where Istanbul University stands today. Then he changed his mind and had a number of buildings constructed on the headland which was an…
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Get Health Advice
The Health Protection Agency say that tourists need more advice about how to protect their health while they are away. They say, while many companies do tell travellers to get health advice about their destination, others do not. But a spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said members did offer advice if…
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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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Gettysburg a Civil War Battlefield by Susan Velasquez
A visit to Gettysburg will take you back in time, where you can almost hear the ghosts of the civil war soldiers and, louder still, the cannons still bursting in air. The immense area must be covered by bus or private car. Get a map at the information centre and then follow the route around…
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Satellite Pics
Google, the search engine can help you access satellite photos of North America’s most significant landmarks and locations, including the Grand Canyon, Alcatraz and Mount Rushmore. You need to enter in a zip code and a photo from space of that location – if available – is then shown. At the moment Google only offers…
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