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Travel Quiz: Los Angeles
The winner of last month’s Frommer’s Guidebook on Spain Moon guide is: Azusa Nakamura congratulations! This month, win a Rough Guide guidebook on Los Angeles. See www.roughguides.com for info on Rough Guides. Some people have said the quiz is difficult, we say do some research: try google.com or Ask Jeeves, if you need help with…
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Iris’s Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
Iris takes part in a barbecue in Brazil. We went to a little town called Ouro Preto, in Brazil, which is in the centre of a mining area, which produced gem stones. We visited the museum which shows all the different metals and minerals mined and they have an impressive display of what they produce,…
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Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
1. Austria: Vienna 2. Ethiopia: Adis Abbaba 3. Mauritius: Port Louis 4. Swaziland: Mbabane 5. Vanuatu: Port Vila 0 out of 5 – you need to get out more! 1-3 – not bad 4 – very good! You are a Globetrotter! 5 – are you sure you didn’t sneak a look?
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Chagas Disease
What is Chagas disease? Also called American trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease is an infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Chagas disease primarily affects low income people living in rural areas. It is estimated that 16-18 million people are infected with Chagas disease; of those infected, 50,000 will die each year. Chagas disease is locally transmitted…
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Mac’s Jottings: India
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North and South Dakota as countries) and for some reason have jotted signs and happenings that I thought funny at the time (and now wonder why).…
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Being Careful: Trinidad and Tobago
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has just issued a travel warning about the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. There has been no recent history of terrorism in Trinidad and Tobago, although an Islamic group, the Jamaat Al Muslimeen, attempted to overthrow the government by force in 1990. We believe Trinidad and Tobago to…
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Visit the Spratly Islands
Where? A small island group in the South China Sea claimed in their entirety by China and Vietnam and in part by Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia – because of potential oil and gas reserves. Recent reports state that Vietnam is considering its first-ever tours to the disputed Spratly Islands. China and the Philippines…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Far and Wide
US firm Far & Wide (www.farandwide.com), a holding company for 21 well-known tour operators, went bankrupt and shut down several of its subsidiaries. They blame their closure on the TwinTowers, then two wars, the SARS crisis, and a national economy that has been throwing more and more people out of work.
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Visiting Iceland?
Gudbjorg offers his services to e-newsletter readers. If you are planning to visit Iceland, he can arrange a variety of trips. He is a trained tour guide, has transport and can find suitable accommodation in Iceland. He says: “be among the first to experience the West fjords in Iceland, where hardly any tourists ever visit.…
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