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Answers to: So You Think You.re Well Travelled?
find out the nswers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled? MUC = Munich, Germany GOA = Genoa, Italy YTZ = Toronto, Canada SGN = Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam AEP = Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 out of 5 – you need to get out more! 1-3 – not bad 4 – very good! You…
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UK Government Asks Travel Operators to Boycott Burma
The UK Foreign Office has asked British tour operators to stop arranging holidays to Burma because of the ruling regime's record on human rights. In a letter to ABTA, the Association of British Tour Agents, the UK’s Foreign Office minister, said that there were “compelling reasons” not to holiday in Burma. He cited the use…
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UK Air Rage
The UK Government is cracking down on air rage by imposing strict sentences on those found guilty of endangering an aircraft with disruptive behaviour. Serious air rage incidents have increased during the last year with 648 'significant' in-flight incidents reported last year, a rise of around 16 per cent. 40 per cent of incidents were…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan . Part 2
Padmassana went travelling around Kyushu in June/July time. Here is the second of three extracts from his travel journal. I left Beppu in more torrents of rain after a night of storms and went to Miyazaki. Miyazaki was a staging post on the way to Kagoshima and is famous for the Haniwa figures, clay statues…
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Bath Spa Opens
Bath, well known as being a genteel Georgian spa town has been without its spa since 1978, when it was closed due to an amoebic bug. But now, as from August 28th, you can book a day session for A335 or A317 for 2 hours. The facilities include access to a the Minerva Spa, a…
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The World.s Most Expensive Countries
1. Tokyo, Japan 2. Osaka, Japan 3. Oslo, Norway 4. Hong Kong 5. Libreville, Gabon London came 7th in the list. Source: http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
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Blue Ventures Volunteers
Blue Ventures research programmes need volunteers. We have always depended, and continue to depend, on the dedication and enthusiasm of our volunteers. Volunteers – from all over the world and from all walks of life – work with us both above and below the water. Overseas, volunteers are responsible for carrying out field research, as…
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An Insight into the Culture of Mikindani, Tanzania by Len Coleman
Tanzania has a multi-ethnic and multi-racial population that practices a wide variety of traditions and customs. In Mikindani, the influence of Shirazi Arabs from Persia and traders from the Indian subcontinent combined with the movement and mixture of different ethnic African groups have complemented each other to form a rich cultural heritage. This is something…
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TV Appeal: Are You Off On A Trip Overseas?
An UK independent television company is looking for friends, couples and families who are off on an adventurous trip overseas for a new Channel 4 documentary series. Are you currently UK based? Are you going away for at least three months and leaving later this year? Are you travelling as a family, a couple or…
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Place Names
As a result of the item about place names, Tom from N. Carolina wrote in to add: in the US state of Georgia we have Cairo, Athens & Rome. There is also Moscow in the state of Idaho; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Frankfort, Kentucky and Odessa, Texas. The state of Connecticut has a bunch…
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