Madagascar travel advice by the FCO: we advise against all holiday and other non-essential travel to Madagascar for the time being. The demonstrations and strike, which followed the presidential elections on 16 December 2001, have stopped. However, there are still outbreaks of violence around the country. Martial law was declared in Antananarivo on 28 February,…

If you were in London on March 12th, you may have joined the Tibet Vigil for prayers and speeches from 5pm to 7pm opposite the Chinese Embassy in Portland Place. This special vigil was in memory of 3,000 women who met in Lhasa in 1959 and the many thousands of women including nuns who are…

“The Earth was not give to us by our parents, it was lent to us by our children.”

(From Tourism Concern) 1. According to the UN, 13-19 million children are working in the tourism sector all over the world. More than 1 million are forced into tourism’s sex industry. 2. 5,200 people were given 12 days’ notice and then forcibly removed from their homes in Pagan, Burma to make way for a tourism…

Did you know that icebergs are given names, and that these names relate to the section of Antartica where they are first sited? US scientists recently reported that an iceberg more over nine times the size of Singapore had broken off Antarctica. It is over 64 kilometers (40 miles) wide and 85 kilometers (53 miles)…

Last year, the British government announced that it would drop the entrance fee to many of the larger museums in London. The Beetle’s favourite London museum is funnily enough called the Museum of London. It is about 15 minutes walk from St Paul’s Cathedral and the closest tube is the Barbican. You could combine a…

Compression bags are amazing things. They can compress bulky items such as sleeping bags and fleeces into small and manageable packages. So take that fleece with you for cooler evenings but compress it! Got any travel tips for the Beetle? Then e-mail them to: the Beetle!

The pass is available to Brazilians and non Brazilians living outside Brazil when you buy an international ticket. It costs the same amount no matter what time of year you travel. It is valid for 21 days starting on the day of the first flight and can be used for flights in up to 9…

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