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Don't Upset The Elephants!
They really do have long memories! Research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that elephants have very long memories, large brains and are highly emotional. Orang-utans are the cleverest of non human primates and can perform complex tasks such as opening doors by choosing the right key from a bunch of keys. Squirrels…
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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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Monkeys at Agra Fort, India
An alert, bought to the attention of the Beetle by Frank, in the US, about a female traveller in India who was bitten by a monkey at Agra Fort. Frank saw a report in a Lonely Planet bulletin: the report says that the traveller was not carrying food, was not feeding the monkeys or trying…
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Pirates foiled by international co-operation!
Forget the romantic notion of Captain Hook and Cap'n Kidd – piracy is alive and well in the modern world! Just last week, coastguards in Falmouth, in the south west of England picked up an SOS call almost 4,000 miles away from the Princess Sarah, a Greek owned ship off the Horn of Africa. The…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
On a more positive note, contrary to popular belief, US citizens are allowed to visit Libya! This is good news as the Beetle is trying to persuade one to join her on a potential trip to Libya! And on the flip side, just two days after the US government eased its warnings to US citizens…
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Watching the Road in Iran
This wonderful snippet about travelling in Iran came from Kevin, near London (not Croydon!) Kevin tells us about the effect some of the girls he was travelling with had on a hapless Iranian driver. After leaving the “Hotel Fleapit” in Neriz we were on the road to Bam, when we unfortunately broke down. While Percy,…
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Useless Facts: Perfume
Perfume comes from the Latin per fumus (through smoke). The smoke of incense, burning woods and spices were the most ancient scents. Some useless facts courtesy of directcosmetics.com When Cleopatra headed down the river to meet Mark Anthony, her ships we perfumed so that he could smell her coming. At the court of Louis XV,…
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Dinner: snake, ants and scorpions … London
Ever wondered what scorpions taste like? Or cobra stew? Look no further. You can now try such delicacies at Empire, a new London restaurant where snake, kangaroo, zebra, ants and other miscellany can be found on the menu. Address: 38 Lambs Conduit Street, nearest tube, Holborn, tel: 020 7404 6835. Want to tell us about…
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Lost City off Gujarat, India
Marine archaeologists in India believe they have found a sunken 'lost city' which pre-dates all previous signs of civilisation by 5,000 years. The site lies at a depth of 36m, 40 miles off the coast of Gujarat, in an area known for dangerous currents and rip tides. Most of the investigative work has been carried…
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