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    Guidelines for Visiting Thailand by Randy Gaudet

    Following on from Randy’s last article on Thailand, here he offers some advice on eco tourism in Thailand. Finding real eco tourism in Thailand can be difficult. Here are a few guidelines. It seems everyone is doing Eco tours and treks but what is it? Do you know the questions to ask a tour or…

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    Being Careful: Indonesia

    The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office have the following to say about Indonesia: we advise against all non-essential travel to Indonesia. (Which is a great pity as the Beetle is going to Bali very soon). There is a high general threat from terrorism in Indonesia. We continue to receive information that indicates terrorists are planning…

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    Airline News

    New European low-cost airline WIZZ Air plan to start flights from Budapest to seven European cities from June 24. Destinations include London, Barcelona, Athens, Rome, Paris, Prague and Katowice from Budapest. From July 1 it would add Paris, Munich, Athens, Barcelona, Dortmund and Stockholm to its destinations from Poland, it added. Qantas, Australia’s biggest airline…

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    Oporto, Portugal by Alvaro Miguens

    Porto, also known as Oporto is a seaside town in the north of Portugal. It is proud to be known as “the city of work”. The city dates back to the eighth Century B.C. as a Hellenic village on the left bank of Douro River or the River of Gold as it is translated. Today,…

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    Security Breached by Stripper

    A drunken woman looking for a place to sleep slipped past security and onto an aircraft at Aberdeen Airport in Scotland where she dozed unnoticed for several hours, sparking a review of security. BAA, the airports owners, said that it had launched a full investigation after the woman — reported by a newspaper to be…

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    Travel Resource

    Spotted by our webmaster, the BBC has an excellent on-line travel resource. It has country and mini guides, travel tips, basic travel advice, studying and travelling and how to make money while you travel. Well worth a look: BBC Travel

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    An Alternative View on the Angel Falls by Frank

    My experiences on a trip to Angel Falls were different to those reported in a Globetrotter e-newsletter a couple of months back. I went in 9/88. The US $ versus Bolivar’s exchange was great. My wife Rosemary and I flew into Canaima. We had a dugout trip to Orchid Island where we spent the night.…

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    10 Dumbest Questions Asked by Cruise Passengers

    Spotted by our webmaster: 1. Does the crew sleep onboard? 2. What time is the midnight buffet? 3. Which elevator takes me to the front of the ship? 4. Do you generate your own electricity? 5. Is this island totally surrounded by water? 6. Is the water in the toilet salt or fresh? 7. What…

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    Travel Jokes

    After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a Flight Attendant on a Northwest flight announced “Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted.”. From a Southwest Airlines employee: “Welcome aboard Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert…

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    Bike Kenya 2004 by Bill Polley

    Bill wrote in to tell us about his sponsored bike ride in aid of the Douglas Bader Foundation late January, early February this year. How did it start? It began with a mad idea to cycle somewhere warm in the middle of our cold winter, experience two summers in one year and lose some weight.…

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