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This year, the US State department suggests that the
following destinations really aren’t such clever places to visit right
now: the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Haiti, Congo,
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
The Beetle can report back on the Palm House in the Burggaten,
the historic heart of Vienna. It is perfect for coffee and cake or brunch
~ whatever ~ good service, good food and you can loiter and
gossip with friends or just sit and read the papers.
Want to tell us about your favourite coffee corner
or watering hole? Then contact the Beetle: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
Under 24? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
in a £1,000 travel award?
Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each
year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested?
Then see
Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent
travel trip and we’ll take a look at it. Get those plans in!!
Bootsnall.com
is an excellent website allowing access to a free travel club with members
in 80 countries. There’s a newsletter, a chat forum and travel articles.
Nice one!
For more high quality links why not visit the recently
updated links section of our website,
as well as a free link page we now have over 250+ travel links sorted
into over 40 categoies.
The beetle always carries a Maglite and stores lunchtime
or dinner paper serviettes in pockets as emergency paper for the bathroom.
Got any travel tips for the Beetle? Then e-mail them
to: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
Karen from L.A found Bhutan to be interesting but a tad
expensive. She says she had to pay $225 a day per person to stay in substandard
hotels and eat substandard food. Although she feels it was not worth the
money, she is glad that she did it.
Bradt Guides have offered to give away a Bradt Guide
Book on Madagascar for the best travel story, tip or info. Contact
The Beetle spent some time beetling around in Zanzibar
last year and noted that unsuspecting travellers at the Dar es Salaam
port were being told by unscrupulous individuals that they had to pay
an additional $10 or $15 for port tax. This is completely untrue as port
tax is included in the price of the ticket. You now know what to say to
these vermin!
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