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clearly marked on the credit card slip and don’t forget to
match it to your credit card statement when you get home -
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Back in 1959, when Frank from the US was in Georgetown,
Penang, Malaysia on Lebuh Chulia Street he saw a local
Chinese Hotel named the Hang Chow Hotel and Restaurant,
referred to by some of the other back packers as the
Constipation Hotel.

Sort clothes together and put them in different coloured
plastic bags - helps you to find your socks as opposed to
your T-shirts and also keeps them clean and dry when your
back pack is accidentally dropped in the river/sea or when it
rains and it is stored on top of a bus.

The Beetle likes the UK Foreign and Commonwealth site - it
has everything from employment opportunities to individual
country reports - really interesting!

UK Foreign and
Commonwealth

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 "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/legacy.html">our legacy
page on our 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!!

Joanne is from Canada and works with the Beetle. She has not
been in the UK very long. She had never been to a bonfire
night!

We explained to her that on November 5^th, 1605,
the Catholic Guy Fawkes and some fellow conspirators, crept
into the Houses of Parliament and stored lots of barrels of
gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the houses of Parliament.

He and his associates were caught and taken away to the Tower
of London and beheaded. Since this time, each year, on
November 5^th, the entire country celebrate the
foiling of this event (I know, it seems strange!) by having a
bonfire with an effigy of Guy Fawkes and we have huge
organized and private firework displays.

The public firework displays are always stunning! One of the
best ones in London is at Primrose Hill and starts at 7.30pm
on the closest Saturday to 5^th November.

This was our first trip to Bali and I have to say that the
Balinese are in general the loveliest people, very gentle and
welcoming.

Driving out there was a real experience though! It appears
that the traffic laws (where there are any) don’t apply to
the thousands of motor bikes on the road. It was common to
have them coming at you in a one way street!

Prices are fantastic, it cost us about a fiver to tank up a
big people carrier, they thought we were mad driving
ourselves but once you get used to it and remember to use
your horn as much as they do it’s not too bad.

Certainly a destination I’d recommend and will definitely be
going back. Kuta is very touristy but get out of town and
it’s a whole different world.

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