Archive for November, 2001

Travel Tips

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

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.


Funny Signs Again….

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

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.


Scams

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

Paying by credit card? Check the currency you think you’ve
just paid in! Ensure that the currency you have paid in is
clearly marked on the credit card slip and don’t forget to
match it to your credit card statement when you get home -
you may be in for a surprise!

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Mutual Aid

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or
country - want to share something with us - why not visit our
Mutual Aid section of the Website: "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/mutual/mutaid.html?enews+mutual">
Mutual Aid


Have you got a tale to tell??

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

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. "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/bites/?enews%2Bbites">Travel
Sized Bites