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Sunday, January 27th, 2002Serious and not so serious diving news :
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Archive for January, 2002
Travel Tips
Sunday, January 27th, 2002Giant Grouper - Barrier Reef
Sunday, January 27th, 2002
A recent report from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia: a Swedish
diver had a narrow escape after a giant grouper attempted to
swallow his head on New Year's Eve. The diver managed to escape
with only a broken mask, cuts and scratches after being spat out.
Mutual Aid
Sunday, January 27th, 2002Joke time
Sunday, January 27th, 2002From Bretislav, in the Czech Republic:
A guy is flying to London checking in at the airlines counter with
3 suitcases. He tells the lady there: “I want the first
suitcase checked through to New York, the second to Paris and the
third to Bombay.” The lady says, “I'm afraid that
won't be possible sir.” The guy says, “Why not?
That's what you did to my luggage the last time.”
Monkeys at Agra Fort, India
Sunday, January 27th, 2002
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 to gain their attention, when she
received a nasty bite on the leg, quite out of the blue.
She went on to say that the “friendly” monkeys, as
described in various guide books are far from it: they have become
aggressive and are prone to attacking visitors. She then had to
spend large amounts of time (and money, and worry) ensuring that
she received all of the immunisations against diseases that the
monkeys can carry -these include rabies and a virus which can lead
to encephalitis.
Travellers - you have been warned! Animals like this are still wild
and should be treated with caution.