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Win a Moon guidebook on Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
See href="http://www.moon.com/">www.moon.com for info on Moon
guidebooks.

Some people have said the quiz is difficult, we say
do some research; try google.com
or Ask Jeeves, if you need help with
the answers. One submission, only, please!

The winner of last month's Moon guide is Judith
Phillips. Please send us your postal address, Judith!

“Ladies and Gentlemen do you want the good news
first or the bad news?

“The good news is that last Friday was my birthday
and I hit the town and had a great time. I felt sadly let down by the
fact that none of you sent me a card! I drive you to work and home each
day and not even a card.”

“The bad news is that there is a points failure
somewhere between Stratford and East Ham, which means that we probably
won't reach our destination for a good ninety minutes yet. We may
have to stop and return. I won't reverse back up the line - simply
get out, walk up the platform and go back to where we started. In the
meantime if you get bored you can simply talk to the man in front or beside
you or opposite you.”

“Let me start you off: “Hi, my name's
Gary how do you do?”

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/">Travel Sized Bites

Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on airport codes.
See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess!

Which cities are served by airports with the following
codes:

1. MSY
2. FCO
3. MEL
4. LXR
5. CMB

For the answers, see at the end of the e-newsletter.

Experts have found 80 hairline cracks in China's
Three Gorges Dam, amid reports of poor workmanship on the world's
largest water project, expected to take 17 years - completion expected
in 2009. An estimated 250,000 workers are involved in the project and
the reservoir will cover 632 square kilometres (395 square miles) of land.
Government officials estimate that the dam will resettle 1.2 million people.
Critics complain about substandard construction work, corruption and negligence
in resettlement work. The project is expected to produce up to one-ninth
of China's total output of electricity.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has named
Dubai as the world's favorite airport in a new passenger survey. This
is the second year in succession that it has been rated top in overall
passenger satisfaction. Singapore's Changi airport was in second place.
The world's busiest airports did not rate well with passengers. Atlanta
Hartsfield. and Chicago O'Hare in the US; London Heathrow and Haneda
in Tokyo all failed to make the leading group. Canada's Vancouver
International scored best in North America while Copenhagen was the European
leader.

According to figures from the UK’s Government’s
Office for National Statistics, Spain was the most popular destination
for residents of the UK in 2002.

British people made 12.6m visits to Spain, up 7% on
2001, compared with the 11.7m (down 2%) people who visited France –
in second place. Third most visited country by the British was the Republic
of Ireland with 4m UK visitors, followed by the US with 3.7m.

Receiving visitors, the UK received most visitors from
the US with 3.7m visits to the UK, followed by France with 3m; Germany,
2.5m; the Republic of Ireland, 2.3m and the Netherlands with 1.4m.

The survey also showed that tourist numbers in the last
quarter of 2002 have returned to similar levels in the same period of
2000.

Can anyone give Sue some itinerary advice about 3 weeks
in Australia in July 2004 and also the Bungle Bungles? Please contact
her on : "mailto:sue.learoyd@btinternet.com">sue.learoyd@btinternet.com

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">Mutual Aid

The Globetrotters Club has just teamed up with Oanda.com
to provide people with information about currency conversions and cheat
sheets. To translate currency or make a cheat sheet, visit:

The
Globetrotters Currency Converter — get the exchange rates for
164 currencies "http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/trav_cheatsheet.html">The Globetrotters
Currency Cheat Sheet — create and print a currency converter
table for your next trip.

Qantas began flying to Rome in 1948 but is suspending
services because of SARS and the threat of terrorism.

Low cost UK based carrier bmibaby is to start
services from Manchester to both Prague and Barcelona. Fares start from
£32.49 one way

US regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines,
which operates as both United Express and Delta Connection, has bought
150 defibrillators to deal with in-flight emergencies when passengers
or crew suffer suspected heart for 148 of its aircraft.

The WHO has lifted travel bans to both Canada and Taiwan
due to SARS. The travel ban on Kenya has also been lifted, Mombassa remains
restricted to UK carriers until security at the coastal airport is increased
but transport officials are optimistic that flights will be resumed at
Kenya's busiest airport for tourists.