Category: Sidebar
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Mutual Aid
Carole from San Diego would like some help planning a trip to new Zealand. I am travelling to the south island of New Zealand in March and would love some…
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Kashmir to Welcome Tourists
India has decided to open Srinagar airport in disputed Kashmir to international flights to entice more tourists to the Himalayan region. Kashmir has been involved in a 15 year dispute…
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Wilderness First Aid courses 2005
Wilderness First Aid is different from the Red Cross or urban first aid. Focus is on initial and prolonged care for a patient in the back country. Participants will receive…
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On-Line Travel Scam
Be careful of a new online travel scam that involves bargain flights advertised on internet auction sites. The con-men advertise an amazing deal on an auction site, telling potential bidders…
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Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled? Congo – Brazzaville Madagascar – Antananarivo Oman – Muscat Azerbaijan – Baku Bangladesh – Dhaka 0 out of 5 – you need…
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Driving in Spain
Paul writes in with another piece of advice about travelling in Spain. Another word of warning to novice travellers in Spain; be careful at the big hypermarkets as thieves operate…
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Dolphins Save Swimmers
A group of training lifeguards swimming off New Zealand were protected from a great white shark by dolphins. The lifeguards were training at a beach near Whangarei on the North…
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Budget Airline Resource
. This website is excellent: a guide to low-cost flying in Europe that includes every budget airline route, with maps and associated information. It also has a news feed of…
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New Moon Handbook on the South Pacific
This 1091-page travel guide describes and maps Tahiti and French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, the Samoas, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Tuvalu, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu,…
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Funny signs
I was on the Lewis Pass in New Zealand and I saw a sign at a petrol station which stated, instead of petrol and diesel prices, ARM and LEG, gave…

