Author: The Beetle
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Welcome to Nepal, ooops, we mean Peru
Royal Nepal Airlines has apologized to Peru after mistakenly putting a picture of Peru’s tourism icon, Machu Picchu, on a poster under a slogan “Have you seen Nepal?” This was…
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Serbia’s PR Campaign
In this e-news, we have Nepal advertising Machu Picchu, more news of mistaken identity – this month Serbia’s first PR campaign since the end of the Balkan wars in the…
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Gay Friendly Travel
A recent American survey of over 2,000 gay travellers, 21 and older, found that San Francisco was the top “gay-friendly” destination, followed by Key West, Fla.; New York City; Fire…
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Smelling Good: India’s Police
Police in India’s Western state of Gujarat are to wear new uniforms impregnated with the fragrance of flowers and citrus to help improve their image. “Most policemen look hassled, drenched…
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Passengers Overcome Hijacker
A Mauritanian man hijacked a plane to France and demanded that it go to France. The man was unable to speak French and spoke only Arabic. The pilot told him…
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Have you got a tale to tell?
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. Travel…
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US Prison Pen-Pals
Valentine’s Day has been and gone, and if, like the Beetle you did not receive any declarations of undying love, there’s always some of America’s most desirable felons who are…
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BA Going Ryanair on us?
British Airways seem to be going all Ryanair on us. The latest hoo-hah is going to hit travellers with more than one check in item of luggage hard. Passengers flying…
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Intoxicated Russians Rescued from Ice-Floe
Hundreds of Russian fishermen were recently rescued from ice-floes which began to drift after breaking away from the shore off Sakhalin island in the Sea of Okhotsk. The anglers had…
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New Bridge for Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a Unesco World Heritage Site and currently attracts as many as 2,500 visitors a day. A controversial 80-metre (262ft) bridge, due to open in February 2007 will…
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Buenos Aires Tours
My name is Christina Yang, and I wanted to introduce you to the organization I am volunteering for as I think it would be a great resource for independent travellers…
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Space Colonisation
Professor Stephen Hawking, the eminent professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, author of erudite books recently warned that future generations would need to leave the planet to ensure…
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MTV and Frommer Guides
MTV and Frommer’s travel Guides MTV has teamed up with Frommer’s travel guide to publish a series of travel guides specifically for young holidaymakers and those studying abroad. The guides…
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Gorilla Threat
If you, like the Beetle have a yen to go and visit the gorillas, it is disheartening to learn from a recent survey that over 5,000 gorillas may have died…
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Help Your Friends Out
People you care about can benefit from the wealth of information about travel available on the Internet. Help them learn how to do it by forwarding them this issue of…
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MeetingNews from London by Padmassana
Our first meeting of the new year was as always 4 mini talks given by club members. Tony Annis was first with his talk about Saudi Arabia – Filming. Tony…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
Our first meeting of the new year was as always 4 mini talks given by club members. Tony Annis was first with his talk about Saudi Arabia – Filming. Tony…
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Meeting News from Ontario
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermane@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…
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Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight by Val Brackley
Portsmouth now has The Spinnaker Tower, built to celebrate the millennium which is the tallest publicly accessible building outside London. Visitors can take a lift to the three viewing decks…
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Re-building homes and lives in Honduras by Julie Thompson
As Tabitha Boonstra showed the children of La Esperanza in Honduras their picture on her digital camera, she could not believe their reaction. ‘They would come running up to you…

