For a while now postage costs to the EU countries have been rising and has now reached the point where they are on a par with the costs for our…

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The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office have the following to say about Indonesia: we advise against all non-essential travel to Indonesia. (Which is a great pity as the Beetle is…

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Take a look at modern day adventurer John Pilkington’s website. In this, you can see details of the latest and most exciting of John’s journeys which took him up the…

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A pilot for Japan’s All Nippon Airways fell asleep at the controls for several minutes while on a domestic flight and had to be awakened by a government inspector who…

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Rwanda is marking the 10th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, one of the worst atrocities of the late 20th century – alongside what happened in the Balkans. A bit of…

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New European low-cost airline WIZZ Air plan to start flights from Budapest to seven European cities from June 24. Destinations include London, Barcelona, Athens, Rome, Paris, Prague and Katowice from…

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Spotted by our webmaster, the BBC has an excellent on-line travel resource. It has country and mini guides, travel tips, basic travel advice, studying and travelling and how to make…

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After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a Flight Attendant on a Northwest flight announced “Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like…

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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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MTV are looking for people who are planning to backpack around Europe this summer. If you are interested, see: and would like to be on the MTV show “True Life:…

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If you are in London in June/July you might want to check these events out, you can get free tickets from culturalco-operation.org, Cultural Co-operation is an independent arts charity that…

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South Korea has just launched its new bullet train service which travels at 300 kph (185 mph. The Korea Train Express will nearly halve the near five-hour trip, by conventional…

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It is now possible to take a train from Vienna airport to Wien-Mitte train station. The journey takes 16 minutes and runs every thirty minutes. Single tickets cost 8 euros…

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Police have busted a gang who used their jobs as baggage handlers at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport to avoid inspection of mail bags filled with cocaine and transported…

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The Beetle is often asked for advice on how to go about getting a job teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) overseas. My best advice is to look up…

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In China, looking for an internet café? There will be fewer around. China has closed more than 8,600 cybercafes over the last couple of months because of fears that the…

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Be careful using the internet in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe has suggested the internet, widely developed in Zimbabwe, is a tool of colonialists. The Zimbabwean government is in the process…

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Over 2,000 people are believed to have died or disappeared as a result of huge storms and an earthquake on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Aid agencies say bad weather…

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Are you passionate about photography? Taking pictures of family, friends and places you’ve been? Maybe you’ve captured a magic moment, an unusual situation or some humorous, crazy slice of life?…

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