If you’ve ever thought of going to San Francisco and weren’t sure, take a look at this: http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/ – a virtual tour of San Francisco. It is so real, you almost feel that you’ve been there without the hassle of the journey!
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Travel Quiz: Peru
The winner of last month’s Moon’s Guidebook on the Four Corners is: Paul Roberts. Congratulations!
This month, win a Rough Guide on Peru. See www.roughguides.com for info.
Virtual Tour of Nessebar, Bulgaria
The first virtual town web site for The Old town Nessebar in Bulgaria, in four languages, including English. Take a look at:
Answers to: So You Think You.re Well Travelled?
The capitals are:
- Tonga: Nuku’Alofa
- Albania: Tirane
- Latvia: Riga
- Argentina: Buenos Aires
- Ireland: Dublin
0 out of 5 – you need to get out more!
1-3 – not bad
4 – very good! You are a Globetrotter!
5 – are you sure you didn’t sneak a look?
Globetrotters Travel Award
Under 30? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award?
Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested?
Then see our legacy page on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip and we’ll take a look at it. Get those plans in!!
Ski Passes
Martin Bright wrote in to tell us about a cheaper way to get ski passes. This is what he says: Although not the ski season if anyone wants to save lots of money by prepurchasing ski hire or ski passes in Europe and USA Just call World Ski on 0113 3917600 or email www.worldski2000@yahoo.com
They are cheaper than buying in the resort and via tour operators.
Security Breached by Stripper
A drunken woman looking for a place to sleep slipped past security and onto an aircraft at Aberdeen Airport in Scotland where she dozed unnoticed for several hours, sparking a review of security.
BAA, the airports owners, said that it had launched a full investigation after the woman — reported by a newspaper to be a scantily clad stripper — scaled a fence and boarded a private jet. A UK tabloid said that 22 year old Soraya Wilson was discovered eight hours after she passed out in the plane’s cockpit. She is reported to have said: “I don’t know who was more embarrassed when they found me, the security men or me, because I was just wearing my knickers and a little top when I woke up.”.
Know Your Riyals from Your Kwatcha
Need to convert currency?
Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter — get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet — create and print a currency converter table for your next trip.
10 Dumbest Questions Asked by Cruise Passengers
Spotted by our webmaster:
1. Does the crew sleep onboard?
2. What time is the midnight buffet?
3. Which elevator takes me to the front of the ship?
4. Do you generate your own electricity?
5. Is this island totally surrounded by water?
6. Is the water in the toilet salt or fresh?
7. What language do they speak in Alaska?
8. What do you do with the ice carvings after they melt?
9. How high above sea level are we?
10. How do we know which pictures are ours?
Mutual Aid
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: Mutual Aid