HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Now I need London SW6 Info (Was:anyone VERY familiar w/ London W9)
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:09:10 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

brantley@is.rice.edu (Michael Francis Brantley) writes:

>In article <Apr.3.13.53.38.1992.5128@gandalf.rutgers.edu>, shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan) writes:
>|> I'm considering booking a B&B on Shirland Rd, London W9.
>|> The booking agency tells me this in Little Venice, 5 blocks
>|> from Bakerloo line.

Thanks for the great information.  It turns out that the B&B in question
doesn't have double beds, so its on to the next one.  The agency
wants to put me in a B&B on:

Settrington Road,
South Park, SW6 

Near the Parson's Green Tube on the District Line.

Can anyone offer info on that area?

Thanks a lot!

-- 
Susan R. Hagan (shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu) 
Publications Coordinator - User Services
Rutgers University Computing Services
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: kgp@blitzen.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Kristin Peterson)
Subject: Request for info - Club Med Caravelle
Reply-To: kgp@blitzen.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Kristin Peterson)
Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 21:51:44 GMT

I am considering spending my honeymoon at Club Med Caravelle in Guadeloupe in
September.  Has anyone been there?  I would appreciate any information. 
Please respond by email.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: pat@sphinx.phys.Virginia.EDU (pat walsh)
Subject: Re: Nevada lake -- site of Clint Eastwood's "Hell"?
Organization: University of Virginia Physics Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 14:00:27 GMT

Last week I wrote:

>In September 1988, while driving from Yosemite to Salt Lake City, I drove
>past Walker Lake in the Nevada desert.  This lake is located about 10 miles
>north of the town of Hawthorne.  Approaching from the south on Nevada Route
>359, you first glimpse the lake in the distance from high above, perhaps 20
>miles before you get there.  Something about the lake looked instantly familiar
>to me, and within 2 or 3 seconds I'd figured it out -- "My God, that's the
>lake in High Plains Drifter!"  This is the Clint Eastwood western in which

                 (...blah, blah, blah...)

>California-Nevada border a few dozen miles south of Hawthorne.  Can anyone
>confirm that Walker Lake is (or is not) the lake seen in the movie?  This HPD
>fan would love to know!  Thanks.

I've received two replies, and both rec.travel readers have informed me that
the lake seen in the film is not Walker Lake but is in fact Mono Lake in
California.  This lake is located a mile or two northeast of Lee Vining and
perhaps 15 miles east or northeast of the Tioga Pass (Tuolumne Meadows?)
entrance to Yosemite.  I spent two nights in Lee Vining, completely unaware
that I had the real Lago almost under my nose for a day and a half.  Thanks
again for your help, Dave and Eugene.  (Dave, I've tried twice to reply to you
but the first attempt bounced back after a few days.  I don't know whether the
second attempt made it; if not, I hope a public thanks will suffice!)

Patrick Walsh
University of Virginia Department of Physics
pw@virginia.bitnet, pw@virginia.edu, pat@gomez.phys.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: dmeister@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Darren Meister)
Subject: Thomas Cook Railguide
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: kw
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:06:26 GMT

Does someone have one of these that I could borrow for a few ie. 1-2 days
some time soon? I'm going to buy one but there's a few things that I want
to check out in the near future.

Thanks
-- 
Darren Meister                                  dmeister@watserv1.waterloo.edu
From: passier@bmerh472.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Language in Quebec
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:24:20 GMT
Reply-To: passier@bmerh472.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.


In article <1992Apr2.185955.28736@rtsg.mot.com> baker@rtsg.mot.com (Pam
Baker) writes:
|>
|>   In article <22569.29d06cf6@amherst.edu> jcfargo@amherst.edu writes:
|>   >I just figured that, since Quebec and language problems have been
coming up so
|>   >much on the net, I would just throw in some experiences I had a
couple of years
|>   >ago:
|>   >
|>   >I'm an American, and I speak English, and I ASSUMED that since
Canada is a
|>   >bilingual country, Canadians would be able to speak English to me
as well.
  [ ..blah, blah, blah..]
|>  
|>
|>What he said.  I have found that French is the expected language in
|>Quebec, English in Toronto.  In Ottawa, interestingly, I ran into a lot
|>more French-speakers than I did in Toronto.  At first I thought it was
|>because Ottawa's the capitol, but..
  [ ..blah, blah, blah..]
 
Okay, I'm really starting to get pissed now!  Just how many more accounts,
from "The American Tourist", do we have to endure?  Being Canadian, I find
this thread to be very insulting.  Canada is not Disney Land or Universal
Studios, it is a country.  When one visits ANY country, one should EXPECT
to find things to be different from what they are used to; for many, that
is WHY they travel in the first place!  Canada tries to encourage tourism
but, like any country, tourism is NOT our raison d'etre!

I would like to add, that I've travelled quite a bit.  And I've yet to
find a country that has as much to offer as Canada.  It has one of the
world's best standards of living, it is a beautiful country - physically,
and (something not found in some other well-to-do North American countries)
it's quite a safe place to live!  Now if we could just find a way to
make our winters a bit shorter :-)

Come visit Canada (yes, that includes Quebec) and have a great time!
          
=======================================================================
Chris Passier		|
Email - passier@bnr.ca	|
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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: owen blevins <blevinso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Chicago - Japan Dept. Store
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:07:43 -0500

I need information about a department store in chicago that
specializes in japanese merchandise.  I think it is north of chicago
ANY info would be appreciated.  
 
thanks
 
 
blevinso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
From: geraldb@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Gerald Bryan (Denver))
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Jamaican resorts
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:31:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: tau-ceti.1977
Organization: ?

In article <1992Apr4.020108.6143@informix.com> craigbr@.informix.com (Craig Browning) writes:
>I have seen a number of posts regarding Hedonism II and Couples and Sandals,
>but I saw an ad in the paper today mentioning other resorts:
>Boscobel Beach, Jamaica Jamaica, and Grand Lido and thought I'd see if
>anyone had any recommendations about them.
>
>Also, Sandals has several locations listed: Sandals Inn, Ocho Rios, Montego
>Bay,
>Royal Caribbean, Negril, and Dunn's River. Any comments about the locations?
>
>Also, a resort named Ciboney, owned by Radisson, is listed...

We (wife & 2-year old son & I) stayed at FDR, which is a bit fancier than
Boscobel, serving same kind of clientele.  It was OK, but not much to do
outside of the resort itself, sort of felt imprisoned.  After spending a
week there, we rented a car and drove to Negril, where we stayed in several
different places.  We MUCH preferred the Negril atmosphere, where the whole
town is entertaining & there is much to do.

And Negril was much cheaper, to boot !  If you're interested in trying
some of the famous Jamaican delicacies like home-grown marijuana & magic
mushrooms, these are readily available in Negril.  See Mrs. Brown on the
beach for good patties and a "real" experience, also remember a place
on the beach, blue-painted wood shack, that served up tremendous cheese
omelettes.

If you like cities, Montego Bay looked interesting as we drove through it,
lots of color & atmosphere.
-- 
"Truth is simply the understanding of seeking" -- da Free John
From: cvl0@gte.com (Carol Lafond)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: camping in Hawaii?
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:34:33 GMT

All the information you need about camping sites and state parks
is available in a pamphlet available from:

	Dept of Land and Natural Resources
	Division of State Parks
	P. O. Box 936
	Hilo, Hawaii 96721-0936

You won't need sleeping bags unless you're camping at higher
elevations.

Carol 
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: alex@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Alex Reid)
Subject: Re: london musical
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 07:12:06 GMT

arussell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (ANNE RUSSELL) writes:
: We'll be in London two days (June 7-8) and would like to take in a musical.

See them all!!!

Seriously, I've seen Phantom (overrated), Me & My Girl (loved it), Cats
(loved it - costuming was great), Starlight (lacked substance, but staging was wonderful),
Blood Brothers (if you've seen Willy Russell's other shows, this is a
must, but I did find it quite depressing!).

You didn't mention Les Mis (my favourite), and Mousetrap (quite good,
but it is an institution, and would have to be seen sometime!).  Oops!
you asked about musicals, so omit the last reference.

Have fun!

Alex.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Subject: Grand Canyon: Good hotel recommendations?
Organization: Free Software Foundation
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 13:25:12 GMT

Anyone care to recommend their favourite Grand Canyon hotels?

Thanks

--
Seng-Poh Lee    <splee@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: arussell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (ANNE RUSSELL)
Subject: Re: Bodega Bay - opinions wanted.
Reply-To: arussell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU
Organization: California State University, Chico
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 15:19:11 GMT

Re: Bodega/Bodega Bay

A bit more: The restaurant, the parking lot, and the phone booth in the
parking lot (don't know if it's still there) in Bodega Bay were also used in
"The Birds" film. The phone booth was the site of the other famous bird 
scene (where she's caught in the phone booth and they're flying around-if my 
memory serves me at all well). The only part of Bodega that was used was
the school house (which stuck out like a sore thumb afterwards - it was
so brightly painted for the movie while the rest of the very small town
remained weather-beaten and dull in color).

Hwy 1 along the coast in this part of the country is beautiful, peaceful,
and serene and worth the drive, beginning in Marin County (Mill Valley)
and ending up forever north.
Anne Russell -- arussell@oavax.csuchico.edu
California State University, Chico
Newsgroups: rec.travel,bit.listserv.travel-l,rec.arts.movies
From: boardman@inmos.co.uk ()
Subject: "Thelma & Louise" Scenery?
Reply-To: boardman@inmos.co.uk (Richard Boardman)
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:02:05 GMT

Does anyone know where the mountain featured in the opening
credits of the film, "Thelma & Louise" is situated ...?
This scene was pretty awe-inspiring, and I'd love to go there
one day!
I'd be very grateful for any help.
Cheers!
Rick Boardman
boardman@inmos.co.uk
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: horne-scott@CS.YALE.EDU (Scott Horne)
Subject: Re: Looking for RollerCoasters/Water Parks
Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:43:34 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.134813.24019@westford.ccur.com>, black@yoyodyne..westford.ccur.com (Samuel Black) writes:
<
<>... Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio ...

Upper Sandusky, actually, if I remember correctly.

<>I like their wooden coaster, the Gemini.
<
<The Gemini is most definitely NOT a wooden roller coaster.  The Blue Streak is
<wood, while the Gemini and Corkscrew are round-track coasters (where the wheels
<grab both top and bottom of the rail).  I haven't experienced the Magnum yet...

The last time I was there--more than a decade ago--they had a wooden one called
the Cedar Barrel or some such.

Oh, and try the French fries.

					--Scott

-- 
Scott Horne                               ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne
horne@cs.Yale.edu      SnailMail:  Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT   06520
203 436-1848                Residence:  Rm 1848 Silliman College, New Haven, CT
ZANG4 HAN4 YI4 JIA1 / GONG4 JIAN4 ZHONG1HUA2!
From: my@berlioz.nsc.com (Mike Yip)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Canadian Tax Refund
Summary: Where is apply for Canadian Tax Refund
Keywords: Canada, Tax, Refund, Canadian, USA
Date: 14 Apr 92 00:35:31 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor Corp.

Hello,
	A (long) while back, someone posted information about
Canadian Tax refund for visitors but I didn't copy down the info.

	Can anyway, tell us which part of the tax can be refund and
how to apply for it?  Thanks.

-- Mike




-- 
| Michael Yip			Email: my@berlioz.nsc.com
| National Semiconductor Corp	Voice: (408) 721-5148
| 
| Of course, this is my own opinion!
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: nadel@aero.org (M.H. Nadel)
Subject: Bermuda Guesthouses and Attractions
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:55:56 GMT


I'm going to be going to Bermuda in early June.  

I think that in terms of value (since this is a "using up frequent flyer
miles" trip) I would rather stay in a guesthouse than at one of those
big fancy resorts.  

I'd be interested in firsthand recommendations of places that are clean,
comfortable and reasonably quiet.  I'll be on my own, so safety is a 
significant concern.

And if anyone has any ideas of things to see or do that aren't in the
standard guidebooks, I'd love to know about that as well.

Please email and I'll summarize to the net if there's interest.



Miriam Nadel

-- 
"UCLA's fans are so totally mellow, nine out of every 10 have no idea where in
the world Duke University is located, or whether it was endowed by John Wayne
or named after Patty."     - Mike Downey
nadel@aerospace.aero.org
From: chris@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Chris Bostak)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:29:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Request advice for California coast trip
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.travel

A place that a lot of people don't go to is Pinnacles (National?)
Monument.  It's south of San Jose about an hour or so, I guess.  I has
neat rocks to climb around and caves to go through.  I like it because
it's not really near anything touristy and so isn't very crowded, most
of the time.  Beware, if you go in the summer, it can get plenty hot up
on the rocks.  Bring plenty of water.  I only brought about a quart for
the two of us one day and was kicking myself most of the way.

Chris


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chris Bostak                               |  chris@spd.hp.com
HP Stanford Park Division                  |  (415) 857-2075
1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304   |
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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: horne-scott@CS.YALE.EDU (Scott Horne)
Subject: Re: SPEEDING (where to do it)
Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:30:11 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.173901.2018@cco.caltech.edu>, pieter@cs.caltech.edu (Pieter Hazewindus) writes:
<kotecki@hpcndpc.CND.HP.COM (Karen Kotecki) writes:
<
<[On cheap speeding tickets in Montana]
<
<>Yea, it's true.  All you have to do is hand the patrolman
<>$5.00 and you can be on your way again.

Try doing that with an honest patrolman (yes, I suppose there must be one
somewhere...), and you might find yourself behind bars.

(Be glad I'm not a policeman.  :-))

I've heard of policemen who keep spare ticket-books in their cars (ticket-books
the DMV will never see) and "offer" to accept payment on the spot.  Naturally,
they pocket the cash.  (The advantage of engaging in such dishonesty is that
your insurance company will never know about the ticket.)

<The other thing I heard is that the ticket is valid for a day.
<In other words, if you get pulled over again, you just show the
<cop your first ticket, and you hit the road.  Is this true?

With speeding tickets?  The only ticket I've ever received (such a good driver
am I :-)) was for an expired inspection sticker.  (Hell, I was fifteen years
old and had never had a car inspected in my life.  How was I to know?)  Cost me
about $50 (grumble grumble...), but the policeman told me to keep the ticket
in the car so that I could show it to anyone else who might stop me.
(Fortunately, I didn't get the opportunity to put this to the test.)

					--Scott

-- 
Scott Horne                               ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne
horne@cs.Yale.edu      SnailMail:  Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT   06520
203 436-1848                Residence:  Rm 1848 Silliman College, New Haven, CT
ZANG4 HAN4 YI4 JIA1 / GONG4 JIAN4 ZHONG1HUA2!
From: iadt3mk@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Kustermann)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Europe-USA-Europe
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:34:36 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr8.174414.4338@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, plappala@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Matti Petteri Lappalainen) writes:
> I tried a followup, but I seem to do always something wrong so here it
> comes as a new article.
> 
> somebody:
> >By the way: Airfares FROM europe to the US and back is MUCH MORE expensive
> >than from US to europe and back--Even with the same airline. For example,
> >recently Lufthansa was advertising "super cheap" roundfares for around 1100
> >DM (=around 700 US dollars) frankfurt-NY. In the same period, a colleague
> >traveled Lufthansa from Pihiladelphia-Stuttgart and back for $383.60. 
> 
> I'm not positive, but I've heard that could by your Europe-USA-Europe
> ticket from the USA, for example New York and by doing that you would
> get the ticket with the cheap american price.
> So, if this is true, all you need is somebody to buy the ticket for you
> in the US and send it to you.
> 
  Wrong, wrong, wrong.  First of all the higher fares for flights to the USA
  originating in Europe have to do with the fact that most European airlines
  are either government or partly government owned and those European govern-
  ments try to protect their airline from the stiff competition that a de-
  regulated US airline industry could force upon them.
  A flight originating in a European country, say Germany, has to be approved
  by the German government.  A flight originating in the US does not have to
  be approved, remember we are talking round-trip fares (mostly for tourists)
  here.  So, passengers flying on a RT ticket to the US out of Frankfurt have to
  pay a lot more money than passengers flying on a RT ticket to Frankfurt out
  of an American airport because the German government will simply not approve
  a low rate ticket originating from its soil.
  Secondly, buying a ticket Europe-US-Europe won't help because the airline
  (German or American) will have to charge exactly what they would charge over
  there (converted to dollars - that is why the fare may vary from day to
  day because it is adjusted to the exchange rate between DM and $).
  Anyway, all this brings about much better deals for people that want to
  fly to Europe from the US than the other way around.
  There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though:  European airlines will
  have to face up to EUROPE 1992 and many European airlines will start
  merging, leaving the strong ones to compete and the weak ones to perish.
  Increasingly governments will get out of the airline business (eg. Luft-
  hansa will become a 'Aktiengesellschaft') and prices may eventually come
  down when European airlines cease to enjoy their governments' protection.

 
-- 
Michael Kustermann - Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA 30332
iadt3mk@prism.gatech.edu -----------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: SPEEDING (where to do it)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 05:39:59 GMT

> A speeding ticket in Montana does indeed legally and honestly
> cost the speeder only 5 bucks.  And yes you can pay the ticket on
> the spot.  

In case anyone was wondering how police officers in Montana are legally
able to collect fines-- they aren't.  Technically, the $5 is *bail*;
however, if you don't turn up in court in the appointed date, then you
are assumed to be pleading guilty and the bail money is applied to the
fine, which is also $5.

For the benefit of overseas readers -- someone else in this thread
referred to the US speed limit having been increased from 55 to 65 mph
(from 89 to 105 km/h) in rural areas.  This increase in fact applies
only to the "Interstate" highway network, which is the main network of
freeways (motorways) in the US.  All other roads, including non-Interstate
freeways, are still 55 mph at most, as are Interstates in a few states
(generally in the northeast, such as New York and Pennsylvania).
-- 
Mark Brader				"You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto			 you ARE the traffic jam."
utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com				-- Werner Icking

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Xref: sparky rec.travel:5564 misc.kids:13095
From: jch@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (jeffrey.c.halle)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,misc.kids
Subject: RTP, NC Area: Things to do for kids?
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:56:02 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

I'll be in the RTP area this summer for a few days.  What sort of things
are there that a 3 y.o. and 6 1/2 y.o. might enjoy?  (Zoos, kids museums,
parks, etc.)  Thanks.

Jeff
att!homxb!halle
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: b2chan@descartes.waterloo.edu (BC)
Subject: Motorcycling in Turkey,Afgahnistan,Pakistan,India
Keywords: Turkey,Afgahnistan,Pakistan,India,Nepal
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 19:00:49 GMT

Hi Net!

About a week ago I posted a query for info about traveling
by motorcycle from Turkey to Nepal. However, I haven't
gotten any replies (except from someone who wanted me to 
forward anything I heard).

Perhaps my questions were to specific? Anyway, I'll
try again if you missed the first one.

Basically, I'd like any info on motorcycling in any or
all of the following countries: Turkey,Afgahnistan,
Iran, Pakistan, India, and/or Nepal. Also, if anyone has
any info on shipping a motorcycle from North America to 
Europe (or points further east) that would be great.
Wardair used to let you check a motorbike on as baggage
(or so I'm told). Does any U.S. carrier or charter
service do anything similar?

If you want more specific questions, I'll be glad to 
supply them. Just email me.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ciao.

Bill Chan
b2chan@lily.waterloo.edu