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In rec.travel, ccas12@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

> Can anyone recommendz a holiday in Iceland????

Yes, it's a beautiful country.

> I would be keen to cycle as much as possible . Is
> this practical ??

Yes, a friend went all the way round.  He took the bus quite often,
the distance is too great for a 2/3 week holiday.  The roads are
mostly without tarmac, the surface is usually gravel consolidated by
traffic.  The surface is graded quite often, you won't enjoy cycling
on a recently graded stretch.  Your cycling clothes will be filthy
after the first day.  My friend took two spare tires with him (700c
high pressure type) but did not need them.  The main road round
Iceland has bridges over all rivers, so far as I can remember.  If
you're happy cycling off road in Britain, then go for it.

If you cycle on other roads, remember you may not be able to ford the
rivers, even on foot, in some weather.  You will need to camp out for
an extra day or two, unless a tour bus happens your way at the right
time.  In good conditions, expect fords up to a foot deep.

Oh yes, food and soft drinks are about 3 times the cost in Britain
while alcoholic drinks are exhorbitantly expensive - all bars take
credit cards.  If money is tight, you'll need to go camping.  Grass is
not plentiful, many of the official campsites (like Landmanalauger,
Askia) are just stony gravel.  A sleeping mat is essential.  Best time
to go is June, July and the beginning of August.

Phone me on 031-331-4228 if you want to know more.

(I took a coach tour myself, more time to enjoy the views.)
From: mc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michele Colon)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Hong Kong
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:02:26 GMT
Organization: Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


My husband and I have found a trip through University of Pittsburgh
Informal Program to Hong Kong.  The price from Pittsburgh is $1849 for
10 days 9 nights.  It includes hotel, air, transfer, l day sightseeing
cruise and each day an american breakfast.  The trip will take place
December 1-10.  

Does anyone know if this is a good price.  Any suggestions.  We would
love to see the orient, but we are on a budget.  Any suggestions or
comments would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Michele Colon
mc3h@andrew.cmu.edu
From: Thomas Levitan <tlevitan@igc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Date: 05 Apr 92 09:55 PDT
Subject: Re: Bicycling in the Baltics
Nf-ID: #R:1992Apr03.231945.21276@yuma.acns:505729675:cdp:1460300068:000:102
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!tlevitan    Apr  5 09:55:00 1992


Anne
It sounds like a very interesting trip.  Will you post a travelogue when
you return, please!
Tom
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Date: 11 Apr 92 12:50 PDT
Subject: Re: Going to Crete
Nf-ID: #R:cdp:1460300071:cdp:1460300072:000:96
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Apr 11 12:50:00 1992


Actually, I also saw the name of the town [Chania] written as
Hania in a recent brochure.
Debra

Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air
From: eamayne@eos.ncsu.edu (ELIZABETH ANNE MAYNE)
Subject: if you could only find the vouchers
To: chouck
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:50:20 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.165841.16276@stsci.edu>, wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor
A. Morgan) writes:
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air
From: wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor A. Morgan)
Subject: Re: AMEX on USAir
Followup-To: rec.travel.air
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:58:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr08.154757.228741@cs.cmu.edu> jl+@CS.CMU.EDU (Juan
Leon) writes:

>  I've heard a number of times that it is possible to use the American Express
>Student vouchers on USAir.  I'd like to do just that.  I also remember 
>someone posting a USAir promotion code that was the key to this, since
>many reservations agents did not know about it.  Does anyone have this
>code or anything that might help me get through?

I just posted it (yesterday) rec.travel.air, but here it is...

"H/CO AMEX STUDENT"

Tell that to USAir or the travel agent and he/she can look it the
information about it.
-- 
'Verily, there be no leader as wise as the Vision!'
                         Windsor Morgan (wmorgan@stsci.edu OR NHT@PSUVM.BITNET)
                         Space Telescope Science Institute
                         Baltimore, MD   21218
From: 2frgghost@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: 27192 subject : travel vouchers sold
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:44:18 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Sorry!! I forgot to put the subject header before.

Linda
From: mitja@hera.Berkeley.EDU (Mitja Baumhackl)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Greenwich Village restaurants
Date: 15 Apr 1992 15:15:57 GMT
Organization: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hera.berkeley.edu
Originator: mitja@hera.Berkeley.EDU

For a very good vegetarian meal, try "Quantum Leap" on West 3rd Street
and Sullivan Street.

For a falafel on the run, go to Mamoun's at West 3rd and MacDougal
(falafels are about $1.25).

The Olive Tree Cafe on Macdougal Street, near West 3rd, has mediterranean
food...slate tables with chalk to doodle on them...the service is
excruciatingly slow but I thought the food was good...

John's Pizza on Bleecker Street is excellent.

In the East Village, try Dojo's (american fare).  There are also
several little Indian restaurants in the East Village.

For dessert, a blueberry blintz with vanilla ice cream at The Kiev
(on 3rd Avenue) is wonderful.  ($3.50).

mitja@hera.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.equestrian
From: mwills@su102c (Scott Wills)
Subject: Re: Amelia Island, Florida
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:25:56 GMT
Reply-To: mwills@x102a.ess.harris.com (M. Scott Wills)
Organization: Harris Corporation, Government Aerospace Systems Division.
Keywords: Amelia Island Vacation Hotels Horseback Riding


BTW, we'll be taking our 8 month old daughter with us to Amelia
Island.  Any special considerations?  What about taking her on
a horse with one of us?  My wife is the more experienced rider
but I'm a little concerned.
--

					- Scott
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From: shlomo@colditz.Berkeley.EDU (Shlomo Zilberstein)
Subject: ISRAELI TEST PILOT LOOKING FOR A PARTNER FOR A TRIP
Originator: shlomo@colditz.berkeley.edu
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:56:07 GMT


  ISRAELI TEST PILOT LOOKING FOR A PARTNER FOR A CROSS COUNTRY
  TRIP IN HIS JEEP CHEROKEE

  o  Two-week trip starting June 8th.
  o  Leaving LA area and ending in Washington DC.
  o  Mostly interested in national parks:
     Grand Canyon, Zion, Yellowstone, Brice, Rushmore...
     itinerary is flexible.
  o  Looking for adventurous, good natured person, aged 22-35.
  o  Would like to meet person before travel
     (will be in the bay area on the weekend of 4/17)
  o  Please call (805) 258-8225 in the evening (until midnight)
 
From: scott@hpqtdla.sqf.hp.com (Scott Ferguson)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 14:06:54 GMT
Subject: Re: Travel to Albania?
Organization: HP, Queensferry Telecomms, Scotland
Newsgroups: rec.travel

    In article <1992Apr3.202617.24615@cs.yale.edu> horne-scott@CS.YALE.EDU (Scott Horne) writes:
    >I'm thinking of travelling to Albania on my way to Japan in late August or
    >early September and would appreciate any advice, particularly on
    >transportation to and fro.  (Is the train from Titograd, Yugoslavia,
    >available to foreigners?  I've read conflicting reports.)

If you are insane enough to go, I'm looking forward to reading your report!

                                         Scott ( been there ) Ferguson
From: shekhar@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Ajay Shekhar)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: SALE : Air Tickets from anywhere in US to LAS VEGAS/ORLANDO
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:21:57 GMT
Reply-To: shekhar@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Ajay Shekhar)
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

I have a coupon for two people (over 18)
to travel from anywhere in the US to either 
LAS VEGAS or ORLANDO, Florida. 

	I landed up in a bad deal, and got this
coupon when I can't afford to travel to either
place. The coupon is valid till March 24, 1993.
According to the price mentioned, it is worth
anywhere between $785 and $1100.

The CATCH :

*	It is being offered by a firm called
"Dreamscape Vacations". You have to stay in a
hotel in Las Vegas/Orlando for  a minimum of 7
days at $29.50 per room per night. They will do
the booking for you. You can stay longer if you
want.

*	You have to inform these people of your
travel iternary 45 days in advance. They will
book the tickets for you.

	Since I am in desperate need of money, I
want to dispose this coupon as early as
possible. Just name your price. For people
planning on a vacation to either of these
places, you can be sure I'll sell this at the
cheapest price of the available tickets minus
7 days  hotel expenses (that's $210). So in
effect, if you are willing to pay for the
cheapest tickets, you get 7 days hotel
accomodation free. Talk to me over e-mail, and I
may go even lower depending on the responses I
get.
	Of course, people living farthest
away from either of these places  stand to
gain the most.

MY CATCH : After going through one bad deal, I
will definitely NOT give the coupon till I am
assured  of the money. You can verify my
authenticity through any means you want.

My e-mail : shekhar@cs.umass.edu

I am a student at the Univ of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
I'll provide further deatils if required, to
those who corespond.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: john_newman@qmcc.curtin.edu.au (John Newman)
Subject: Re: Hong Kong
Keywords: Hong Kong
Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:58:25 GMT

>In article <+8_L!AJ@ais.org> danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik) writes:

>My wife and I are planning a trip to Hong Kong, and are looking for
>recommendations on restaurants, sights to see, etc.

Restaurants:
With about 20,000 restaurants in Hong Kong, all I can say is that
you have plenty of choice. As with many cities, the most expensive
are to be found in luxury hotels. Side-street eating places
near the tourist areas are often the best value. For rock bottom
prices go to residential areas such as Mon Kok and eat from street
stalls. (A full meal for $1). 
Also if you want to see what over-population looks like, Mon Kok
at evening meal time (around 6pm) is the place to go. Everyone
eats in the street as many of the high rise apartments don't
have cooking facilities.

Sights:
Allow about two weeks to take in all of the tourist attractions.
I'll mention just a few: Take a trip to the peak by Funicular rail.
Visit Aberdeen Harbour. Ocean Park aquarium (not on weekend). The
reconstructed Chinese village. Travel to one or two of the nearby
islands and/or Macau. Try the super clean underground. Go on 
walking trails in the New Territories (Need a guide 1st time.)
Try a Hong Kong tram ride (Rivals San Francisco trams), and also
the Star Ferries to/from Hong Kong island.

>We also gather that it is a great place to do some shopping.  Anyone
>care to share their Hong Kong shopping stories?

Shopping:
International goods are only marginally less than elsewhere.
Hong Kong island has a number of large dept stores with fixed prices.
These are are good guide to the maximum to pay. If you prefer
bargaining, then Kowloon and nearby shopping districts can be fun
but still not the cheapest. For best prices, but lower choice, go
to shopping areas used by the locals.
Stanley market is worth a visit (bus or taxi) for cheap clothing.
linen and misc junk/souveniers.
Watch out for the final wrapping scam. (What you get is not what
you first saw.)
If you are into cheap computer hardware, manuals (and still much
pirate software), visit the the Golden Centre on Fuk Wa St. (Can't
remember nearest UG station.) It's an easy area to get lost in!

Night Clubs/Bars:
Many in tourist areas. Watch out for bars which are just fronts
for brothels. The first round of drinks includes the girl
behind the bar. 


Have a good trip.

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From: ABienek@acorn.co.uk (Alex Bienek)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: NYC on the 4th July, too crowded ?
Date: 7 Apr 92 11:18:21 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England


I am planning to spend a few days in New York at the beginning
of July and I believe that this years July 4th celebrations
are going to be more extravagant than usual for the 500th
anniversary of the discovery of America.

Can someone tell me if it is likely to be the case that NYC will
be so crowded at this time that it will be impossible to get a
room in a hotel or a seat in a restaurant or a taxi.

I would like to be there for the celebrations but if the crowds
are likely to prevent me from seeing the city then on balance
I think I would rather avoid July 4th and arrive a few days
later. I only have a few days there so I would like to see as much
as possible and not spend more time that usual stuck in traffic 
or queueing to see the sights.

Any advice gratefully received.

Alex
abienek@acorn.co.uk
From: reno@darlo.Eng.Sun.COM (Reno Marioni)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: weather in england
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:43:15 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: darlo

In article <1992Apr15.173931.2939@arizona.edu> stevens1@evax2.engr.arizona.edu writes:
>I will be in England from May 18, traveling from Liverpool to 
>London, and in the southeast.  I'd like to know what the weather
>will be like, and have checked several sources, none of which


It will be raining--it always rains there.  expect to be miserable :-).

Reno
From: meryem@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Meryem Primmer)
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 07:10:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Info. on Atlanta, GA. needed
Organization: East of the Sun & West of the Moon
Newsgroups: rec.travel

>   > You might try to catch a play or concert at the Fox Theatre; its a
>   > *beautiful* place -- just what a theatre ought to look like.  ("Gone
>   > With the Wind" premiered there.)
>   > 
>     On saturdays there are free tours (donations are accepted) of the Fox.
>     The tour is worth it as the Fox just looks incredible inside.

The Fox is built to look like a Moorish castle.  But the twist is that when
you're in the audience you're in what seems to be an outdoor courtyard.  The
"exterior" castle walls which are all around the couryard are actually the 
interior walls of the theatre.  The ceiling is painted to look like the night 
sky, complete with twinkling stars.  It IS very beautiful and worth seeing if 
you get the chance.

Regards,
Meryem Primmer
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From: sheldon_newman.d080_mail@qmgate.mitre.org (Sheldon Newman)
Subject: Passage on cargo ships
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: net
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:30:09 GMT

Does anyone have information on cargo ships that also carry passengers. 
How do you book them? How does their cost compare to air travel? Was it a 
good experience? Where do they go? How long do they take? My daughter 
wants to return from Europe, but has suddenly experienced "fear of flying" 
that made the last few trips for her unpleasent.

Sheldon Newman
sheldon_newman.d080_mail@qmgate.mitre.org
Xref: sparky rec.travel:5460 rec.arts.anime:9666
From: dick@smith.CHI.IL.US (Dick Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Chicago - Japan Dept. Store
Date: 14 Apr 92 06:26:30 GMT
Reply-To: dick@smith.UUCP (Dick Smith)
Distribution: na
Organization: R. H. E. Smith Corp., Wheeling, IL

blevinso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (owen blevins) writes:
>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.  

--If we had the "midwest" distribution, I would have limited it to that.
--Also, I added rec.arts.anime, since there's been these kind of
--questions there before.

Yaohan is mostly grocery, but it's probably what you're looking for.  It
has a supermarket (about 12 aisles), plus several separate stores in the
same building: housewares, liquor, health stuff, travel agent, bookstore, 
video store, stationary store, toy/gifts, plus a food court.  I believe that
they're a chain, with other outlets in the US.

The help has mixed amounts of English, but better than smaller oriental 
stores in the Chicago area.  The signage and package markings in the
grocery are mixed.  The grocery prices for non-oriental goods are
somewhat higher than the western competition, but not THAT much higher.
There is a fresh meat/fish department.  There are a lot of "gift food"
boxes, if you're after that sort of thing.

The shops are open until 8pm every night.  The eating area starts
shutting down at 7ish.

Driving directions:  Get out your map, and find the Northwest Tollway,
which runs Northwest from O'Hare toward Rockford.  It's Interstate 90 at
that point.  Procede from O'Hare northwest, and exit at Arlington
Heights Road, northbound.  The store is about 1/3 mile north, on the
left, at the corner with Algonquin Road.  A Rusty Pelican restaurant
fills the corner of the lot, but the blue clay tile roof makes the
store very obvious.  From the northwest, exit at Hwy 53 northbound, and
exit immediately at Algonquin Road eastbound.  You'll find the store on
your left after about 2-1/2 miles.

There are other Japan-oriented stores in the same general area,
including a large video and book/magazine store at Higgins & Elmhurst.

Hope this helps, and was worth the bandwidth to others.
-- 
Dick Smith			dick@smith.chi.il.us
From: interran@berlioz.cs.unc.edu (Victoria Interrante)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Wanted Costa Rica info
Summary: Corcovado definitely a highlight
Date: 6 Apr 92 00:03:32 GMT

In article <skipa.702140065@milton>, skipa@milton.u.washington.edu (Skip Albertson) writes:
> 
> I just returned from a two month visit to Costa Rica.  I had a
> great time!  What you can see is very dependent on the time you
> have.  For example, Corcovado National Park could be the highlight
> of a two month visit, but would NOT be part of the "ideal" two
> week visit (due to its remoteness and all the other things you
> should see).
> 

	I'd like to offer a different opinion.  My husband and I had only
a week to spend in Costa Rica (he's a work-a-holic and insists that our
vacations be short), but Corcovado was definitely *the highlight* of our trip.
We stayed at La Sirena station, with a group of researchers and park staff,
and saw more wildlife there than anywhere else in the country.  As with
everything else in life, there was a time/money trade-off involved.  We had
to hire a plane to fly us in and out, which cost $250 per flight, because we
did not have an extra 2-3 days to hike in.
	Tortuguero was even more difficult to get to, but definitely worth
the trouble.  We were able to hitch a ride up with a boatload of foreign
tourists, but had to hire a fellow from town to take us back to Limon the 
next day.  It was still cheaper than the package tour, and we got to stay
on the beach-side of the canal, where had dinner with a local woman (there
are no restaurants) and went out at night (quietly, by ourselves) to see the
turtles coming in to lay their eggs.
	Many of the people we met on this trip were "travellers" who had
been drifting from place to place for up to two years.  We could tell that
they looked down on a couple who thought they could see the country in a week,
but a week was all we had and we certainly made the best of it.
From: jennie@cs.cmu.edu (Jennifer Kay)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Help: Freeport (Bahamas) Hotel Question (old Holiday Inn now Radisson Hotel)
Keywords: Holiday Inn, Radisson, Bahamas
Date: 6 Apr 92 21:42:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr06.214245.244451
Organization: CMU Vision and Autonomous Systems

I'm about to pay a big deposit on our honeymoon and just wanted to see if anyone on the net had stayed at the Radisson Lucaya Beach Hotel on Freeport in the Bahamas (it used to be the Holiday Inn Lucaya Beach Resort Hotel). Any comments? I won't be able to change the reservations without penalty after April 13 so if you have anything positive or negative to tell me please let me know soon.

Thanks,

	Jennie
From: hjohar@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Hardeep Johar)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Guggenheim Museum
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:14:12 GMT
Organization: NYU Stern School of Business

In article <psima01.703428226@convex> psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack) writes:
>is the Guggenheim Museum in NY still closed for
>renovation?
>
>Thanks
>Michael

It is. But it reopens this June with a new annexe and a redesigned
interior which either fulfills the objectives of Frank Lloyd Wright,
or does not!! The bottom line: more space for exhibiting the
Guggenheim collection.
-- 
****************************************************************************
Hardeep Johar                                       hjohar@rnd.stern.nyu.edu
                                                    (212) 998-4205
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Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: West Nepal
From: imf@datamark.co.nz (Ian Franklin)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:15:40 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1992Apr10.130048.4615@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Alex Ferguson) writes:
>I require information on trekking in western Nepal,
>especially the Dolpo area.
>
>1.) When is the best time for this area?

     October, November or December. (December might be getting a bit
cold)

>5.) What supplies (food, accomodation/teahouses etc.) on
>    these treks?

     Lots of villages along the way so no problem getting
accomodation. Nepal tourist industry recomends you favour staying at
places which use non firewood stoves etc.

>6.) When (what year) was your information relavant?
>
   1989 - 90

> --
>
>Alex Ferguson - chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
>bicycles ridden, mountains climbed, kayaks paddled
>Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand


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