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From: 76702.1202@CompuServe.COM (Charlie Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: *NEW* TRAVEL INFORMATION -- Macau
Date: 21 Dec 1992 11:05:20 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL INFORMATION - Macau
============================================================
Macau - Consular Information Sheet
 December 18, 1992

Embassy Location:  There is no U.S. diplomatic presence in Macau.  
Consular assistance for U.S. citizens is provided by the U.S. 
Consulate General in Hong Kong.  The address in Hong Kong is 26 
Garden Road, or PASCO 464, Box 30, FPO AP 96522-0002.  The telephone 
number in Hong Kong is (852) 523-9011.

Country Description:  Macau includes a six-square-mile area on the 
mainland of China bordering the South China Sea, and the small, 
adjacent islands of Taipei and Coloane.  It was used by Portuguese 
traders as early as 1516 and is the oldest European settlement in 
the Far East.  Macau is the Chinese territory administered by 
Portugal and will return to Chinese authority in 1999.  Facilities 
for tourism are well developed.

Entry Requirements:  A passport is required.  Visas are not 
required for visits of up to 60 days.  Entry into Macau is by ferry 
or jetfoil from Hong Kong; there is no airport in Macau.  Further 
information on entry requirements can be obtained from the Embassy 
of Portugal at 2125 Kalorama Road N.W., Washington D.C. 20008, 
telephone (202) 328-8610, or from the American Consulate General in 
Hong Kong, telephone (852) 523-9011.

Medical Facilities:  Medical facilities are minimal; however, 
highly developed medical facilities and trained personnel are 
available in Hong Kong.  Doctors and hospitals often expect 
immediate cash payment for health services.  U.S. medical insurance 
is not always valid outside the United States.  Supplemental 
insurance with specific overseas coverage has proved to be helpful.  
Information on health matters can be obtained from the Centers for 
Disease Control's international travelers hotline, telephone (404) 
332-4559.

Information On Crime:  Petty street crime is common.  Information 
on safeguarding valuables and protecting personal safety can be 
found in the Department of State pamphlet, "A Safe Trip Abroad."  It 
can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession or trafficking in illegal 
drugs are strictly enforced.  Convicted offenders can expect jail 
sentences and fines.

Registration:  U.S. citizens who register in the Consular Section 
of the American Consulate General in Hong Kong can obtain updated 
information on travel and security in Macau.


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From: scallan@cleburne.jsc.nasa.gov (-BJS-)
Subject: Re: Hotels in Florida Keys area...
Organization: MDSSC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:48:42 GMT

In article <ofEPOiC00iV3Q1CIl9@andrew.cmu.edu>, mk69+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Knapp) writes:
|> Doesn't anyone get annoyed by these type of requests?  I mean, all you
|> have to do is go to a local library, or AAA office, or even call an 800
|> number to get this kind of information.  Are these poeple just stupid or
|> lazy.  
|>
 
   Dude man, take a doggy downer or something.  If you don't want to answer the
requests, fine.  Don't read the damn things.  This happens to be a useful way of
obtaining information on the aspects of places not always provided in Fred's
Hotel, Restaurant & Bordello Guide ... such as, "...nice location, nice
restaurant, but I woke up one night slung across the back of the largest, irate
tree roach I've ever seen."   The regularity of the establishment's pest control
is not generally addressed in such publications. :-}  You do have a point though,
for simple items of interest a guide found in the library would provide more
complete, organised and accessible information.  The personal assessments are
important after narrowing down the field and this forum is an ideal place in
which to obtain them.

|> 
|> my opinion is that this net should not be cluttered with this type of
|> info requests that asks for information readily available elsewhere (i
|> mean key west is not exactly isolated!!!)
|> 
|> i will shut up now.
|> mark

Me too...
					Another Stinking Opinion,

					-BJS-
-- 

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When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
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The opinions expressed herein
should NOT be inferred to be those 
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From: mjw@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (mark.j.wyman)
Subject: New Zealand recommendations??
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:13:20 GMT
Keywords: New Zealand


Does anyone have hotel and travel information on New Zealand?
I have seen fantastic pictures of the country, and my wife and I
have decided to visit.  

So, we're looking for tips on things to do, places to stay,
things not to miss (museums, scenery, hiking, ...).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Mark Wyman
att!cbnmva!mjw   or
mjw\@cbnmva.att.com
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Ferry Seattle-->Alaska?
From: hxvenus@ualr.edu
Date: 30 Dec 92 11:32:39 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Is there still a ferry between Seattle and Alaska? 
If so, which points in Canada/Alaska is it serving?
What is the cheapest (one-way)fare for one person to Alaska? 
(I was told that you can roll out your sleeping back under 
a roof on deck - some comments?)
Any useful telephone#s or other information?

                            Thank you and have a good and peaceful 1993!
                      
                            Hike
                            HXVENUS@UALR.EDU
From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Info on Motels/Hotels in San Francisco required
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:29:45 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton

charath@cs.tamu.edu (R. Charath Ram) wrote: 
->I plan to be in San Francisco in January for about 2 weeks. I would like to
->get ideas on places to stay in 'Frisco for about $45-$50 a night.

it's not possible to stay in, uh, 'Frisco, for $45-$50/night.  maybe
in san francisco, but not, uh, 'Frisco.

--
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# "fight the real enemy."  -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
Newsgroups: rec.travel,soc.penpals
From: gaillard@panix.com (Ed Gaillard)
Subject: Re: Looking for people familiar with Amstredam
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:18:29 GMT
Organization: Radio Free Hades

betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

>I spent four days in Amsterdam this summer and every single person I
>met spoke English. I think it is a required course in their secondary
>schools.   Certainly everyone you will meet as a tourist will speak 
>English.
>  Amsterdam is a beautiful city. The red light district is sleazy and
>full of drug-users, but move away from it and the city has beautiful
>buildings and canals, more canals than Venice. If you are only there
>for a few hours, take one of the canal boat tours that loops around
>the city. There *is* a lot of traffic, so I wouldn't plan to overdo it
>if you have only a few hours. 

I second the boat-ride suggestion;  the tours are about one hour.
Otherwise, the streetcars are a very efficient way to get around, and
just about everything is within a mile of Dam Square.  If you want a
guidebook, I recommend _The Real Guide to Amsterdam_.

-ed g.
<gaillard@panix.com>
You can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd
From: lbrodsky@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Lloyd Brodsky)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Short notice discount ski deals by email
Keywords: skiing discount travel email
Date: 28 Dec 92 16:38:39 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

On the ski cost front, I've been dealing with a new company in 
Colorado called Rock Solid Fax Attractions that does short-notice
high discount deals. They say they've struck deals with several ski areas
to resell packages that aren't going to sell out, then sell or email out
a weekly list. The best deal I've seen so far was for 4 nights at
Crested Butte with lift tickets and air fare for $499. (They also do biggies
like Vail and Aspen for more money).

You can reach them at 303-770-2447 or 5488201@mcimail.com if you're 
interested.


-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: mmarolda@NeoSoft.com (Mike Marolda)
Subject: Re: Security in St. Martin
Organization: Neosoft Communications
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:34:03 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.033023.20695@panix.com> pkap@panix.com (Peter Kapner) writes:
>Another in the long list of St. Martin questions:
>
>My girlfriend read tonight that crime is on the rise in St. Martin,
>apparantly in a big way, and that you should even avoid driving at
>night there.
>
>Has anyone who has been there in the past couple of years felt in any
>way threatened?  I can't believe that an island which relies so
>heavily on tourism for its revenue would allow attacks on tourists to
>get too out of hand.
>
>Any comments?
>
>--Peter K.
>-- 

I was there on a sailing charter twice in the last couple of years.  The 
touristy areas are pretty much okay.  I would avoid driving through the 
interior (esp the Ductch side) late at night though.  There have been 
a couple of robberies on the deserted roads.  Unfortunately, as a sign
of the times, one of the newer buildings on St. Martin is the prison on 
the eastern side (also the Dutch side) of the Island.

Mike Marolda   mmarolda@neosoft.com


--
From: peter@sw.stratus.com (Peter Shoults)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Grand Cayman Lodging questions
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:13:48 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: howland.cac.stratus.com

My wife, 1 1/2 year old son, and I are planning a trip to Grand Cayman after
April 15th and need to find nice, quiet lodgings for one week.  Does anyone
have any recommendations on where would be a nice place to stay?

Thank you

PeterS
From: lm00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Louise B. McFeaters)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Expiring Passport
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:13:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.ofE2HXa00WB68K_FYl
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Yes, mine is soon (May) going to expire, and I have to use it in Jan.
and in Mar. How do you get a new passport (USA) quickly? Thanks for
responding.


Louise
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air
From: chosen@wam.umd.edu (Greg Cohen)
Subject: Need info on courier companies
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:33:29 GMT


I would like to know if there are any courier companies that can fly
a friend of mine round trip FROM Tel Aviv to New York and back at a
low rate.  Your help is greatly appreciated.



Newsgroups: rec.travel,connect.audit
From: alon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Alon Risdon)
Subject: Re: Job information needed for London England
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author
	alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:59:43 GMT

Jobs in accounting in London are the same as any other job here. They are
hard to find. But there are always short term jobs in accounting. When you
get here look in the Standard afternoon newspaper.
From: hempl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Paul Hempl)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Yet another question about Narita
Keywords: customs, storage, and the train to Tokyo
Date: 21 Dec 92 21:25:37 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


   My wife and I will be making a trip to visit her parents
in Taiwan over Chinese New Year.  Our flight returns via Narita, and
Daphne has a cousin that is a student in Kobe.  When we called her
aunt and uncle to find out how expensive it would be to visit, they
replied "Don't worry about the money"  [Don't you wish you had
relatives like that -- Daphne's parents are sending us to Hong Kong
for clothes shopping before the Chinese New Year.  Sorry, can't resist
gloating -- us poor grad students don't get much travel fun]

  Anyway, we'll arrive in Narita mid afternoon on 5 Feb, and
leave late evening on 9 Feb.  My questions are:

    1)   How long does customs take?  My wife is on a Taiwan passport,
I am an American.

    2)   How are luggage storage facilities in Narita?  Since we'll
have the stuff from our Hong Kong trip, plus whatever junk her mother
gives her, I figure that we'll have a lot of luggage that would be a
pain to carry around for the few days that we're there.

    3)   How about the train from Narita to Tokyo?  I saw a newspaper
article recently stating that the train was often sold out far in
advance.  We'll be getting a Japan rail pass while in Taiwan (courtesy
of aunt and uncle).  Should we attempt train reservations then? - 
which is why we need an estimate of how long customs takes.

   Since I don't know how long it will take to get to the downtown
Tokyo train station ( I hear a long time), we'll probably spend the
first night in Tokyo near the train station (again, courtesy of aunt
and uncle :) ).  Any comments, questions, suggestions.
   Since we'll be getting the Japan rail pass, I figure that we'll go
to Kyoto, especially since I've heard that Kobe isn't too interesting
a place.  Since I really like architecture and temples, I've been told
Kyoto is the place to go.

Thanks in advance for any feedback that I receive.

hempl@irhr87.rutgers.edu       or      hempl@gandalf.rutgers.edu
Paul (I wish I was back in Oregon/Washington) Hempel
Institute of Management and Labor Relations
Rutgers University, New Joisy :(
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: lepa@enel.ucalgary.ca (Paul Lepa)
Subject: Cancun over New Years
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 17:13:09 GMT
Organization: ECE Department, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Keywords: Cancun
					Paul


Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: jtwessel@cs.ruu.nl (Han Wessels)
Subject: Re: Train from Europe to Moscow
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:27:31 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

In article <1glod3INNepr@gap.caltech.edu> Feng Yuan writes:
>Hi,everybody,
>Does anyone know any information about the train from
>Europe to Moscow to Beijing?
>Feng


I know that there's a DAILY train from Amsterdam to Moscow, which goes through
Berlin and Warsaw. Also, I know that there's a direct train from Paris to
Moscow, possibly daily, too. 

Hope this is any help.

Han.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
Subject: Re: Vienna
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:26:25 GMT

Mike_Treloar@mindlink.bc.ca (Mike Treloar) wrote: 
->        My wife and I will be travelling to Vienna in July. We would like to
->get in touch with someone who is familiar with the city and who would be
->willing to answer some questions about Vienna.

instead, please share the information here ... mike isn't the only one
going to vienna soon.

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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: iyoung@cad.uccb.ns.ca
Subject: Overlan d d FTranTrans-Africa Overland
Organization: UCCB CAD/CAM Center
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:33:27 GMT

I'm planning on joining one of these tour groups, going from Accra to Nairobi
 by truck in 15 weeks.  The group is known as TopDeck (also known as Komoka).
 Has anyone else done this sort of trek and if so what was it like?
 Ian Young - University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
 iyoung@cad.uccb.ns.ca
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: bam@Bang.UUCP (Bret A. Marquis)
Subject: Re: Travel to Cairo and Amsterdam
Reply-To: bam%bang@trout.nosc.mil
Organization: Marquis Property Development Co., San Diego
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:45:01 GMT

bbarnes@peg.pegasus.oz.au wrote:
: 
: 
: I'm off to Egypt next March for a short holiday en-route to
: Europe.  I would appreciate some useful advice and tips about
: Cairo and Egypt in general - such as the best places to cash
: travellers' cheques; what to avoid (besides the water); and
: any interesting things to do or see apart from the usual
: tourist traps.


Egypt is work. I'll share a few hints from my recent trip.

You will be required to change money at the airport.  Change the *least*
that they will let you.  EVERYWHERE ELSE is a better deal.  Best deal is
on the street, black market money changers are on every corner.  Just
don't carry everything in your wallet.

You'll learn about Baksheesh very quickly.  Something between a tip and
a handout.  Everyone expects one for the slightest service or
information. If you ride a camel, both the camel and the driver will
want baksheesh.

If you can, go with a tour to the Pyramids.  Cab fares are double or
triple for tourists *returning to Cairo* from the pyramids.

Cabs:  Meters in cabs don't work. There seems to be 4 rate schedules: 

	1. For tourists that don't know better
	2. For tourists that want a cab at a nice hotel
	3. for tourists that do know better
	4. For the locals.

Rates that would cost a local resident $1-2 dollars cost tourists
$10-15.  The deal seems to be that you must already know how much to
spend on a given fare before getting into the cabs.  If you ask or
expect the meter to work you'll be in class 1 or 2.  Locals hail a cab,
give a destination, then pay some sort of unspoken fare.  As a tourist,
you'll never get that rate, the best you can do is make the deal before
you get in.  You'll get gouged, but at least you'll know it in advance.
If you can, travel with a local. If possible, do not take a cab from a
hotel, flag one down a block away.  Expect to pay 3-4x for a ride from
a hotel. Buses are dirt cheap if you can figure out which ones to take.

At the pyramids:  If you arrive on your own at Giza, the only benefit
from hiring a tour guide is that he will keep the rest of them at bay.
An unescorted tourist is fair game and you will be hounded continuously.
They don't know any more than a good guide book can tell you.

Wear dark glasses.  Making eye contact with anyone seems to open
yourself up for offers of money changing, sex, guide service and
invariably, baksheesh.

Cairo is a wonderful city, its sights and treats are really worth the
visit, The Cairo Museum alone is worth the trip.  However you must
really be on your toes.


Good luck!


Bret Marquis
From: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Date: 02 Jan 93 15:06 PST
Subject: Sacred Sites
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1460300135:000:2097
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!mendicott    Jan  2 15:06:00 1993


>              PLANETARY ACUPUNCTURE: Power Ponts, Sacred Sites
>              ________________________________________________
>
>                        and the Healing of the Earth
>                        ____________________________
>
>                               by Martin Gray
>
>
>Table of Contents
>_________________
>
>- Introduction                                                            1  
>
>- Chapter #1 . . . . . . A Pilgrim's Journey: The Story of
>                           My Travels                                     8  
>
>- Chapter #2 . . . . . . Power Points: Their Distribution,
>                           Energetic Characteristics and
>                           Effects upon Humans                            24 
>
>- Chapter #3 . . . . . . Power Points as Sacred Sites: The
>                           View in Europe                                 48 
>
>- Chapter #4 . . . . . . Planetary Acupuncture: Its Theory
>                           and Practice                                   73 
>
>- Chapter #5 . . . . . . Oracle Power Points and Visions of
>                           the Future: From Global Crisis to
>                           the Age of Unified Being Awareness             90 
>
>- Bibliography                                                            110
>
>
>          Copyright 1990 by Martin Gray.  All rights reserved.
>          No part of this manuscript may be reproduced in any
>          form without prior written permission of the author.
>          Address correspondence to Martin Gray, P.O. 398021,
>          Miami Beach, Florida, 33239.  Additional copies of the
>          manuscript may be ordered from this address.
>
>          Martin Gray frequently organizes and conducts multi-city
>          slide show/lecture tours of Planetary Acupuncture, leads
>          small-group pilgrimages to power points in the U.S,
>          Europe, Mexico and Asia, and sponsors Sacred Earth
>          Festivals.  For further information on these events, send
>          a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much)
Subject: Pyrenees in March?
Originator: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:48:39 GMT

What will the weather be like in the eastern Pyrenees (southern
France) in late March?  Will it be easy to drive in the mountains to
see the medieval towns and churches?  

We'd be grateful for recommendations for charming small hotels and
mouth-watering restaurants in the area.  Is it better to rent a car in
France or Spain (Barcelona) if we plan to drive in both countries?


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From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Wanted: SF-Pittsburgh or Oakland-Pittsburgh RT before 1/20
Date: 24 Dec 1992 11:07:52 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.berkeley.edu

So my parents live back in Pittsburgh and this is where I am spending winter
break!  The airline companies have conspired to charge sky-high prices
keeping me away from home.  Well, my next (&last) school semester begins
Jan. 20th.  So, I would like to visit home for at least 4 days some time
during them.  If you've got an offer to make, let me know.

Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: kene@sequent.com (Ken Ewing)
Subject: Re: Travel by merchant ship
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:24:20 GMT

In article <29761@castle.ed.ac.uk> ercn72@festival.ed.ac.uk (R.J.Hare) writes:
>Once upon a time, it was possible for travellers to move around the world as
>passengers on commercial ships - such ships would have a passnger cabin or
>two, and I guess that one could go to real out of the way places by this
>method. I believe for example that the Geest company used to do this (and I
>will be writing to them to check if they still do).
>
>Does anyone out there know af any other shipping lines which (still?) do this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Roger Hare.

Some years ago I saw a book in a book store called "Tramp Steamers" 
(I think that was the title...it might have been the subtitle).  It was 
a nice hardback book and was a catalogue of modern-day merchant ships 
that still offered passenger cabins.  I've kicked myself a hundred times 
for not buying it, and I've looked for it on-and-off over the last few 
years and have never seen it again (I saw it quite a bit some years ago).  

  Ken Ewing 
  Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. 
  Beaverton, Oregon 
  kene@sequent.com 
  ...!uunet!sequent!kene