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From: Greg_Dawson@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Dawson)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: ATM machines
Date: 13 Aug 92 05:16:52 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Regarding ATM machines in Australia:

1. Yes, they do work with a North American ATM card (mine was Canada Trust in
(you guessed it) Canada

2. Yes, they are hooked up to the Plus and Interac networks (my Canada Trust
card is hooked up to both, as the Aus. ATM's are, so I don't know if it was one
or the other).

3. Not all the banks' ATM's worked. I used... I've drawn a blank. Don't
remember the bank's name, but it was one of the big ones.

4. The only place the ATM's didn't work was in Tasmania.

5. The bank tellers in Australia will tell you that the ATM's are not hooked up
to Interac and Plus, and that your North American card will not work. This is
completely untrue.


Shari Dawson
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: pekka@tmt.tele.fi (Pekka Ahonen)
Subject: Re: Tallin info needed
Organization: PTT Finland, Telematics
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:55:09 GMT
Distribution: rec.travel

Hi, I\ve only been in Tallinn once, it was during the Rock Summer
Festivals this year, but I try to give you somekind of answer.

1. What to see.
   At least the old part of Tallinn is quite nice.

2. What to eat.
   Myself I ate at Viru Hotel\s roof restaurant. The food was great
   and prices are unbelievably low.

3. Is it dangerous in there.
   There\s no danger at the daytime, but when it gets dark I wouldn\t
   recommend for you to go outside.

Hope this helps alittle.

Pekka

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From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.food.cooking,rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Oldest Restaurants in America/World
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:50:43 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

In article <0095F099.9F814740@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> oopcv@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
>In article <d=5mvqf.mdk1@netcom.com>, mdk1@netcom.com (Mark Kaplanoff) writes:
>>In article <3678@randvax.rand.org> talmy@randvax.rand.org (Shel Talmy) writes:
>>>
>>There are about half a dozen restaurants in San Francisco which
>>(as of 1976) claimmed to be a hundred years old or more.  (The
>>Gold Rush of 1849 was obviously the oldest possible date.)  I think
>
>I thought San Francisco existed before 1849;  it just grew by leaps and bounds
>after that date.  Or, there were no restaurants before 1849?

Well, don't know if this qualifies as the oldest continuously-operating
restaurant or not, but the Officers' Club at the Presidio claims to be
the oldest *building* in San Francisco (it was the quarters of the Spanish
officers when the peninsula was first settled) and they do serve food....
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Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: wing@canada.ceo.dg.com (Brian Wing)
Subject: Re: NEPAL - Malaria Tablets ?
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:54:23 GMT
Organization: Data General (Canada) Inc.

msc9116@geovax.ed.ac.uk (B.J.Davies) writes:
: This coming November (first week) a friend and myself are departing
: Britain for Nepal (staying for three months) before travelling onto
: Thailand and Malaysia, where we will travel for a further three
: months. I've been reading books, journals etc. and following relevant
: postings on the net, but have one question I can't seem to find a
: *satisfactory* answer.
: Do you really need to take Malaria tablets in Nepal ???

The Vancouver Health Department Travel Information Line (an automated
telephone system) says malaria is not a problem in Katmandu and
above, but you should take those little pills in the rural areas of "Tereye"
(I'm not sure about the spelling) or the hill districts on the border
with India.
I took Paludrin every day and Chloroquine once a week for nine weeks in
East Africa last year and did not experience even mild indigestion.
Your stomach may, of course, vary.  Now Fasidar (spelling?) is pretty nasty,
I understand, but on the advice of the Health Dept, I carried some of that 
stuff for emergency TREATMENT rather than prevention.
Have fun!  (My itchy feet are vaguely jealous.)
-- 
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Data General (Canada) Inc.
130-13151 Vanier Pl., Richmond     dotdot: brian_wing@canada.ceo.dg.com
B.C., Canada V6V 2J2               "Hello?": +1 604 273 5100
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: clak@calvin.edu (Kelly James Clark)
Subject: Disneyworld
Organization: Calvin College
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:18:12 GMT

I will be traveling to Disneyworld for three days with my wife and a two 
and three year old.  What would be good for such small children?
Anything to avoid?  

thanks,
Kelly James Clark


Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air
From: pulcher@convex.com (Harold Pulcher)
Subject: Re: DOMINICON REPBUBLIC
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:09:01 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Hey man,

DR is a great place to go.  A bunch of us went down to the Jack Tar there in
Puerto Plata.  We have nothing but good things to say about the place/people/
beach/food/etc...

later,
harold

-- 
( Harold Pulcher               | Two Birds are tied together.  Although      ) 
( System Integration/Support   | they have four wings, the cannot fly!       )
( Convex Computer Corporation  |                     -movie "Circle of Iron" )
( Email: pulcher@convex.com    | #include <disclaimer.h>                     )
From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: SF Lodgings
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:40:10 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton

vijay@jessica.Stanford.EDU (vijay mehrotra) wrote: 
->I had some visitors a couple of months back who stayed at a place
->called HOTEL DAVID in the theater district in SF.  It cost them 
->$80/night, which included breakfast and was in an excellent location
->as far as getting to a lot of things in the city.

ooh!  they have a really tasty restaurant ... complete with really
salty old waitresses and sinfully rich desserts (not much in the way
of atmosphere, though, at least not for lunch).  

--
# henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc.  / <henry@ads.com>
From: murat@yosemite.ucsb.edu (Murat)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Info Requested.  How to get to La Guardia from Tarry Town, NY.
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:28:43 GMT
Followup-To: rec.travel
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara


Any info and suggestion is greatly appreciated. I am especially 
interested to find out about train/bus connection/availability
type information.

Info about how to get to Tarry Town from Manhattan is also appreciated.

thanks,
murat.

---
    The only drawback with morning is that it comes 
    at such an inconvenient time of day.
-- murat@cs.ucsb.edu --
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: 3005904@jeff-lab.queensu.ca (Colleen Davis)
Subject: Need ride Kingston->Syracuse
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:15:14 GMT

I'm desperately seeking a ride from Kingston, Ontario to Syracuse, New York
Sept 26.  I'll share cost of gas.  

colleen
From: Chris Tobin@bradford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Leeds to York - COACH
Date: 19 Aug 92 08:24:12 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: s3801@muser

higgins@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Peter Gerard Higgins) writes:

>I want to travel from Leeds to York on Sunday the 13th September. My
>plane arrives at the airport at 1.25pm. Could someone please tell me:
>1.      What the service is like on Sundays

Leeds to York is a regular service, even on Sundays, I doubt you'd
have more than 30 minutes to wait.

>2.      The cost of the ticket (and the type I should get. I'll be
>        making a return trip on the 20th)

It's only twenty / thirty miles so even a "Period Return" is unlikely
to cost more than a few pounds.

>3.      The time taken for the trip.

Half an hour on a bad day.

>It has been suggested to me that travelling by coach may be an
>alternative worth considering, especially as the rail service is
>irregular on Sundays due to maintenance.

It depends on your other plans - getting from LBA will be the worst part.
Coaches are slow and probably no more regular.

>Is anyone able to help me out with coach details?

If you really want, I can check up on this stuff...
>Thanks in advance.

>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Peter Higgins  : School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
>                  Swinburne University of Technology
>                  P. O. Box 218 Hawthorn 3122, AUSTRALIA
>                  Telephone & fax +61 (3) 818-5364
>                  e-mail higgins@sungear.mame.mu.oz.au
>----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chris Tobin      Phone: +44 (0)274 383947 | University of Bradford
                   Fax: +44 (0)274 383920 | Department of Computing
          JANET: C.J.Tobin@uk.ac.bradford | (Phoenix Building), Richmond Road,
       Internet: C.J.Tobin@bradford.ac.uk | BRADFORD BD7 1DP, England, UK
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                   Fax: +44 (0)274 383920 | Department of Computing
          JANET: C.J.Tobin@uk.ac.bradford | (Phoenix Building), Richmond Road,
       Internet: C.J.Tobin@bradford.ac.uk | BRADFORD BD7 1DP, England, UK
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: bross@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian J Ross)
Subject: Re: fearful of taking undeveloped film thru X-ray
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Brock University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:12:44 GMT

lucas@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brian Lucas) writes:
: In article <BtAutB.KA9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csb58666@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (James R. MacCrimmon     ) writes:
: [...]
: >My question is, will taking the film through
: >the metal detector, or theough the airport X-ray, damage or destroy my
: >film?
: 
: I have never had any film fail due to letting it go through the X-ray.
: Film rolls will cause the metal detector to go off; they should be passed 
: around.  Why not just place the film in checked baggage?  I guess that's a
: general question to the net - is there any reason film should NOT be in
: checked baggage?

Definitely do not take your film through the X-ray.  The effects on film are
accumulative, and more sensitive film is affected faster.  Give the film to
the attendant before putting any baggage through the machine.  I speak as
someone who has had many rolls of films ruined by X-rays.

-- 
Brian Ross                         "At the end of the day, all money gets you
bross@sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca     is a better place to watch television."
                                    -- Dana Carvey
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: gutkin@stat.ncsu.edu (Boris Gutkin)
Subject: HELP, BANK IN MOSCOW
Originator: gutkin@essss3.stat.ncsu.edu
Organization: Statistics, NCSU
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:08:24 GMT


Does anybody know of a western bank in Moscow?

Reply to gutkin@stat.ncsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: tomk@meaddata.com (Tom Kresin)
Subject: K-W Oktoberfest
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:40:14 GMT

I'm going up to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario this October for the
Oktoberfest.  While I have tons of info from the Chamber of Commerce,
I'm interested in what are the places that I *HAVE* to check out or
at least made the best impression with those people that have gone to
the Oktoberfest before.

Also, I'm planning on taking a side trip up to Toronto as well (probably
stay there for 2 days).  Is there anything that is a must see there
as well?  I'll probably be in Toronto on Oct. 14 and 15 and in K-W on the
16th and 17th.

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# Mead Data Central                   ##          ...!uunet!meaddata!tomk #
# Dayton, OH                         ##                                   #
From: anne@cs.UAlberta.CA (Anne J.R. Nield)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Looking for places to get married in CA
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:02:45 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

ldomino@ka.novell.com (Laurie Domino) writes:

>     My fiance and I would like to spend a long weekend (4 days)
>     away in CA and get married.  We are searching for a place 
>     within driving distance (max - 5 hours from San Jose ) and are 
>     willing to consider LOTS of possibilities.  I'm inclined towards
>     romantic B&B's rather than hotels in a city but I'll listen
>     to different suggestions. Has anyone out there done this and where?  
>     What are my options ? 

>     
I would definitely recommend the Carmel/Big Sur area -- although it may
be hard to get the place you want  WHEN you want because they are so popular.   In Big Sur, the "hot spots" for weddings are Ventana
Inn (on a fabulous deck overlooking miles of ocean) or Nepenthe (more
terraced and European looking).  Don't know specific places in Carmel;
there are lots of possibilities though.  Also, Lovers' Point in
Pacific Grove used to be popular for weddings (I haven't lived in
California for 10 years -- but these are the places I remember as
highlights!)  Also Highland Inn has a gazebo they use for weddings --
just south of Carmel.

Good luck!

Anne
>     
>       
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: bbaas@leland.Stanford.EDU (Bevan Baas)
Subject:  Camcorders in Singapore
Keywords: singapore camcorder shopping
Organization: STARLab, Stanford University
Distribution: all
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 00:44:17 GMT

I will be traveling to Singapore (then Malaysia and India) next week 
and would like to pick up a Sony camcorder while I'm there.  If anyone
could help me with a couple of questions, I'd certainly appreciate it!

WHERE TO BUY:
Any suggestions for specific stores or areas of town that would be good 
for buying a camcorder or camera?

COST:
I have a good idea how much a camcorder costs mail-order here in the US;
does anyone know how much they are in Singapore?

PURCHASING ADVICE:
I've heard I should be careful about: the warranty, voltages, unopened
boxes, and the NTSC TV system (for US).  Any others?

CAMCORDER ADVICE:
I'm interested in the Sony FX-310, FX-410, TR-9, and TR-71. Any comments?

MISC:
I've never been to these countries.  Any "must-see's" that you know of?
(I have the Lonely Planet Guide book).

If there is interest and enough response, I will summarize and repost.
Thanks!

Bevan
bbaas@leland.stanford.edu
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STARLAB - Mail Code: 4055, Durand 239
Stanford University, Stanford, CA  94305
From: pavlik@apap4.pap.univie.ac.at
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Camcorders in Singapore
Date: 17 Aug 92 11:41:13 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Vienna University Computer Center

In article <1992Aug15.004417.3512@leland.Stanford.EDU>, bbaas@leland.Stanford.EDU (Bevan Baas) writes:
> I will be traveling to Singapore (then Malaysia and India) next week 
> and would like to pick up a Sony camcorder while I'm there.  

> WHERE TO BUY:
> Any suggestions for specific stores or areas of town that would be good 
> for buying a camcorder or camera?
> 
  I would suggest rather large stores in shopping malls. Maybe they do not have
  "special prices", but probably you get, what you really need (NTSC, line
  frequency etc.)
>

> 
> PURCHASING ADVICE:
> I've heard I should be careful about: the warranty, voltages, unopened
> boxes, and the NTSC TV system (for US).  Any others?
> 
 You should check if there is a manufacturer's warranty valid in the US.
 A warranty given by Sony's representative in Singapore will have limited
 value for you. Check if there are specific procedures (like mailing a
 registration card somewhere) to obtain an international warranty certificate.
 Check for visible damages, malfunctions etc. immediately.


                     Andreas Pavlik

University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: jon@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis)
Subject: Re: HELP : : Trans-Siberian Railway
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 16:38:21 GMT

   Since this question pops up periodically, I thought I'd post the
following citation.  I've seen the book, and it looks very informative.
I don't however know where you can get a copy right now -- check your
library or travel bookstore.  Also, any decent bookstore should be able
to order it given the publisher's name.

   Strauss, TRANS-SIBERIAN RAIL GUIDE. Hunter Publishing, 1987.
--


Jon Corelis               jon@lindy.stanford.edu
Stanford University       BITNET:  BR.JGC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU 
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From: chick@scr.slb.com (Neil Chick)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air
Subject: Newark -> Boston Cheap ?????
Date: 18 Aug 92 09:51:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited, England
Originator: chick@brass

Cheap Travel from New York -> Boston
====================================

Ok I need to get from Newark -> Boston the 22 Aug, all the travel agents in
the U.K. just seem to quote air, bus, train passes at me which are fine if
you going to use that method a lot but I'm not :)

Can anybody give me any ideas on prices of bus,train,air prices for this 
route.

Thanks Neil.

--
chick@scr.slb.com
Flames to my wheely bin outside my house...
From: skk@crosfield.co.uk (simon kloot)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: suggestion for this newsgroup
Date: 14 Aug 92 08:38:45 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

In article <1992Aug10.051837.21032@sq.sq.com> msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
>[Usenet old-timer gets on soapbox.  Almost nothing below is specific
> to rec.travel, but I cast it in those terms because that's where it
> has arisen this time.]
>
>Here's why not.  For any particular query there either is, or is not,
>widespread interest in the answer.  If there isn't, then by posting a
>followup to the newsgroup, you are directing it to a lot of people who
>aren't interested; better to use email.  But if there is, then it's

   etc, etc

>> > The number of times I've scanned an article and thought - yeah!
>> > great question! - and then read 'please reply by email'...aaargh!

Could'nt agree with you more. Also, who want's to read a newsgroup full of
questions with no answers. The interesting part of this newsgroup for me,
and I'm sure the majority of people, is reading about other people's
experiences abroad.

All flames will be extinguished.
Newsgroups: rec.travel

Although some people on this group do not like them, I recommend the AAA. 
Have your parents join the AAA and get the guidebooks.  Use the guidebooks to
learn about the areas where you are travelling and to locate reasonably 
priced accomodations.  I have followed this procedure all over the Western
USA and friends of my from Europe have done this all over the country with
very good results.

Regards,

Eric F Pabo
pabo@hpsmpa.lvld.hp.com
303-679-3947
From: ijk@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (ihor.j.kinal)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Condo rental in U.S. Virgin Is - WANTED Dec. - Feb
Keywords: St. Thomas
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:13:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

The subject say it all.  Desire condo for one week rental in
the Virgin Islands, preferably St. Thomas.

Please reply to att!wmsa!cz1 [posting for a friend, if you
hit 'r', it will take a bit longer].

Thanks much,
Tom Czernik.
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:24 PDT
Subject: Need Cheap Hotel in Chicago
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1460300108:000:237
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Aug 18 15:24:00 1992


I will going to a conference in Chicago. The hotel the conf is
booked in is way tooo expensive for me....any ideas on a cheap,
clean place to stay...doesn't have to be fancy but needs to be
close to public transportation.

Thanks,
Debra
From: root@igahp2.epfl.ch
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: China hints wanted
Keywords: travel, China
Date: 19 Aug 92 07:25:56 GMT
Reply-To: root@igahp2.epfl.ch ()
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Hello travellers !

We plan to go mid-september to Nanjing (conference). After that, we plan
to make a trip trough Xian to Bejing. All practical hints appreciated !

Thankx,
Andrew.
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*** Institut de Genie Atomique, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.
*** Phone: (21)693'33'59, Fax: (21)693'44'70, e-mail: root@igahp1.epfl.ch
From: roxannen@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: New Orleans in October
Keywords: New Orleans
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 01:25:15 PDT
Reply-To: roxannen@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us


Hello!

A friend and I are planning a 1 week trip to New Orleans on October 10th.
We would be very interested in hearing about great places to stay, things
that are *must do's* and things that are *absolutely don't's* as well as
any events that might be going on in the area at that time.

I've written to the Chamber of Commerce a couple of times and gotten very
little in response, so any netters who've been there and have info please
feel free to send e-mail to me at:  roxannen@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us.

Thanks in advance!

-Rox
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From: cusanell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Dominic Cusanelli)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.food.cooking,rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Oldest Restaurants in America/World
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:57:58 GMT
Reply-To: cusanell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Dominic Cusanelli)
Followup-To: rec.travel
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD


  The oldest restaurant in my area (Frederick county MD) that
I know of is Mealey's in New Market, MD.  It was established
in 1793 (yes 199 years old) as a hotel and restaurant.  Now
it is just a restaurant - with great prime rib.
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From: daviss@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (steven davis)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Eurail Passes useful in Prague?
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:04:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: aio.1992Aug20.220402.8399
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company


In article <13433.2a939bc6@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, writes:
|> Does anyone know if the Czecho-Slovak Railways accept Eurail passes?

Things were/are changing fairly rapidly in Czechoslovakia so 
this may not still be true, but when I went from Munich to 
Prague in August 1991, Eurail passes were not accepted inside 
Czechoslovakia.

|> I'm planning Paris->Hamburg->Prague->Paris, and I'd like to do 
|> it with one of those "travel 5 days out of 15" Eurail Passes, but 
|> I'm a little concerned about the last leg.  If no-one knows
|> directly, does anyone know who I could contact?

We used our Eurail passes to get to the German border. We had 
already bought a round trip ticket from the border town (sorry 
I forget the name) to Prague while in Munich. It cost us ~$30 
(American) for the round trip.  We found out later that it would 
have only cost us ~$10 had we waited to buy the ticket on the 
train when we got inside Czechoslovakia.

|> 					-Luke
|> 				wagner@mps.ohio-state.EDU


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