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From: unterspa@novavax.UUCP (Diane Unterspan)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP!  Info on florists in New York City WANTED!!
Date: 22 Aug 92 20:06:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL


In article <1992Aug18.141246.7347@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, daw@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Dave Webb) writes:
> Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out?  I need some names and phone
> numbers of florists in New York City (Manhatten).  I'm dating a girl who works

 I do not have the name of a florist in NYC but have a good way of
finding one from Baltimore. Contact the florist you use in your
hometown and find out who they are actually using to arrange the
flowers you send to your girlfriend. The way FTD works is that you
place the order with a florist in Baltimore and they contact a florist
in Manahattan and split the fee (hence why it is so expensive)... The
n just directly call that florist and give them a cc number. VOILA!!
hope the romance continues ...
Diane
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: pearlste@eastrg2.cray.com (Kenneth Pearlstein)
Subject: RE: Saddle Road
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:39:59 CDT

The reason car rental agencies do not permit travel

on the saddle road is that there is frequent zero

visibility conditions.  I have been on that road when

one cannot see as far as the hood ornament on the car.

One of the locals told me that there is usually a half a

dozen or more fatalities a year on that road.
From: Barry.John.Good@brunel.ac.uk (Barry John Good)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Oldest Restaurants in America/World
Date: 13 Aug 92 12:41:28 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK


There is a pub at Rattery, near Totnes, Devon, The Church House I think it's 
called, that claims to be 12th Century; it's been providing food and drink to
its customers since 1190.

Barry Good
From: smezias@option.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: COSTA RICA
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:17:01 GMT
Organization: NYU Stern School of Business

In article <1992Aug10.184025.26120@erg.sri.com> newton@erg.sri.com (Cynthia Newton) writes:

>I haven't been to Costa Rica in a while, but when I was the best and
>most economical hotel in San Jose was the Hotel Asturias.  Does
>anyone know if it is still there.  If I recall correctly it
>was maybe U.S. $5.00 a night.  I stayed there for quite some time--
>the people were very friendly and it was a great place to meet a
>variety of people.

I didn't check out The Asturias, but other hotels listed in that price
range in the 1992 Lonely Planet and Key Guides had turned out to be in
excess of $20 a night.

>Also in Playa Manual Antonio (Quepos), I stayed in the Cabanas on the
>beach and it could not have cost more than 1 or 2 dollars a night.

The Cabanas are now $20 per night, off season.  I was there in May.

>Have things changed that much??

Apparently.

SJM


Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: eris@tc.fluke.COM (Chris Beckmeyer)
Subject: Re: San Francisco sightseeing DONT DO!
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:47:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug10.233836.10217@intelhf.hf.intel.com> dcovell@intelhf.hf.intel.com (David Covell) writes:
>
>>>> > You'ld be wise to skip all of Fishermans Warf -- its
>>>> > a tawdry tourist trap.
>>>>
>I agree. The only thing I like about it are the aromas of steamed crab, hot
>sourdough bread and hot clam chowder, but those are available at lots of
>better, less-touristy places.
>Somewhere in my childhood memories lurk some very pleasant ones of the Wharf
>back around 1963. I recall vendors selling little alligators: lots of them,
>about 6" long. I think they were $.50 - $.75 each. I suppose it became illegal
>to sell them or something...
>My brother, who is two years younger, has no recollection of these and
>swears that I'm wrong; can anyone vouch for my memory?

your memory is right.  the practice was outlawed and probably a bit earlier than '63.  the alligators came with a string tied around their neck or leg with a 
safety pin on the other end so you could pin it to your clothing.  they sold 
chameleons the same way.  the chameleons were supposed to change color to match your shirt or whatever.  i don't remember them changing, though.  and it wasn't just the wharf in sf that sold these.  every tacky place in the country did.  i remember them from the boardwalk in atlantic city, coney island in ny, the pike in long beach calif., etc.  

have you ever read V ? one of my favorite thomas pynchon works.  good
portrayal of the fates of the amusement park alligators.

chris

Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: ercolessi@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Subject: Re: Renting motorcycle in UK
Reply-To: ercolessi@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Organization: MRL - UIUC
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 04:57:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug15.012622.10251@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, mjl8s@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU 
writes:
|>I'm going to have about 2 weeks to kill in England while
|>staying with a friend near Bath.  I'm interested in renting 
|>a motorcycle for about a week and just touring around if the
|>weather is half-way decent.
|>  [...]
|>Any laws I should know about?

Yes almost everybody drives on the wrong side!

If you are traveling on a single-lane road in upper Scotland
and a vehicle is approaching you, LOOK AT ITS PLATE
and if it's not UK try to quickly negotiate a side of the road
you both agree by hand-waving, turn lights etc!

[ This advice is more serious than what it may seem ..]

furio 
--
Furio Ercolessi
Materials Research Laboratory           |   Intl School for Advanced Studies
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   |   Trieste, Italy
furio@uiuc.edu                          |   furio@sissa.it
From: msc9116@geovax.ed.ac.uk (B.J.Davies)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: NEPAL - Malaria Tablets ?
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:02:56 GMT
Organization: University of Edinburgh, Geography Department.

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 ???
[ We will be travelling/trekking/rock climbing around Langtang, Jiri
and Everest...ie. mainly East Nepal ]

Literature suggests No...ie. Lonely Planet guides....whereas the
health centre here at the University suggests both weekly and daily
tablets.

I know we will need to take them for Thailand, Malaysia etc. but
would like to here peoples views/experiences re. Nepal. I have heard
of friends travelling ruined (lots of vomitting etc.) by taking
unrequired Tabs...this I would like to avoid !!

So...any help will be gratefully gobbled up...replies by email or
postings if you think it would be generally applicable.

Thanks in advance,

Berik.             MSC9116@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.GEOVAX
            or         BJD@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.FESTIVAL
          
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: gerhard@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Gerhard Fohler)
Subject: budget accomodation in Brussesls, Brugge, Belgium
Organization: Technical University Vienna, Dept. for Realtime Systems, AUSTRIA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:59:31 GMT


The subject says it all. Maybe somebody could give some pointers.


Thanks,

Gerhard

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Institut fuer Technische Informatik  FAX:   + 43 1 56 91 49 
Technical University of Vienna       Phone: + 43 1 58 801 / 81 69
A-1040 Vienna
Austria/Europe
From: tlholli@olympus.srv.PacBell.COM (Theresa Hollidge)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Saddle Road, Hawaii, Hawaii and car rental
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:40:04 GMT
Reply-To: tlholli@olympus.srv.PacBell.COM
Organization: Pacific Bel

Rental companies don't want their cars on the Saddle Road for a few reasons, the road isn't very well paved in many sections, it's very twisty in some sections which has lead to more than a few accidents.  There is also no telephone, gas station (i.e. nothing) on that road to help you if there is a problem and nowhere to really pull to the side if your car breaks down.  The only thing of significance you'll see is a military installation.  Few locals will drive that road at night, the only purpose is to ma




ke a quicker trip between Hilo and Kona.  Take the long way around and enjoy the view.

As for the Hilo Bay and the Kona Bay Hotel, well, the worst thing is that they are owned by a man named Uncle Billy.  He's a real miser and slumlord.  He owns quite a bit of property on the Big Island including those 2 hotels, and the Kona Inn shopping center.  The Kona Bay is fine for a cheap accomodation - I certainly hope you're getting a great deal.  Lots of big groups stay in those hotels, not much on luxury, but a place to sleep.  

BTW, I used to work at the restaurant at the Kona Bay Hotel.  Why don't you try the King Kamehameha Hotel, the Keahou Beach Hotel and the Kona Surf and see if you can get a similar deal from them, you'll enjoy one of those hotels much more.  These are all on the Kona side.

Have fun wherever you stay!

Teresa

---
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  Methodologies, Tools and Infrastructure
  Strategic Informations Systems Division
  Pacific Bell
  2600 Camino Ramon, Room 4N250Z	phone: (510)823-6798
  San Ramon, California 94583		e-mail: tlholli@zeus.srv.pacbell.com
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: a2824ag@sunmanager.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Riaan de Jager)
Subject: Car rental in Munich
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 12:15:17 GMT

Hi

I'd like to know where I can rent the cheapest car in Munich to take to
Switzerland and back.

Thanks!
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: cobarruvias@asd2.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Alamo Car Rental in Seattle, info wanted
Organization: NASA/JSC
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:14:38 GMT

Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with Alamo car rental in
Seattle. I seem to remember a recent thread on this subject. Any help would be
appreciated. 
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: jhenderson@pomona.claremont.edu
Subject: One-way rentals from Miami to Washington DC
Organization: Pomona College
Date: 22 Aug 92 22:03:57 PDT

Hello, people,

I'm trying to find a car rental agency that will do a one-way rental between
Miami, Fl, and Washington, DC.

Can anyone recommend anything? I called Hertz, and they want a drop-off
charge of $900!

Avis has a weekly rate of $474, including the drop-off charge, which is much
more reasonable than Hertz.

Thanks.
______________________________________________________________________________
Javier Henderson, N6VBG         | Beat the 55mph limit (legally):
jhenderson@pomona.claremont.edu | Learn to fly!
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: MALAWI/ZIMBABWE info request.
From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 07:07:09 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand

Didn't seem to be able to e-mail this to you?

In article <1992Aug17.141520.8742@lut.ac.uk> you write:
>
>I will be visiting Zimbabwe for three days, mainly to see the 
>victoria falls and to Malawi for a week. and would like to hear of
>ideas on places to see.
>
>Also info on best/cheapest way to travel from Harare to the Victoria
>Falls and also the best way of travelling in malawi.( I am thinking
>of hiring a car).

Don't forget to cross over the bridge to Zambia and look from 
the other side.

Near to Victoria Falls is Hwange National Park.  If you want to see 
some game - especially Elephant - then you should go there.  If you do
try and go for an early morning game drive as this is the most likely time 
to see some Lions eating.

Malawi is beautiful.  You will hear lots of places to go from various 
people.  However what you should make sure you do is watch the sunrise 
over the lake.  Get down to the shore (or preferably camp on the beach - 
which you can do at various places) before dawn and be ready.  It was
always beautiful but if you are lucky and there is some low cloud just
beyond the rift valley cliffs on the other side you will see the most 
awesome sight with a suffusion of pink and fluffy fingers extending
across the sky. 

Enjoy yourself.  Look out for the Malawi tripods.  These are little 
tables with three interlocking legs.  Look carefully and you will see 
they are carved from one piece of wood.  Very tricky.

Females tourists in Malawi MUST where long skirts covering their legs 
at all times when not at a tourist beach.  Males cannot have long 
(shoulder length or greater) hair and you will have it cut before 
they allow you to enter.  Other than that it is a beautiful country and 
quite civilised compared to the much of Africa (political system 
not considered here).

Hiring a car is a good idea.  Some of the roads will be unsealed/extremely
potholed which may be a new experience for you though.   

>S.A.Chopdat@LUT.ac.uk

Is that Loughborough University of Technology?  If so I went there too!


-- 

Derek Tearne. -- derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz --  Fujitsu/ICL New Zealand --
From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: NEPAL - Malaria Tablets ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:58:29 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Aug12.150256.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk> msc9116@geovax.ed.ac.uk (B.J.Davies) writes:
>Do you really need to take Malaria tablets in Nepal ???
>
>I know we will need to take them for Thailand, Malaysia etc. but
>would like to here peoples views/experiences re. Nepal. I have heard
>of friends travelling ruined (lots of vomitting etc.) by taking
>unrequired Tabs...this I would like to avoid !!
>


Well, this sure isn't rock-solid advice or anything, but I spent
three and a half years in the Philippines, Thailand, India,
Nepal, etc., didn't take any malaria tablets and didn't get
malaria.  I spent six months in West Africa, _did_ take
malaria tablets, and did get malaria.  I don't mean to suggest
that taking malaria tablets gives you malaria 8-), just that
I don't think it can be terribly prevalent in Nepal or Thailand
(don't know about Malaysia).  Who knows, maybe I built up some
kind of immunity in West Africa?  (I went there before Asia.)

I would strongly recommend, however, drinking bottled or boiled
water _only_ in Nepal.  And don't trust restaurants who say
their water is boiled.  I made that mistake the first time I
went there, promptly got amoebic dysentary (not the same as
plain old diarrhea, it's much yuckier) and was later asked by
the doctor who did my tests if I'd drunk "raw sewage."  When
I went back to Nepal, I brought water treatment stuff and drank
water that tasted like it came out of a swimming pool.  I didn't
get dysentary, but I did get very swollen lymph glands from the
iodine.  So I switched to bottled water, which worked fine.

Never had any problem with the water in Thailand or any other
country in East Asia.  (India was like Nepal.)

 



-- 
Lauren Crawford  //  crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu
"Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and as far as I'm
concerned, happy campers you will always be."
                  --J. Danforth Quayle in American Samoa
From: mshulman@emc.com (Mike Shulman)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Req. info on rooms in London ~ $100US/ L50 per night for a double.
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:17:45 GMT
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
Newsreader: MS Windows WinVN

Hello everyone!
I posted a question a few weeks ago about castles/palaces to see in England
and inexpensive places to stay in London. I got a good number of responses
to the first part (many thanks to all who responded!), but none to the second.
  So I'll try again. If anyone can recommend a reasonably nice hotel that will
charge around $100US (L50) for a room with a double bed, private
bathroom/shower and English breakfast, I would really appreciate it.  Things 
like color TV in the room are not necessary; clean and nice atmosphere is.
I have a booklet from British Travel Authority that lists some places in this
price range, but it's hard to select from their 2 line descriptions, so I am hoping
for some recommendations from personal experience. Of course, the closer to 
all the major tourist sites, the better.
Thank you very much!

BTW, if anyone wants to recommend any other castles/palaces to see for our
2nd week (away from London), who hasn't responded to my last posting, please
let me know. Thanks again!
 
                                 - Mike  (mshulman@emc.com)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: rjanes@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Robert Janes)
Subject: Campsites in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont?
Organization: Micronav International
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:34:16 GMT

I am leaving for a camping trip to the U.S. in a week and am planning to 
stay at Cobscook Bay (Maine), Crawford Notch (New Hampshire), and Woodford (
Vermont). The only thing I know about these campsites is what my map tells 
me.  Anyone out there know about these campsites and have any alternate 
suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Mike Mac Cormack
Micronav International Inc
P.O.Box 1523 / 104 Marine Drive
Sydport Industrial Park,
Sydney, N.S. Canada B1P 6R7
Tel: 902-564-8833      Fax: 902-564-8764
Newsgroups: rec.travel,ott.general,tor.general,ont.general
From: crispin@watson.ibm.com (Crispin Cowan)
Subject: Re: Travel Scam?? "FREE vacation to Bahamas/Orlando"
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:06:18 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <1992Aug12.195237.16634@emr1.emr.ca> gardell@ccrs.emr.ca (Felix Gardell) writes:
>I need some info / experiences on a company called 
>EXCEL travel, which called to tell me that I won a vacation 
>[description]
>
>The cost, for two would be $398 Canadian.  They wanted a 
>credit card number over the phone and I initially refused.
>Has anyone had any similar "free" trip offers?
Mostly, these "you have won" scams are just a scheme to sell you a
vacation package that you otherwise would not have bought by telling you
that you've "won" it.  In this case, since they asked you for your
credit card number over the phone, when they called you (presumably)
unsolicited, it has every possibility of being a total scam, i.e. they
take your money, deliver nothing, and don't exist next month when you go
to complain.

Never, EVER, give your credit card number to an unsolicited sales call.

Ignore these bozos.

Crispin
-----
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E-mail:     crispin@csd.uwo.ca		Voice:  519-661-3342 
Temporarily at:  crispin@watson.ibm.com		914-784-6692
"Clearly, no system can be totally fault tolerant.  For instance, had
the Silver Surfer not developed an affection for the people of Earth,
all computing systems would have failed more or less permanently in the
digestive tract of his evil planet-eating master, Galactus\cite{surfer}!"
	--Andy Lowry, _Generic Support for Optimistic Computations_
From: kinch@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kinch Malapitan)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:03:50 GMT
Subject: Re: hiring/buying camping equipment in San Francisco
Organization: the HP Mtn.View Resp. Cntr.
Newsgroups: rec.travel

Try the following stores:

o Mt. View Surplus                1299 W. El Camino Real, Mt. View
				  (415) 969-2381

o North Face                      383 University Ave., Palo Alto
				  (415) 327-1563

o Mel Cotton's Sporting Goods     1266 W. San Carlos St., San Jose
				  (408) 287-5994

o REI                             20640 Homestead Road, Cupertino
				  (408) 446-1991
From: Graeme.Hart@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: ATM machines
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:38:00 GMT

In article <twilson.713538700@cunews> twilson@alfred.carleton.ca (Tom Wilson) writes:
> Unfortunately, as I recently found out, Plus, Cirrus, Interac, and
> Ideal do not extend to Australia. At least the bank people I dealt
> with in Sydney had never heard of them.

I used a New Zealand issued Visa card (with a Plus logo on the back),
in ANZ machines in Australia (the card wasn't issued by ANZ).  Does this
mean the Plus network is in Australia?

I once asked New Zealand what the Plus logo on the back of the card meant,
they didn't know.


Graeme
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: dkroy+@CS.CMU.EDU (Deb Roy)
Subject: Credit cards in Africa
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 17:33:29 GMT

I'm going to be travelling in Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal in a couple of months and I want to
take credit cards as a form of back up money.  Does anyone know which is accepted out there?  
Advertising leads me to beleive American Express...is that about right?
From: ajeans@hplred.HP.COM (Albert Jeans)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:59:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Know Toronto Tourist Spots
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
Newsgroups: rec.travel

The CNE also includes a great air show. I saw the SR71 flying there a couple
of times before it was retired.
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: M15368@mwvm.mitre.org
Subject: Re: Paris Airport (CDG) to Paris Nord ...
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:57:36 GMT

You should be able to get your baggage and clear immigration in 30 - 45 minutes
.  Once you do that, a taxi can get you to the Gare du Nord in 30 minutes.  Abo
ut $30.   Good luck.
Steve Silverman
 
In article <Bt1ruy.EGF.1@cs.cmu.edu>
slaveau+@CS.CMU.EDU (Stephane Laveau) writes:
 
>
>In article <1992Aug11.161653.8979@odin.corp.sgi.com>,
>samg@confusion.asd.sgi.com (Sam Gupta) writes:
>|> I am flying in to Paris from sfo. I get in there at about 9:00 Pm,
>|> I would like to take a 11:10 train from Paris Nord. Is it possibile ?
>|> What is the fastest way to do it ?
>
>It's possible if you're very very lucky with your baggage claim, with the
>customs and imigration, with the shuttle and train schedulde but, by personal
>experience, I doubt that you can be there so fast !
>
>From every terminal there is a shuttle going to the RER station. CDG is the end
>of the line. So you will only have to head south to any possible direction and
>get out of the train at Gare du Nord. The only problem is that you will have
>then to find the diraction for SNCF-Grandes Lignes ( I suppose your train is
>not going to the suburbs.. ) The satation is big and it may take a while to go
>from one end to the other.
>the fare is about 40FF.
>another tip: you'd better get into the first cars of the train as they are
>nearer to your exit in Gare du Nord; it can save a couple of minutes...
>
>Stephane