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From: petson@node.ias.msk.su
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Suggestion for contact
Date: 11 Apr 92 09:47:57 GMT
Reply-To: petson@node.ias.msk.su
Organization: IAS Gateway, Moscow, USSR


     Hi!
     Two scientists from Buelorussian Academy of Sciences  would
like to  participate  in travelling by yacht during the vacation
this summer.  We  appeal   to   those   who   need   sailor   or
fellow-travellers. I have already  sailed through Baltic sea and
through the Sea of Azov, can drive the yacht.
     In our  turn  we'll  willingly  invite  you  to visit us in
Minsk.  We have travelled a great deal in our country and we can
give  some information about its sights and the most interesting
itineries in Buelorussia.
     We are  gratefull in advance for any suggestion.  We expect
the answer.
     Sincerely.
     Eugene Petson.
     220012, Minsk, ul. Surganova, 21-13
     Phone (0172)-32-29-30
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From: dave@mama.minmet.uq.oz (Dave Waddington)
Subject: Re: Language in Quebec
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 04:11:58 GMT

mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros) writes:


>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 then I kept running into French-only
>speakers who were obviously locals, so I have no idea why this is.

Ottawa is right on the Border between Ontario and Quebec. Take the
bridge over the river from Ottawa, Ontario and you are in Hull, Quebec.
So perhaps a lot of the French speaking locals were from Hull.

When I was in Canada I found that most people working in jobs with
large organisations with a lot of people contact (post office,
phone companies, banks) or anyone working in the tourist areas
was bilingual. But there were many people who could speak little or
no English or French. 

Why not spend some time trying to learn the language before you go
in future? I think we english speakers tend to be a little arrogant
about expecting others to accomodate us in our own language. I shuffled
through on my high school french. It was scary but a challenge - and
fun.

By the way, I am Australian. Definitely NOT bilingual. (Hey, this
is an insular country.)

Dave

P.S. I don't read this group very often. If you want to raise anything
with me you will have to mail me directly.


Dave Waddington
Dave's email address: dave@minmet.uq.oz.au

(Boring sig. So what!)
From: stevens1@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Two Days In London
Date: 12 Apr 92 06:40:08 GMT
Reply-To: stevens1@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

If you have two days in London and you want to see everything...first go to a
travel agent and purchase a visitor's travel card(only available outside the 
UK).  For about twenty bucks you can have unlimited travel on all public 
transportation.  You'll get a map of the underground and buses, too.  They
are good for three, four or seven days.  For the theatre, go to the 
Leiceister Square half-price ticket booth.  Before noon for matinees, after
two for evening performances.  They'll have signs showing what's available.
As for sightseeing, that depends on what you want to see.  Most sights
open at 9:30 or 10 and are closed by five.  You can see the Tower, Westminster
Abbey, the National Gallery andd the British Museum in one day, but you have
to plan.  If you have time, write to the British Tourist Authority and
they will send you brochures and maps for everything in London.  I suggest
you see the above sights, plus St.Paul's Cathedral.  The National Portraitatio
Gallery is smaller than the Nat'l Gallery and would be better for a short
trip.  Don't waste your time shopping, you can do that anywhere.
 
    I'm going to England myself in May, I hope you have a great trip!
From: my@berlioz.nsc.com (Mike Yip)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Pinnacles (Re: Request advice for California coast trip
Summary: Pinnacles
Date: 15 Apr 92 06:46:22 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor Corp.

In article chris@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Chris Bostak) writes:
>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 agree.  Especially if you want to do some light hiking.  The Pinnacles
Monument is actually (I think) a old old volcano being tore apart because
of the earthquake.  I think that the other half of the volcano remaining
is located north of San Francisco right now.  There are a few trails and
I only tried the ones starting from the East of the park.  Some of the 
rock formation is like a tiny cliff, going vertically!  Oh, beware that
there is no high to go between East and West of the park.  You will need
to decide on which side to visit.  If you few like hiking, then you can
visit both sides of Pinnacles.

-- 
| Michael Yip			Email: my@berlioz.nsc.com
| National Semiconductor Corp	Voice: (408) 721-5148
| 
| Of course, this is my own opinion!
From: oddbjorn@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Oddbjoern Steffensen)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Youth hostels vs. hotel
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:32:26 GMT
Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway

Hi!

My class is going on a one-week trip to London
this autumn. We are now wondering on whether we
should stay in a youth hostel or if a cheap
hotel is a better alternative.

My question to all you travellers out there is:

Do you have any opinons on this ? Should we
stick to a hostel with perhaps little comfort,
or should we use a little more money on the
comfort a hotel can give us ?

Any travellers advice on London is also appreciated!

Please email to oddbjorn@edb.tih.no.
I'll mail/post the results if anyone is interested.

Thanks,
oddbjorn
From: reno@darlo.Eng.Sun.COM (Reno Marioni)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Cabo San Lucas Info Wanted
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:16:19 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: darlo


This question is so open that I'm not going to write a book. Actually,
I hate questions like this. Anyway...
Go to a bookstore/library for this info (Loneley planet baja california
or Conde Nast Traveller (had a piece for more upmarket travellers)).

Reno

In article <12586@pogo.wv.tek.com> pierre@pogo.wv.tek.com (Pierre L. Sangan) writes:
>Please could anyone report on visiting "Cabo San Lucas".
>
>What's it like, what's there, what's to see etc, etc.....
>
>Thanks' in anticipation.
> 
>-- 
>Pierre L. Sangan                    pierre@pogo.wv.tek.con
>Tektronix Inc. (GPID)
>M/S 63-630, 26600 SW Parkway
>Wilsonville OR 97070
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From: net@cs.tu-berlin.de (Oliver Laumann)
Subject: Things to see in Florida
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:16:37 GMT

I will go on vacation to Florida with a friend for two weeks beginning
at Easter Monday, and I'd like to hear some opinions and recommendations
on things that are worth visiting.

We're not so much interested in the standard tourist attractions like
Key West, Orlando area, JFK space centre etc., but more in things like
wildlife refuges, animal watching (but not of the `lion safari' or
`trained alligator show' type), tropical plantations, national parks,
and quiet places in general (like Captiva Island, where I was the first
time I visited Florida).

Have any of you net.readers been to Edison's botanical garden or the
sunken gardens at Fort Myers(?), and did you like it?  How does the
panhandle area compare to South Florida with respect to places that
are worth to see for a visitor?

Are there places that should be avoided (like the Jacksonville area,
which, according to one travellers' guide, is basically a large
industrial district) or maybe the Tampa-St.Petersburg area?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

--
Oliver Laumann    net@tub.cs.tu-berlin.de  net@tub.UUCP  net@tub.BITNET
From: bob@castle.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: edinburgh in may
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:50:40 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre

davide@sco.COM (David Escoffery) writes:
>we are currently thinking about taking the express bus from london, round
>trip .. any information here appreciated .. such as departure times, travel
>times, cost, lunch stops, etc ..

I would strongly advise against this.

While it is by far the cheapest way of traveling between
Edinburgh and London, the trip takes about eight hours, and
is very uncomfortable. Pay a bit more and go by train. The
trip takes around four hours, and is much more comfortable.
Book in advance for the lowest fairs.
	Bob.
Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.travel.air,bit.listserv.travel-l
From: dualist@leland.Stanford.EDU (Thomas Edward Schutz)
Subject: Safety of Local Flights in SE Asia: Info requested
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 01:14:18 GMT



Do you know anything about the safety (or lack thereof)
of airlines that do "short" hops in SE Asia, e.g. 
a flight from one island to another in the Indonesian chain?

---
Tom Schutz
dualist@leland.stanford.edu
(415)854-7196
From: ian@spider.co.uk (Ian Heavens)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: edinburgh in may
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:58:31 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK

A very useful guide to wandering around Edinburgh is

'Edinburgh Walks, Vol. 1' by Campbell Brown & Steven Wiggins, 
B+W Publishing, ISBN 0-9515151.  It includes small maps, photographs 
and historical anecdotes (there are two volumes:the first covers the town,
the second the Pentland Hills and the Lothians).

It should be available from most local bookshops.

ian


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From: ward@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Lynn Ward)
Subject: Summer Sublet in Boulder Colorado
Organization: ndo
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 14:35:27 GMT

My big bro has a two bedroom apartment in Boulder Colorado (with a mountain
view) that he would like to sublet for the summer as he is taking an apartment
in the BIG APPLE.  Here are the stats:

2 bedrooms (one converted to a study, other with queen-sized bed)
fully furnished
Kitchen
1 bath
Living room
Cable TV

dates available: June 1-Aug 31, 1992

rent: $610.00 per month (inlcudes utilities)

For more information contact:  

Richard Halpern
2600 9th Street, Apt 6C
Boulder CO 80304

Phone: 303-449-2084

(no e-mail, but he does have a nice notebook computer... not part of the
furnishings that go with the apt, however :-)
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From: tim@spatial.uucp (Tim Eckert)
Subject: Re: What's Poughkeepsie, New York like?
Keywords: New York, Marist, Poughkeepsie
Organization: Argonne National Lab, Ill
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:41:10 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.160656.25269@berlioz.nsc.com> my@berlioz.nsc.com (Mike Yip) writes:
>In article klopfens@bgsu.edu (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes:
>>I am interested in a job in Poughkeepsie, New York, but know nothing 
>>of the community.  What is the area like?  Terraine?  The local
>>economy?  History?  Any info would really be appreciated.
>
>I used to work for IBM in Poughkeepsie and I both like it and dislike
>it.  I like it because it is more peaseful and quite (for Monday to
>Friday) but it is too dead and not much actions.  I ended up driving
>down to NYC in the weekend very often.
>
>Poughkeepsie looks very nice and peaceful.  But don't live in the
>downtown area, but it is a pit.  It is right next to the Hudson River
>but the water is too dirty (IMHO).  In the summer, it is pretty humid.
>In the winter, it snow a little (I likt snow) and you can drive for
>~45mins to Hunter Mtn for skiing.  You can drive down to New York City
>and the trip is ~1.25 hr - 2.00 hrs (one way) depends on if you drive
>fast on windy parkway.
>
>| Michael Yip			Email: my@berlioz.nsc.com
>| National Semiconductor Corp	Voice: (408) 721-5148
>| 
>| Of course, this is my own opinion!

  Now, to offer an alternative opinion...

  It's been a little while since I've been in Poughkeepsie (~10 yrs), but
I doubt that it's changed much.  Hot humid summers, cold snowy winters, but
neither to an extreme.  I agree with Mike that you probably wouldn't want
to live _in_ Poughkeepsie.  I actually lived in nearby Fishkill (to the south)
which was okay.  If you prefer the outdoors to city life, living outside of 
the city and driving in wouldn't be too bad.  Low mountains in the area, 
streams, trees.  It's pretty nice outside of the developed areas.  Personally,
I wouldn't mind moving back to Hurley, a little town (~4000 people) just
outside of Kingston.  If you need big city life, I wouldn't recommend it.
If you prefer to stay away from big cities, check it out.

Tim Eckert

From: reykja@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Reykja Sigurdsson)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 09:19:54 GMT
Subject: Iceland-Colorado xchange
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.travel

 Hello...

    Another try -- a bit different. I would like to start corresponding with 
some Icelandic people. Not on the net, but regular mail. It would be great
to exchange pictures of our respective areas (I am in the Colorado Rockies)
and exchange cultural information. If this is of interest to you, please
write me at:

                        2100 West Drake Rd. #112
                        Fort Collins CO 80526   

                                           USA


  If you know someone who would find this of interest, please pass it along.
From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Nevada lake -- site of Clint Eastwood's "Hell"?
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:44:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

In article <1992Apr7.154321.15153@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
pat@sphinx.phys.Virginia.EDU (pat walsh) writes:
>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
>Clint's character shows up in the sinister little desert lake town of Lago,
>
>The movie credits don't name the lake, but they do acknowledge the cooperation
>of "The Forest Service, USDA, Inyo National Forest"; this forest spans the
>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.

The lake is Mono Lake.
I have visited the filming site recently.  All that is left are a few wooden
foundations.  In the film the Dana Plateau of Yosemite is recognizeable
as are the other near by locations of Dead-Man's Summit (after some one
who really did die) and Hot Creek.  The town site itself was on private land.
One can also recognize the islands in Mono Lake on the film.

Great film.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
This is the Usenet: do you expect anything other than gross generalizations?
Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya
From: noah@coos.dartmouth.edu (Noah Cole)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Language in Quebec
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:10:50 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros) writes:



>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 then I kept running into French-only
>speakers who were obviously locals, so I have no idea why this is.

Ontario has a large French minority and Ottowa is where many of them are.
Ottawa is only 2 hours from Montreal.  There are even French universities in
Ottawa.

-Noah Cole
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From: majmudar@das.harvard.edu (Kaushal Majmudar)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Summer Sublet in Tokyo, JAPAN
Keywords: Sublet Wanted japan tokyo apartment
Date: 12 Apr 92 19:44:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Apr12.194451.19652
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University


Hello.

I am a student at Harvard Law School and I am going to be working
at a Japanese Law Firm for six weeks during the summer of 1992.
The firm is one of the largest in Japan, and is located in the Ginza
section of Tokyo.

Since I will be in Tokyo from June 1, 1992 to approx. July 12, 1992,
I was hoping to get a short term studio sublet within easy commute of the
Yurakucho station in the Ginza area.

I would like a sublet from June and maybe through July ( although preferably
6 weeks ). I am willing to pay up to between Yen 100,000 - 150,000 per month.
plus key money and real estate comission if necessary.

However, I was hoping that perhaps someone in the united states might
know of a student studying abroad or not using his/her apt. during that
period of time. In that case I would like to sublet such an apartment.

Also, I would like e-mail addresses of japanese university bulletin boards
where I might post this notice. I would also appreciate any information
that people might have regarding other sources of short-term (livable)
housing that would be furnished. Any addresses or phone #s would be greatly
appreciated.


Please call me at (617)493-9068 and speak to me (kaushal B. majmudar) or
leave a message on my machine.

Alternatively, write to majmudar@das.harvard.edu or post to this board, but
any reply would be greatly appreciated
Xref: sparky rec.travel:5133 aus.wanted:359
From: horst@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.travel,aus.wanted
Subject: car selling company in Sydney?
Date: 6 Apr 92 06:24:38 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Computing Centre, University of Tasmania, Australia.

Hi there,
I'm looking for a phone number or address of a company based in Sydney.
They sell old cars to tourists (mainly low budget travellers) with
a guarantee to buy the car back later. They fix the cars up and sell
them again. I read this in a backpackers paper somewhere in Cairns
but I lost it. The only thing I know is that this company is in Sydney.
Any ideas?
                   Thanks,   Horst
From: croteau@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ed Croteau)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Info Wanted on SES - Alaska programs
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:40:01 GMT
Reply-To: croteau@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ed Croteau)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: croteau@doc.cc.utexas.edu

I am looking for info on the Alaska programs of Student Employment
Services.  If anyone has participated in one of these programs please
contact me via email.  Thank you.
From: ns@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Nancy M. Schnepp)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: REQUEST: Things to do in WISCONSIN with kids?
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:49:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: dirac.7225
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept, W.Lafayette, IN

We will be traveling to Wisconsin this summer with our two
boys (6 and 11).   Any suggestions as to what to see there?
We've heard about touring cheese factories, going to the Dells
(I was there when I was 10).  Any neat out of the way places??
Good places to eat????   Thanks for ANY info.
Please e-mail if you can.  

-Nancy S.
ns@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: jpenovic@wizard.Berkeley.EDU (Jan Penovich)
Subject: Re: Florida: east coast
Keywords: Florida tips
Reply-To: jpenovic@encore.com
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Fort Lauderdale FL
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:27:10 GMT

In article <susan.702912568@falcon5>, susan@falcon5.ericsson.se (Susan
Cohen) writes:
> If anyone has created a summary file about the
> east coast of Florida, specifically between Palm Beach
> and Miami, please e-mail me a copy.  I'd like
> info on little known but very interesting things
> to see in this area.  Also what parts of the
> renovated Art Deco part of Miami are best to got to?

  South Beach is where the deco stuff is.  There is a lot of
  it from about 5th st. to 14th street from the beach (Ocean
  Dr.) over to Collins.  There are probably buildings outside
  of those few blocks, but that area has a heavy concentration of
  them.

> 
> Specific questions:
> 
> Are there recommended vegetarian restaurants
> in this area people can recommend?
> 

  The Bread of Life on Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.
  They also are a health food store.

  The Unicorn in Miami is supposed to be very good.  I don't
  think it's strictly vegetarian (I think it's healthy food), 
  but it does offer vegetarian dishes.

> 
> What are the biggest and best shopping areas
> (a mall, even) to go to?  

  The largest mall down here is the Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise.  
  (That's west of Fort Lauderdale.)

  Believe it or not, they bring tour buses full of people to it.


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From: pevans@lucy.umd.edu (Peter Evans)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: looking for one-way ticket in july: DC (USA) to Australia
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:54:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

I am looking for a one-way ticket from Washington DC to Melbourne,
Australia in the month of July (1992).  In the past I have been able to
get return tickets for $1000 to $1300 but the quotes I have been given
for one-way fares are about the same.

If anyone has any ideas on getting such a ticket at a reasonable price
could you please send me some email.  

Thanks,
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From: schaffer@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Doug Schaffer)
Subject: REQUEST: San Francisco/Monterey: Things to Do and See/Hotels
Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 16:31:41 GMT
Expires:  Wed, 30 Apr 1992 

I am going to be in Monterey in the first week in May, and hope to
spend Saturday and Sunday in San Francisco on the way back hope, and
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend some reasonably, priced, nice but
not lavish hotels in S.F. for Saturday night.  I am hoping to spend $50
to $75 dollars, roughly, for a double room.  

Also, what are sights to see and things to do in Monterey (one day and a
bunch of nights) and S.F. (two days and one night).  Any information is
appreciated.

Please reply by email (though I will keep watching this list) if you
can.  If you would like a copy of this information, mail me a request
and your email address I will forward information to you.  Thanks in
advance,

Doug Schaffer, University of Calgary, schaffer@cpsc.ucalgary.ca