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Good Afternoon,
For those interested in the scientific exploration of the human condition there are many opportunities to observe the extremes of emotion that together characterise what it is to be alive. Love, hate, fear, anger, to varying degrees are all part of daily life - those who commute to work will readily accept this... More subtle is despair, a profound but less tangible emotion. The dull ache of nothingness, a chasm expanding to swallow stomach, guts and vital organs, leaving a heady feeling of endless free-fall from nowhere to nowhere. Certainly a difficult one for mass observation and any serious anthropological study. However, last week I made remarkable progress in this respect and discovered a sure-fire method of tapping a seemingly bottomless pit of despair. As with all great discoveries, it's very simple. Just pick up the phone and dial 0870 010 2462, wait for a moment and then you'll hear 'Hello, and thank you for calling Orange, you're through to broadband support'. Eureka!
This week's website of the week is orangeproblems.co.uk
Have a good week.
best,
Nick
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| Dive Worldwide |
WHY DID THE JELLYFISH CROSS THE LAKE?
JELLYFISH LAKE
Cost £1,699 p/p
Witness evolution in action and the creation of a new subspecies in the warm waters of Jellyfish Lake on the Micronesian island of Palau. Specialists Dive Worldwide offer travellers the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a lake-water soup of 13-million Golden Jellyfish during 10-day dive holidays to Micronesia, departing London throughout 2007.
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| Dragoman Overland |
20% DISCOUNT
GREAT APES - GREAT ESCAPE
Cost £388 p/p
Summer 2007 will see Rwandan Gorilla trekking permits increase to £295 p/p. So why not head off into the mist before the price hike combining a 20% late booking discount on Dragoman Overland’s 15-night Great Apes & Gameparks expedition, departing Nairobi 16th and 29th April 2007.
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| Equine Adventures |
BEAR-BACK HORSERIDING
Cost from £2,175 p/p
Equine Adventures is offering 10-day ‘Grizzly Experience’ horseback tours through southwest British Columbia’s Chilcotin Mountains during prime Brown (Grizzly) Bear viewing season, departing London 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th June and 7th July 2007. |
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| Families Worldwide |
EASTER HIMALAYAN ACTION
NEPAL IN SPRING BLOOM
Cost £1,149 adult, £949 child
Take the family on a trip that will take you further, but bring you closer. Take mountain walks amongst beautiful Rhododendron blooms, meet a Sherpa who has summited Everest, take a jungle safari by jeep and elephant-back in Chitwan National Park and experience the thrill of white-water rafting. Families Worldwide offer an action-packed Easter holiday involving the whole family during their 12-day Himalayan Adventure. Departing 29th March 2007.
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| Made to Measure holidays |
A SWISS TREAT FOR MOTHER’S DAY
LUCERNE CITY-BREAK
Cost £599 p/p
We should all spoil our Mums at least once a year and Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity! Make it extra special this year by booking a 4-night Lucerne city break with Lakes & Mountains Holidays, departing London Heathrow 15th March 2007.
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| Magic of the Orient |
SOAKING UP THAILAND
SONGKRAN-STYLE
Cost £1,349 p/p
Combine city with beach, whilst keeping your cool during Songkran, Thailand’s annual wet and wild water festival. Tailor-made specialist Magic of the Orient’s refreshing 2-week holiday includes stays in Bangkok, Phuket and Koh Phi Phi, plus a possible super soaking along the way! Departing Heathrow daily. |
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| Naturetrek |
SAVE £100 p/p
BIRDING, BOTANY AND THE BALEARICS
MENORCA SPRING BREAK
Cost £995 p/p
Natural history specialist Naturetrek’s 8-day birding and botany spring break on the beautiful island of Menorca now attracts a £100 p/p discount. Tour departs London 4th April 2007.
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| Peregrine Adventures |
SABAH-DABBA-DOO!!! - STILL PLACES
ECO FRIENDLY ADVENTURES IN BORNEO
Cost £886 p/p
It’s not too late to book an adventure-filled exploration in Sabah, in search of Orang-utans, hornbills, Proboscis Monkeys and other exotic species. Peregrine Adventures still has places on its 9-day Sabah Wildlife Explorer, departing Kota Kinabalu 31st March 2007.
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| Quest Travel |
SHAMROCKS & SHENANIGANS - ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN BOSTON
4-NIGHT CITY-BREAK, FLIGHTS & HOTEL INCLUDED!
ONLY £399 p/p
For more than just a bit o’ the Irish, celebrate this year’s St. Patrick’s Day in Boston, America’s most Irish city - possibly more Irish than Ireland, on a remarkable value 4-night city-break with long haul specialist Quest Travel, departing London Heathrow 15th March 07 – must book by 10th March.
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| Walks Worldwide |
EASTER EXERCISE
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
Cost £1,630 p/p
Retrace the footsteps of the half million devotees who made the long pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the 11th and 12th centuries, by following the final section of the trail from León in Spain’s western Castille, just in time for Easter Sunday celebrations in Santiago, during an 11-day fully-guided walking tour with Walks Worldwide, departing London 30th March 2007. |
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| Wildlife Worldwide |
DRY OUT IN LUANGWA
KAPANI LODGE RE-OPENS
Cost £2,150
The headlines say Africa is underwater but Wildlife Worldwide has reports from dry ground, or to be precise, slightly damp ground! South Luangwa National Park is due to re-open in March and Kapani Lodge, the former home of Zambia’s father of conservation, Norman Carr, will be ready and waiting to welcome guests. Wildlife Worldwide’s 8-day Rivers & Rainbows tour, based at Kapani and its satellite camp Mchenja, departs Heathrow 15th to 31st March 2007.
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