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Good Morning All,How de body?Sierra Leone was fascinating and I'll write more of it anon. Currently I haven't packed (or unpacked) and should just be typing 'Hi' and then 'Bye' as an early flight from Gatport Airwick beckons. I already know that my hotel tonight has all the character of a gas platform's accommodation rig but sadly lacks its sophistication. Gassy beer in cans, chilled pies and sandwiches in plastic wrapping, plywood interior fittings painted brutally in exterior wood stain.Anyhow, I leave you with this thought. Costa Rica author, Larissa Banting, arrives in the UK this weekend and must be the only one of Bradt's author's to have posed au naturel as Miss February in her naked pursuit of publicity! To contact her about becoming Miss or Mr April (!), to discuss the guidebook, the imminent Costa Rican residency of Mel Gibson or any other aspect of her Central American speciality subject please call Bradt's office on 01753 893 444 and speak to Felicity Stanbridge, just tell her you want to get naked!
This week's website has to be dedicated to Larissa - www.sasycostarica.com
Normal service from next Friday.
Have a good week.
best,
Nick
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| Bradt Travel Guides |
Helsinki
Cost £7.99
Bradt’s first edition Helsinki city guide suggests that no visit to Finland’s newly chic capital is complete without the ‘highlight’ of a traditional wood-fired sauna. ‘Just leave your inhibitions at home; the unshockable washerwoman has seen it all before… being gently ‘whipped’ with a softened birch branch is a highly pleasurable experience… Enjoy!’ suggests author Nigel Wallis. The guide continues in similar vein, inviting readers to cast off their layered misconceptions of expense combined with chilly gloom and take a fresh look at Helsinki, the latest European capital to check-in for the low-cost flight revolution.
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| Dragoman Overland |
| SPRING SALE – SAVE £127 p/p
COLOMBIA & VENEZUELA
Cost £718
Definitely not your everyday journey, Colombia is an enduringly remarkable place to visit – from its perfect beaches washed by the Caribbean, to ancient civilisations and awe-inspiring scenery. Dragoman Overland’s 22-night journey combines all of this with the wetlands (for whopping anacondas!) and the highlands (for adrenaline junkies) of Venezuela. Anyone can ‘do’ Peru, but real travellers head up this end of the continent! Dragoman Overland’s Salsa & The Spanish Main tour departing Quito 7th June, now comes with a 15% discount. |
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| Equine Adventures |
LATE BOOKING DISCOUNT!
SOUTH AFRICA ADVENTURE
SONGIMVELO SAFARI
Cost £2,165
Grab your bags along with a saving of £100 and head off into the African wilds… Equine Adventures offers a last minute a 10-day horse back safari through Songimvelo Game Reserve, departing London 21st April 2007.
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| Families Worldwide |
| MAY HALF TERM
RIDE ‘EM COWBOY!!
ARIZONA RANCH ADVENTURE
Cost £1,899adt, £1,663chd
Learn to ride western-style amongst miles of scenic, wildlife rich trails, swim, play tennis or volleyball then relax in the Tanque Verde Ranch health spa. Families Worldwide offers a 9-day Wild West Ranch Adventure coinciding May Half term, departing London 19th May 2007.
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| Made to Measure Holidays |
| SHORT EASTER BREAK
5-STAR AUSTRIAN SPRING SUN
ST CHRISTOPH
Cost £1,095
Indulge in the last of the spring snow at the sun-drenched Austrian resort of St Christoph, during Made to Measure Holidays’ 5-night Easter short break staying in the luxurious 5* Arlberg Hospiz Hotel. Departs London Stanstead 10th April 2007. |
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| Naturetrek |
| IN SEARCH OF BUTTERFLIES…
HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO
Cost £985
Spring in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains means snow on the high peaks, clear blue skies and lush green pastures abounding with flowers and butterflies. Naturetrek’s 8-day tour focuses on the butterflies, including the endemic Moroccan Meadow Brown, Scarce Swallowtail and African Babel Blue, birds, plants and other natural history of the region. Tour departs London 2nd June 2007.
10% of the proceeds from each tour is donated to Butterfly Conservation.
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| Peregrine Adventures |
MAGNIFICENT MAMMALS
ANTARCTIC VOYAGE WITH TOP WHALE EXPERT - ERICH HOYT
Cost £3,990
For its annual Magnificent Mammals voyage to Antarctica in March 2008, Peregrine Adventures has teamed up with WDCS, the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society, inviting the Society’s Senior Research Fellow, leading conservationist and whale expert, Erich Hoyt, to join guests aboard the Peregrine Mariner for this special expedition. Peregrine Adventures’ 10-day voyage departs Ushuaia 6th March 2008. |
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| Quest Travel |
AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE
AYERS ROCK, SYDNEY HARBOUR, ROTTNEST ISLAND…
Cost £1,589
Kylie Minogue is just about the only Australian icon not included on Quest Travel’s 21-day Australian Highlights holiday, featuring Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Ocean Road, Rottnest Island and Sydney Harbour. Departing Heathrow between 16th April to 15th June 07 – book by 31st May 2007.
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| Trips Worldwide |
| BREAK THE ICE THIS CHRISTMAS
SAVE £250 ON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION VOYAGE
Cost £5,755
For a guaranteed white Christmas, join Latin American specialist Trips Worldwide on a special 17-night holiday incorporating an 11-night Antarctic expedition voyage aboard the converted Swedish Icebreaker M/V Polar Star. For a limited period Trips Worldwide is offering a generous £250 p/p discount – an added incentive (if needed!) to book early! Departing London by air on 15th December. |
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| Walks Worldwide |
| SIR RANULPH FIENNES HIS WAY
SELF-GUIDED BERNESE OBERLAND EXPLORATION
GRINDELWALD WANDER
Cost £675
This month, top British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, embarked on his latest extreme challenge - climbing the North Face of the Eiger (6,000ft). Ok, so you may not have the prestige of the world’s most prolific explorer with an extensive expedition catalogue under your belt, with Walks Worldwide’s self-guided trek exploring the Bernese Oberland, below the mighty trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, will certainly contribute to an awe-inspiring experience – but won’t guarantee a O.B.E! The 8-day self-guided Grindelwald Wander from Interlaken to Mϋrren, departs daily from Zurich, June to October 2007.
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| Wildlife Worldwide |
IS BROWN THE NEW GREEN?
POLAR BEARS WON’T THINK SO!
Cost £3,750
As Gordon Brown pays lip service to ‘green issues’ in his 2007 budget by cranking up the road tax on gas-guzzling 4x4s and scrapping stamp duty on new carbon neutral homes, many will say he hasn’t gone far enough. With the effects of global warming already having an impact on Canada’s Polar Bear population, Wildlife Worldwide’s 8-day holidays offer some of the best opportunities to view Polar Bears in their threatened icy hunting grounds of the Canadian Arctic. Heathrow departures are available on 14th 21st & 28th October and 4th November 2007.
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