Joomla! site syndication http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:43:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk Joomla! site syndication http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk/content/view/6/2/ Aussies warned not to travel to AlgeriaAUSTRALIANS are being warned against travelling to Algeria after the latest deadly bomb attacks in the north African nation.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) reviewed and reissued its travel advice for Algeria today, warning Australians to reconsider their need to travel to the country.A double car-bomb strike in the capital, Algiers, has killed at least 26 people, including 11 United Nations staff, and wounded 177.Hospital sources gave a toll of 62 dead and about 100 injured.Responsibility for the blasts has claimed by al-Qaeda.Although DFAT's travel advisory did not upgrade the overall threat assessment from its current second-highest level, it warned of the high risk of bombings in Algeria. We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Algeria at this time because of the very high threat of terrorist attack, the advice said. We receive regular reports indicating that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners. If you do decide to travel to Algeria you should exercise extreme caution. Attacks could occur anywhere at any time. Australians in Algiers should avoid any unnecessary movement and maintain extreme caution , it said. News - Latest Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk/content/view/11/9/ Celebrity IslandPap-free zone ... Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban opted for Bora Bora in Tahiti for their honeymoon, to escape the paparazziHowling Hawaii ... despite its rocking scenery, pop singer Christina Aguilera frequents Kuai in HawaiiHowzat! ... the Aussie cricket team enjoy fun and games at St Vincent in the West indiesMaldives mission ... Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are known to retreat to the Maldives, when they get too 'stressed'Float your boat ... champagne and lobster beach picnics are a speciality on Turtle Island, FijiTHERE'S something about an island that will always have romantic connotations – of running away to the South Seas, of buried treasure, of a paradise far from the madding crowd.Fact is, some desert islands are downright crowded these days, running wall to wall celebrities, not to mention the wannabes who follow in their Havaiana-steps.Almost all the islands you see the likes of Becks and Posh, Nicole and Keith or Brangelina frolicking on are also available to you – for a price, of course.But if you've got the money, you've got the go to become part of how the other half (half a per cent, that is) lives.And some celebrities love the privacy of island resorts so much, they buy their own. Mel Gibson bought Mago Island, Fiji, for $17.2m in 2004 as a private hideaway, complete with two lagoons and an eight-lane bowling alley.The latest couple to join the exclusive island-owners' club is Pitt and Jolie, who secured a man-made island in the Dubai development The World. They have reportedly bought Ethiopia (their two-year-old daughter Zahara was born in the real Ethiopia). Their neighbours will include Richard Branson and Rod Stewart and the islands are priced from $7.7 million to $46.1 million.Other island owners include Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio. Some of them, such as Branson and, soon, DiCaprio, rent out their islands when they're not there.The trend started many decades ago and one of the most notable island resort owners was the late Marlon Brando.He fell in love with Tahiti in 1965 while making the film Mutiny on the Bounty and bought the atoll of Tetiaroa.The atoll already had a celebrity history in its own culture before Brando came along, as the holiday getaway for the chiefs and kings of Tahiti.It is rumoured that there is still buried treasure on the island. Brando had the Hotel Tetiaroa Village built there, 13 basic palm thatched fares (villas) that were popular with rich couples who wanted a romantic holiday away from five-star hotels. The resort, however, became very run down and closed in 2004.Now, however, developer Richard Bailey has bought part of the atoll and will turn it into a luxurious eco-resort called The Brando, scheduled to open next year and include accommodation for 30 couples at $1700 a night.In the meantime, Brando's son Teihotu, 42, is the only official resident of Tetiaroa and works for Bailey as the atoll's caretaker.NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands, CaribbeanNecker Island is one of the world's most expensive resorts, owned by billionaire Sir Richard Branson.Who: Mel Gibson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Douglas, Prince Charles.Where: Fly to San Juan (Puerto Rico), St Thomas, Antigua or Barbados, take a connecting flight to Beef Island, Tortola, than a short launch or helicopter trip to Necker.Stay: Up to $52,700 a night for 26 people, including meals and drinks, water sports and Internet services, and laundry, too. When there's not an exclusive booking, couples can stay from $25,800 a week.Random facts: Branson bought the island more than 25 years ago.MUSHA CAY, BahamasOwned by magician David Copperfield, who named Copperfield Bay after himself.Who: Google founder Sergey Brin was married there this year. John Travolta, Oprah Winfrey.Stay: Eight people stay for $28,370 a night (extra for more people, up to 24). Minimum three-night stay and $28,647 security deposit. The rate includes food and drink but not airport taxes, tips or phone use.Random facts: In October, a 22-year-old American woman who had stayed on the island accused Copperfield, 51, of raping her there. He has denied the claims and FBI agents are investigating.GOLDENEYE RESORT, Oracabessa village, JamaicaThe former home of writer Ian Fleming, who wrote his James Bond novels at Goldeneye Hotel.Who: Sting, Johnny Depp.Where: Fly to Kingston Airport and then it's three hours by car to the village of Oracabessa, or take a small plane to Boscobel Aerodrome.Stay: Ian Fleming's house costs from $2865 a night for up to six people, villas from $756 a night.Random fact: One of the villas has a media room with a full-sized movie screen and a library of James Bond-only DVDs. FAQs - Examples Wed, 12 May 2004 11:54:06 +0100 http://www.travel-4u3.co.uk/content/view/2/9/ Secrets Of Cheap TravelThere are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach though. If , for example, you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you WILL save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want, or what you think you want, will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.Be A Travel OpportunistThe other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless, the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary limits.The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn't, I would have had a great time - somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top of glacier-covered Mount Chimborazo.I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier flight, which meant I signed for some luggage (car parts), and could only take carry-on luggage.Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.How To Become An Opportunist TravelerCan you drink rum at a dollar per bottle, instead of your favorite beer? Can you eat chicken instead of steak? How about visiting the free sights first, and dancing in the street festival instead of the disco?Being an opportunist means you'll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want - eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn't dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on El Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures. Newsflashes - Newsflash Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:30:34 +0100