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Travel Agenda: Vinopolis; Zambezi Queen; Lumiere festival; Mandarin Oriental
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Today: For the Caribbean closer to home, make for Vinopolis in London, where the Caribbean Tourism Organisation is hosting a showcase with food, music, drinks and an appearance by Levi Roots (caribbean.co.uk).
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Saturday, 7 November 2009
By Monday evening, you'll be fed up with people telling you where they were on 9 November 1989, the night the people of East Germany were finally allowed to travel to the West. So instead, let me tell you where I was on 10 November 1989: at the West German ambassador's residence in London's Belgrave Square.
Travel challenge: A New Year trip to Malaysia
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a two-week holiday in Malaysia over New Year. Prices are for two people travelling together and include flights from Heathrow on Malaysia Airlines, transfers and 14 nights' accommodation.
Travel Agenda: Vinopolis; Zambezi Queen; Lumiere festival; Mandarin Oriental
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Today: For the Caribbean closer to home, make for Vinopolis in London, where the Caribbean Tourism Organisation is hosting a showcase with food, music, drinks and an appearance by Levi Roots (caribbean.co.uk).
My Life In Travel: Frank Gardner
Saturday, 7 November 2009
'I dodged pirates and went skinny-dipping in Thailand'
Something To Declare: Puerto Rico; Qatar for football fans; cheap trains in Scotland; Wall fall in London
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Simon Calder: No car trouble in the land of the Autobahn
Saturday, 7 November 2009
By Monday evening, you'll be fed up with people telling you where they were on 9 November 1989, the night the people of East Germany were finally allowed to travel to the West. So instead, let me tell you where I was on 10 November 1989: at the West German ambassador's residence in London's Belgrave Square.
Something To Declare: Puerto Rico; Qatar for football fans; cheap trains in Scotland; Wall fall in London
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Puerto Rico
My Life In Travel: Frank Gardner
Saturday, 7 November 2009
'I dodged pirates and went skinny-dipping in Thailand'
Travel challenge: A New Year trip to Malaysia
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a two-week holiday in Malaysia over New Year. Prices are for two people travelling together and include flights from Heathrow on Malaysia Airlines, transfers and 14 nights' accommodation.
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