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# Sunday, 16 September 2007

blogoftheweek_thumbThis week's travel blog is The New Hampshire Bushman in Taiwan. Every so often we come across something really special and this blog is one of those rare gems. It is written by M J Klein and details his adventures in Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Laos, China and Borneo.

This blog is full of interesting articles; one of the more striking photographs is of two Thai men that dressed up as ladyboys or Kratoey. Another really interesting article looks at the Hukou Monday Night Market and details what you can find there. It appears there is something for everyone, from games and rides for the children to clothing stalls and fabrics. There is even a stall that sells illegal DVDs but because they are illegal it is untended and relies on customers to put money in a pink receptacle. M J Klein, quite rightly points out the irony of using an "honour system" to sell illegally copied DVD's.

dvd stall

M J Klein also posts a lot of entries about cooking outside and in particular on grills. One in particular shows Shao-hui's Thai marinade and the various stages of cooking what looks like wonderful food. This picture showing a pair of freshly killed pigeons looks just wonderful.

pigeons

posted on Sunday, 16 September 2007 22:57:09 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Trackback
I found this website that has some good holiday offers. They cover Beach Holidays, tropical holidays, weekend breaks, car hire and also have a selection of cheap flights. Some of the destinations they offer include Antigua, Barbados, Borneo and the Cayman Islands. I found some really good deals for St Lucia starting at £473 for a three star hotel. To book all you need to do is call one of their UK based travel consultants who will help you find a holiday that is tailor made for your requirements.

posted on Sunday, 16 September 2007 14:48:15 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Trackback

PC2Paper's Internet letter sending service now offers colour laser printing from its UK printing station.

posted on Sunday, 16 September 2007 13:40:12 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Trackback
# Friday, 14 September 2007
The Norwegian postal service takes the delivery of ballot papers very seriously. So seriously in fact that when a ballot paper was sent to the wrong town, they pulled out all the stops to try and get it to its destination before the polls closed. This included taking the unusual steps of flying it 220 miles to Oslo and then another 185 miles to Foerde, before sending it on a chartered helicopter for the remaining 35 miles to its destination of Stryn. The complete bill was 15,000 kroner.

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# Thursday, 13 September 2007
The Communication Workers Union has said they will announce further strikes after they failed to reach an agreement with Royal Mail after five days of talks. Whilst they have made some progress it was not enough to avert the treat of further action. If the strikes go ahead they would take place before the end of September.

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# Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Postal workers in Stoke-on-Trent have returned to work after staging an unofficial strike after twelve of their colleagues were suspended. The strike has caused disruptions in the Stoke-on-Trent area and mail may be delayed for the next few days.

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# Monday, 10 September 2007
Talks between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail to try and resolve the pay dispute responsible for the recent strikes concluded on Sunday 9th of September. As yet no agreement has been reached. The Union has informed Royal Mail that they will extend the period of calm and are prepared to enter into further talks. There is currently no threat of further industrial action.

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# Sunday, 09 September 2007

blogoftheweek This weeks travel blog of the week is Rambling Traveler, I've been visiting this blog quite regularly and have finally got around to giving it the worthy mention it deserves. Stacy the blogs author, has a lovely bogging style featuring the various places she has visited and always with such stunning pictures.

The article I enjoyed the most was God's Child Project, the article explains how Stacy and 5 friends joined a task group to help and learn about the poor in Guatemala. The goal of the organisation is to help families out of poverty by helping the children to stay in school instead of them working to help support their families. They use incentives such as school supplies, food, medical care etc. 

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# Friday, 07 September 2007
George Best Belfast City Airport has announced plans to extend its runway. The plans would allow Ryanair to fly to more European destinations from the airport. Ryanair hopes to offer flights to three European destinations as well as four daily flights to Stansted airport in London. On the subject of Stansted airport you might want to read this article by Ubertramp who has a few things to say about the airports location.

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# Thursday, 06 September 2007
The first Eurostar train to use the new St Pancras terminal has broken the Paris to London record after a trip of two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds. The train travels at around 192mph. The quicker time should help to drive up passenger number and allow Eurostar to compete with budget airlines.

posted on Thursday, 06 September 2007 15:55:33 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Trackback