C6 - Wednesday, December 28, 1983 - North Shore News cenveed | (Se) | Escape the cold — go tropical A WHILE AGO | was asked for some information on Anguilla but I couldn’t be much help - it’s one of the Canbbean Islands I’ve never visited . T just received a press release about the island it sounds like a fine place to visit. They boast about white sand beaches and low rainfall and most of the hotels and guest houses feature snorkel- ing and assorted other water sports. The larger ones have tenmis courts and swimming pools. If you prefer condo or apartment living, there are plenty of these for ‘‘self- catering’ holidays. @®& If you've got a yen for more information, write: Caribbean Tourism Association 20 East 46th St., 10017 New York OR Anguilla Department of Tourism, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies. The woman traveller com- plained to me that she’d had a bad time at a foreign air- port on a recent trip. She had a long flight delay and while seated in the waiting room she was approached by a man who’s suggestions were ob- noxious. She told him to gg” away and leave her alone but he persisted. A nasty scene erupted and she ended up having to get help from some airline employees. Her major mistake was making any sort of reply at all. In situations of this sort, most pedple are put off my complete silence If this doesn’t work, changing seats - preferably a single or mght between a nun and a mother with children) ought to do the trick. Being accosted by strange men is an occasional hazard for sangle women travellers Mind you, you're far motc apt to runinto this problem if you're young and look morc hke Brooke Shicids than Miss Piggy And, I've seen many women travelling ino outfits more suitable to street sohating than moving from cuy to city. If you've got 90 per cent of your bare skin showing you’re apt to get a few suggestions as to what to do with mu. Besides that, it’s travel- wise « by Barbara McCreadie impractical — air condition- ing can give you pneumonia. In some cities, pimps roam around in airports, bus and train stations, looking for “young women for steady work. The evil thing about this racket is that the pimps look like anything but and come on lke helpful young college students. Bad news. The best routine is to avoid any conversation” with anyone who 1s not a fellow traveller - and even then, take reasonable care While 1 was in Bellingham (some world traveller’) last week | bought a copy of the Bethngham Herald and was interested to see an article headlined “DWI CRACKDOWN NETS CANADIANS The “drinking while intoxicated ’’ sweep caught JO drunks and 14 of these were © anadian Anyone suspected of impair ment was arrested by the mobile booking umt what we'd call the Black Mania they call ‘‘The Slammer”’ and hauled off to jail for breathalizer tests. By the sound of the article, if you don’t pass the test you get free room and board. Anyway, if you're plann- ing a beer bash south of the border better take along a teetotalling friend to drive you home. ] received a short letter from my friend Pablo in Argentina. He reports that the new government has taken qver firmly without any problems. He's perfectly delighted about the change and says there’s a marvellous wave of optimism in Argen- tina. There should be no trouble at all for any traveller planning a visit. Any period of political change in any part of the world outside of North America can lead to violence bat when you know about the public affairs the smart traveller waits until things settle down before trotting in waving the Cana- dian flag. Argentina is one country where I’d wear that flag if | were going down now. Ever since the Falkland war, Americans have been downright unpopular. More so than the British! 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