Page 48, November 45, 1978- North Shore News keep: you busy. She’ says, however, that new manage- . ment has taken over so there. might be some problem here. have 2. Several readers applauded the Island. Hall in | Parksville. | 3. The Oak Bay Beach , Hotel | in Victoria i isa favorite with a a number of. people. Tremem-: allt) Te. ; ne ern ‘ ber the Snug well! It’s a. popular Victorian ‘watering — hole’! They have a Christmas ‘package that’s apt to be sold . out by now. 4. The Harrison - was men- tioned. I was. told. that: the ‘rooms in the original ‘build- ‘ing are so-so but the tower is a better lay-out for about $10 _ more. The meals in the hotel - are good but EXPENSIVE. Other restaurants in the village ; are good and: a better price.. Back to San Juan Islands, : ‘received a brochure from a - couple who stayed at the Roche Harbour Resort. They . say that it’s old (last century) but charming and cheap ($18 last year).. Bathrooms were | down the hall. This came complete with a warning not to drink any more than two ‘Fluffy Ducks’ in the jounge! - mended the Thunderbird Hotel in Wenatchee, Wash- . | ington - exactly. 250. miles SS from North Van: ‘They drove | 15 miles into Leavenworth for Sunday brunch and raved. about the town. It’s reminis- — cent of an Austrian village. A neighbor told me that he - took. his family there a few years. back in a tent trailer. a Loved the place! ‘There’ Sa.) ‘that river full of rocks © meanders it’s way through the K.O.A. campsite which is safe for kids and kept them | busy all day. Pool and: stuff right there. ANG matching drapes. 7 Amswert . _ rules prevail. Custom I DRAPES -Re-upholsrering on all fabrics in. Vancouver stock Fashion Home Interiors have boon established 11 years on the North Shore providing exceliont service to its residents. decorating ideas, Buch as complete window treatments featuring wood woven shades and blinds. 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You'll first’. visit. save a bundle of. money ‘by buying a package’ tour . (Strand: has a dandy). NO! I don’t work for them, either! —- “Your fluency _in Spanish _ will be. fantastic as all the . § people speak it: and very few = a speak English. ; The same people. recom- ‘Do I need to 6 tell you to y stay : away. from: drugs? A visit to -. the local jail isn’t advised. I’m sure you’ve heard of the. - stuff called Colombian Gold ‘but the authorities take a-dim - - view of tourists who support _ this local industry. Your life _ is on the line should you have any dealings with traffickers. “TE you | shave ‘any possible . ‘heart condition, check with your doctor before making © any plans to visit Bogota. The altitude there could finish you off. Wo offer Interior AFrashiem home frnteriors LtO Lynn Valley Rd & Mountain Hwy. N. Van 988-1220 or 988-1525 idea of the Check. into Avianca’ S air- “tine package plan. 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If you should be unlucky enough to be held up, give the robber everything you have immedi- ately! They carry knives and don’t hesitate to use them. I ‘had: a lot-of hate mail over that Colombian column from tourists who felt they could “beat the system. Incredible that educated people can be -$o naive! Stay out of colombia if: 1. You have a health problem such as heart disease, asthma kidney problems or circulation difficulties. off something serious. . (2: You're addicted to. North American. standards of hy- giene. The heat, especially, may trigger go overseas. -nervous person and going 3. You’re hesitant | about ' trying something. different. ~Colombia has been described - as ‘‘Mexico as it was 30 years ~ago.’”. That might tell you something. Dear Barbara: ] am. a. married woman, _fifty two years old with a yen - to travel. My problem is a husband who absolutely re- - fuses to see what is on the _ other side of the hill. I can: hardly get him to go to” Toronto. (Note:This..is an - - Ontario reader!) What.:type — of holiday do you ‘suggest for a woman going alone? I — haven’t seen too much of Canada and. I would love to: I am not a- alone doesn’t bother me. It’s just that you hear some odd - ; Betamax Video Cassette Recorder SL8600, Value $4 399 - Special — REFRESHMENTS SERVED Thurs. & Fri. 9a.m.-9 - 9pm. FO RRR AEH Emmott bee CLEA TOmp iy aD FREE DRAW WELCOME TO ENTER : thoughts. on countries behind He’ S missing a lot. ‘there’s. nothing worse than - | _ CONTINUED ON PAGE 53° including two HD440 tales about people travelling ‘alone. |) 1.am enclosing