fee Oe 4 a; ic a A i oe va “C8- Sunday News, November 22, 1981 ‘Travel: with your nose to the ground FROM PAGE C6 however, some little towns have fantastic flea markets and yard sales. What's the best way to calculate foreign money in Canadian funds while travelling? ANSWER: Change your money at banks or special foreign exchange shops (we call them “cambios” for the Spanish words). Shop around for the best rate - and don’t go putting your money on the counter until you've established the percentage. Cash only small sums. Have some idea of the rates before you leave by checking with banks = or work out the figures on paper before you leave your hotel. I can’t be bothered with a calculator.so I write down: $1 equals 800 lira $10 equals 8,000 lira, etc. rounding off the figures, always higher, for leeway. ot If you're planning a visit to South America, you might be interested in some of the points I mentioned to a reader whose daughter is planning to visit some Central and South American disadvantage in Latin countries. If travelling with a male - even, believe it or not, your 14-year old brother, he’ll be listened to before you will be. The poorer the group of people, the higher the rate of chauvinism. For example, the em- ployees of a luxury hotel will be more accustomed to North ‘American and European women than will the proprietor of a small shop in the slums. ‘In case of trouble, smart the North American card in hand to the nearest luxury hotel and gets herself established with a room and a line of credit. She rolls. her jeans and windbreaker and.,. camping gear into a ball and forgets them. Clothes carry a lot of prestige - dress like a peasant and you'll get about the same treatment. Central and South America are explosive and what looks like a quiet religious festival can sud- denly emerge as a mob scene complete with guns and other unfriendly weapons. Above all, listen to the Populaire” - listen. He: just might know about a riot in the works. Too polite to express his concern, .he’ll hedge around or perhaps give the whole scoop to that young brother. In South America, you travel with your nose to the ground. “FROM: PAGE ECE people: who: operate then are friendly, the places are quiet, and the breakfasts and — snacks could keep the moderate person going most of the day~ Only in London were we at all disappointed with the pattern and the irony of that situation was we had pre- booked, the only place, fetured’ on . the cover of the ‘current BTA book on B&B accomodation in London and regretably, it did not ‘resemble the photo and was an -absentee served the owned by landlord. It purpose, but compared to. the other privately owned homes throughout the island, it just didn't stack up. As far as general “stuff”, no problems. Woolens were much cheaper, especially so were : than in “Canada. For example, a bus in Edinburgh cost 44 cents for adults and about 18 cents for a 2 year old. And parking was much cheaper in any lot or garage. In fact we found many free municipal lots and on one occasion when leaving a parking garage in Derby, the two older gentlemen were counting the day’s take and time in London_when Colin the -soccer fanatic was discussing Tottenham’s chances against Manchester United that night with the fare collector. When we reached our stop, the conductor refused to charge us. Gasoline was expensive -- _ about 83 cents per litre, but we obtained far better mileage than planned because of the lack of polution control equipment on the vehicle. + Meal costs varied con- C9 - Sunday News, November 22, 1981 restaurants for a month. We tried to vary our approach by a light lunch (and after those. big British breakfasts, a light snack was the only thing we could handle) with a reasonable dinner either at a White Spot-Bino's type place, then the next night at a somewhat better spot. Theatre tickets in London weren't all that pricey -- slightly under $10 for second best- seats for Annie (a fun show not to be missed if In fact, a survey released by British Airways com- paring London with Canadian cities shows London as being cheaper than a comparable vacation in Canada when comparing hotel, transportation, food, entertainment, sports, car rental and drinks. In a nutshell, Britain was certainly affordable. The biggest problem was the $2500 air fare for the three of us. We planned our trip you’re in London over the rather loosely, but still set up : from our arrival in in the highlands. Most other told us not to bother paying siderably and this could have —_ winter) to $13 for Sound of a budget which worked very woman forgets:any thought people in hotels. If the apart . ca: : ; j j Deak’s. countries witha male friend. she had about hostels or manager expresses polite Edinburgh where we did it - items were comparable to because it’ would confuse beenacostly venture. Justas Music, with Petula Clark, DEAR BARBARA: Use a pocket calculator or Young women can be at a pensions and runs, credit doubt about your visit to “El this way. prices over here except for their bookeeping. it could be in Vancouver if which was a bit of a well. In fact, I'm already working on one for the next It was a guest time. Tal house transportation fares which Which reminds, me.of the you ate lunch and dinner in disappointment. 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