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Economy trips abroad abound

David

TIMES HAVE never been
better for people travelling
ona tight budget.

You don’t think so? Well, a
round-trip ticket from Vancouver to
London this summer will be about
$900 around the peak season. Ten
years ago that ticket would have
-. cost the same, and look how infla-

_ tion has pushed up other prices
such as rent and Mars bars.

Therein lies a story. A

Singapore-based expatriate
Englishman who has done some
_ remarkable travelling including the

Whitbread round-the-world yacht
race buys a Mars bar every time he
goes to Britain and leaves it in the
‘pantry of his: Norfolk cottage. The

-.: antival of a new Mars bar is the

second half of his formula for cal-
culating the U.K, rate of inflation.

He's the kind of traveller, as
opposed to tourist, that you meet
on the road when you're going the
budget route. Generally it's young
people who do it this way, but an
increasing number of all ages are
opting for backpacks and hostels
because they get closer to the
country they are visiting as well as
the people. What’s more they join
the road network which shares
information on where to go, where
to stay, what to do and what to
avoid.

My advice — having ridden on
the luggage racks of African trains,
biked in Britain and figured out the
Tokyo underground — is to go
almost anywhere except Lagos,
where you'll be robbed blind
before you leave the airport.

Pay particular attention to coun-
tries unpopular with Uncle Sam,
such as Cuba, because when
Americans stay at home there’s
more room for the rest of us. They
are allowed to go to Egypt, but
because the odd visitor gets shot
the Americans tend to give it a
wide berth. As a result Nile steam-
ers are selling passages for half
price or less and there are no line-
ups at the monuments.

My best‘advice is not to be ©
scared by London prices; it is
cheaper than most big cities

NOW 1S a great time to traval to ‘Egypt to see the p py -ramids,
writes travel columnist David Wishart. Currer ‘|, Nile steamers
are ‘offering half price (and less) for trips along the ancient river.

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prepared to share accommodation.

Buses are becoming more popu-
lar for getting around the U.K.,
says Travel Cuts’ Shelly Jelstad.
Look for the Slow Coach which
travels between hostels and can
take you all around Britain for
$199 (Scotland has the Go Blue
Banana for $149).

Slow Coach is modeled on the
Kiwi Experience down under,
while Eurobus runs on a set itiner-
ary including Belgium, France,
Holland, Germany, Austria, Czech
Republic, Switzerland and Italy.
Passengers can get on and off as
many times as they want. Cost is
$450 for a two-month pass
(youth/student $350) and $550
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mind, and if you're lucky you'll
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as the Australian walking in the
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B at the home of an old woman,

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but declined breakfast | because he
felt that if anything he should be
taking care of her.

“I'll make you some porridge
and it’s no trouble at all,” she told
him. “Anyway, I've got to make it
for the dog.”

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