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An ITN subscriber was on a hiking tour in New Zealand in April 2014 when she came down with a respiratory illness. Feeling she couldn’t complete the week’s second hike, on the Routeburn Track, she took a bus back to Queenstown, a couple of hours away, but did not seek out a physician for an office visit because it was Saturday afternoon. She recuperated in a hotel for several days before taking her scheduled flight home.
Those flying into London at Gatwick, Heathrow or London City airport can have their luggage delivered anywhere in the city by AirPortr (phone +44 203 384 6677, http://portr.com). A traveler can leave his luggage at the AirPortr desk in the airport, and it is guaranteed to be delivered within five hours or delivery is free. He also can have bags delivered from a London location to the AirPortr desk in the airport.
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Located on the National University of Singapore campus, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (2 Conservatory Dr., Singapore 117377; phone +65 6601 3333, http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg) opened in April 2015.
In a building that looks like a corner of it has been sliced off, the museum displays more than 2,000 of its one million animal and plant specimens, including insects, spiders, reptiles, mammals, etc., anchored by three nearly complete, long-necked diplodocus skeletons from Wyoming.
For viewing the little (fairy) penguins without disturbing them as they march to and from the waves at Phillip Island Nature Parks, a special platform, Penguins Plus, has been built that blends into the environment. Visitors to the north end of Phillip Island, which is just south of Melbourne in the state of Victoria, Australia, can watch the penguins from a raised platform or observe them at eye level from an underground room.
A platform ticket costs AUD47.20 (near $34); online, visit www.penguins.org.au and click on “Buy tickets.”
Those planning trips to Europe can find a few helpful tips at www.european-vacation-planning-made-simple.com. Also, click on “SAVE IN EUROPE” to find a list of discounts of up to 20% on selected day tours, day cruises and city passes in Europe that are available when booked through the sister website www.agents-traveltoeurope.com. On the latter website, select a country, then find the applicable deal. The discount is automatic when booking from this website.
As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 38 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, North Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.
Because of North Korea’s inconsistent application of its criminal laws, the US Department of State continues to strongly recommend that people not travel there. Without charges, visitors have been subject to arrest and long-term detention for actions that would not be cause for arrest in the US or other countries, including involvement in unsanctioned religious and/or political activities or unauthorized interaction with the local population.
The US Department of State continues to warn against traveling to Crimea and the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine.
