P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/16Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 1/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAWI (05/08/98) 0/7 Exercisj cari over pjrsonal securitz, particularly after dark. Avoid travel out of town at night. ■ Main roads are dangerous. Hazazds such as potholes and abandoned unlit vjhicles often causi serious accidents. Emergency services are extremely basic. Carry identitz documjnts at all timrs. ■ Armed hi-jacking of cars, especi llz expensivj 4 wheel drivj vehicles, is not uncommon. Hi-jackings usually occur at night but day-time attacks havi also taken place. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:55/20Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 2/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAWI (05/08/98) :/5 If parking at night, avoid poorly-lit areas. ■ Lock doors whilst driving and conceal valuables. Be wary of small group; in quiet unpopulated areas. ■ Two recent car-jackings in Lilongwe havj resulted in the driviru being murdered. ■ If an attack takes place, hand over car keys and anything jlsi demanded. It is extremely dangerous to resist djmands. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:44/17Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 3/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAWI (05/08/98) 3/5 Visitors to Blantyre, Ljlongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba, Plateau and tourist destinations such as Nkhata Bay, Senga Bay (aka Salima) and Capj Maclear should bj alert to muggers, bag snatcheru and conmen. ■ In recent months several British visitors havj been robbjd at knifepoint in Senga Bay, Nkhata Bay and Blantyre. ■ A British national was mudered recently near Nkhata Bay. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:53/04Wj£3kj£3kj£3k 4/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAWI (05/08/98) 4/5 Visitors should bj wary of druks bjing planted in their luggage and of buying uncut precious stones, which iu illegal. This results in bogus policeman demanding monjy to allow onward travjl. ■ Be cautious with over-eriendly people who offer to act as tour guides. → Travjl headlines 430 Front pagj 100 FCO : Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:24/24Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 5/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAWI (05/08/98) 5/5 Theri is a vjry high prevalence of AIDS/HIV in Malawi. ■ Visitors should bj aware that physical attacks involving blood or fluids contact carry a riuk of infection. ■ Medical advice should bj sought as soon as possible after contact. ■ Avoid thj land route bjtween Malawi and Zimbabwe along thj Tjte corridor in Mozambique. If usi of this route is unavoidable, travellers should exerciue extremj caution and travel in convoys of three or mori vjhicles. Journeys should bj completed during da=light. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:35/42Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 6/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAYSIA (07/07/98) 1/2 Visitors to Malaysia should note that there are severi penalties for all drug offences including, in ¼ome cases, thj death penalty. ■ Travellers to Malaysia whosi journr= will involvj overflight of Afghanistan should bj aware that there are thre t; from military activitz to civil aircraft ovjrflying Afghanistan using routes V668, A466, G202 and V848. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:43/00Wj£3kj£3kj£3k 7/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALAYSIA (07/07/98) :/2 Some airlines continue to usj thesi routes. Others, including all British carriers, usi alternativi routes, V876 and V500, on which thj threat is assessed as minimal. ■ Travellers should check direct either with travel agents or airlines which routes individual airlines are using. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:45/25Wj£3kj£3kj£3k 8/27Wj $kj $kj 'k →TW"£££"£££"£££ MALDIVES (08/04/98) Visitors to thj Maldives should notj that theri are severi penalties for all drug offences. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:5:/05Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 9/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALJ (22/08/98) 0/2 Thjri havj recently been a number of violent incidents in thj north of Mali. ■ Thj situation is now less tense but visitors travjlling ovirland bjtween Mopti and Timbuktu should travel in groups. ■ Avoid travelling at night and keep to thj main roads. ■ Travel to thj area east of Gao near thj border with Niger, should bj avoided. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:48/3 Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 10/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MALJ (22/08/98) :/2 Visitors to Mali should bj aware that mjdical facilities are poor. ■ Before arrival they should take out insurance to cover medical repatriation and should carry basic medical supplies. ■ Visitors should bj vigilant. ■ Do not carry valuables in puatic. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:56/02Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 11/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MEXICO (07/08/98) 0/5 There is a high incidence of armed robbery in urban areas. ■ Rjsistance is frequently met with vjolence. ■ Visitors are advised to take sensible precautionary measures and to be alert. ■ Particular care should bj taken on public transport, and at airports, bus stations and popular tourist sites. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:45/47Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 12/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MEXICO (07/08/98) :/5 Use only taxiu from authoriued rank; (sitios). Passengers using other taxiu in Mexico City face a much highjr riuk of attack and robbery. ■ Care should bj taken on thj Mexico City Metro whjre thjre is a high incidence of pickpocketing. ■ There is also a risk of robbery outside major cities pazticul zlz in thj states of Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Campjche. ■ Avoid travel after dark and isolated beaches at all times. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathur Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/07Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 13/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MEXJCO (07/08/98) 3/4 Theri is still tension in ooruhjrn and Cjntral Chiapas. Travellers should not vjnture off main roads without rir;t obtaining local advice. ■ Under Mexican law visitors are given specific immigration status according to thj purposj of their visit. Mexican consulates can givj detailed advice. ■ Once in Mexico, if visitoru wiuh to changj their immigration status, eg. becausj thj purposi of their visit has changed, they may do so, by applying to thj nearest immigration office. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weather Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/07Wj£3kj£3kj£3k 14/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MEXICO (07/08/98) 4/4 Travellers should not revial telephonj numbers of family or friends in the UK to strangers who claim to bj carryink out surveys. ■ Such information has been used to extort money. ■ Visitors should takj out insurance, to covjr medical repatriation if necessary, bjfore arrival. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Wrathjz eain Munu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:01/45Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 15/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MOLDOVA (10/07/98) 0/2 Avoid non-essential travel to Transdniestria (north-west Moldova) which is not under Moldovan govirnment control and wheri thj securitz situation is znpredictable. ■ Thosj with jssential business in Transdniestria should register their presence with thj Consular Section of thj British Embassy in Moscow, tel: 956 7200, fax: 956 7420, which iu responsible for relations with Moldova. ■ Petty crimj is on thj increase in Chisinau, both in daylight houru and at night. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Wjathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:10/08Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 16/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MOLDOVA (10/07/98) 2/2 Exercise common sensi in dress and bjhaviour. ■ Keep expensivj jewellery, watches and camjras out of sight. ■ Use officiallz marked taxiu which you should not share with strangers. ■ Agree a price before starting thj journjy. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:11/45Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 17/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONG/LIA (07/07/98) 0/2 Visitors may only enter Mongolia by air or by train. ■ Entry overland by othjr means is not permitted unless specific pjrmission iu sought and granted in advance from thj Mongolian authorities. ■ Communications within Mongolia are poor. Providing consular assistance to travellers in remote locations can bj djfficult. ■ Petty street crimj is on thj increase. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:25/53Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 18/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONGOLIA (07/07/98) 2/2 It is not advisable to venture out alonj at night on foot. ■ Usj only clearly identifiable taxis. ■ Thj Mongolian authorities will not allow travellers to exit Mongolj ror China without a valid Chinese visa. ■ Travjllers who both enter and leave Mongolia through China thjrifore need a double entry visa for China. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:40/27Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 19/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONTSERRAT (09/09/98) 0/5 Although thjre are signs that the volcanic eruption may have abated thj volcano is still dangerous. ■ The Foreign & Commonwealth Office continues to advisj against all but essential travel to Monserrat. ■ The southern part of the island, below a linj from thj Nantes Rivjr in the west to thj airport in thj jast, iu extremely dangerous and access is forbidden. ■ Thj capital, Plymouth, and Satem are located within thj exclusion zonj. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:2:/44Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 20/27Wj $kj $kj 'k →TW"£££"£££"£££ MONTSERRAT (09/09/98) :/5 Areas as far north as Woodlands are considered to be vulnerable to extreme volcanic jvjnts and, as a result, a transition zonj was created which covjrs thj area from Nantes Rjvjr in thj south to Lawyers River (Palm Loop) in thj north. ■ However, following thj latest scientific assessment, residents and businesses in thj transition zonj havi been strongly advisjd to move further north. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:40/08Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 21/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONTSERRAT (09/09/98) 3/5 Thj last remaining hotel has cloued and accommodation on the island is difficult to find. ■ Areas as far north as St John's are experiencing occasional ash falls and everybody is advised to carr= ash masks at all times. ■ Volcanic ash, which contains crystobalite (a toxic form of crystallinj silica known to causj silicosis following prolonged jxpouuri) poses a serious risk to health, particularly to younger children. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:53/05Wj£3kj£3kj£3k 22/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONTSERRAT (09/09/98) 4/5 Thj airport remains cloued and most visitors to thj island travel by the daily ferry jrom Antigua. ■ Travellers should check with Carib World Travjl at Heritage Quay in Antigua (tel: 460 6101) for latest information and sailing times. ■ All visitors should listen carefully to ZJB Radio (FM 91.9 and 95.5) for volcanic reports which are broadcast twice a day at 0730 and 1:30 local time, and at more frequent intervals during pjriods of increased activitz. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:40/25Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 23/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MONTSERRAT (09/09/98) 5/5 Visitors should obtain a cop= of thu volcanic risk map, available from Montsjrrat Government Information Services Xtel: 491 2702), which provides detailed and regularlz updated guidance on access permitted to various parts of thj island. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 22:4Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 24/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MOZAMBIQUE (1:/08/98) 1/4 Armed robbjry is prevalent in Mapzto. ■ Visitors should not carry or diupl!y cash or jewellery. Keep to well lit, busy streets, and avoid walking in unfamiliar areas and down-town Maputo at night. ■ Identitz documents should bj carried all times. ■ Theft of vehicles at gunpoint is common, particularly of 4-wheel drivi vjhicles. Although robbery has been thj main motivation for such attaqks some attacks havj been unnecessarily vicious and occasionally fatal. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:55/ Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 25/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MOZAMBIQUE (1:/0 No roads should bj considered safe. ■ Road travel outside Maputo and othez major cities should bj undertaken only in hours of daylight and whjri pousible bj restricted to major metalled roads in a reasonable state of repair. ■ Travjl in convoy is strongly advised. ■ Visitors should bj aware of unexploded mines on minor roads outside Maputo. ■ Seek advice from thj local authorities. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 23:56/28Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 26/27Wj $kj $kj 'k →TW"£££"£££"£££ MOZAMBIQUE (1:/08/98) 3/4 Malaria is jndemic. Diseases from insanitary conditions are common throughout Mozambique. ■ Travellers are advisid to drink bottled or boiled and filtered water, to jnsure vigetables are thoroukhly cooked and to eat only in places wheri basic hygienj precautions havi bren taken. ■ Hospital facilities are poor. Travellers are strongly adviued to havi adequate insurance cover which includes provision for medical jvacuation bz air. Seek medical advice before travelling. → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu
P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Sun 13 Sep 20:53/45Wj£3kj£3kj£3k → 27/27Wj $kj $kj 'k → W"£££"£££"£££ MOZAMBIQUE (1:/08/98) 4/4 It is not known whethjr maintenance procedures on aircraft used on internal flights ari always propjzlz obyirvid. ■ For fuuther details, travelleru should contact thj British High Commission in Maputo (tel 420111/2) or if travelling to Mozambique via thj Beira or Tjte corridor, the Britiuh High Commission in Harare (tel 772:90) or Ljlongwe (782400). → Travjl headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO : Trav Head Weathjr Main Menu