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Marathon des Sables: Blood, sweat and opera

Posted Sunday, April 06, 2008, 5:11 PM by Lonely Planet Lonely Planet author Brendan Sainsbury is on the last leg of the daunting Marathon des Sables, a 150 mile (240 km) ultra marathon across the Sahara: holiday last minute wales

Day 6 and the Marathon des Sables suddenly became a race. As the temperature hit 46 degrees Celsius, the first 100 runners recklessly bolted from the start line as if the previous 5 days of madness had been nothing but a warm up. Perhaps the desert has toughened us all up. We certainly look tougher - and a lot rougher too. Seven days unshaven, unshowered and without proper food and we ve started to resemble slightly malnourished desert soldiers from an old WWII movie. catering holiday self wales

Today s stage was a standard 26 mile marathon, but rather than wilting under the Moroccan sun I seemed to discover a new energy. Was it adrenalin, nerves, or the final numbing of my body s pain receptors It s hard to say. Maybe it was the thought of the finish line tomorrow after 245km of blood, sweat and tears. Or maybe it was the promise of tonight s special treat: the race organisers have flown out the Paris Opera to perform for us live in the middle of our disheveled desert camp. A surreal ending to a truly surreal race. holiday wales walking

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I had no idea to prepare for such an undertaking so I just set off running, climbing, and sometimes staggering, while all the time refusing to either stop or look behind me. There were many peaks and troughs during this long dark day (and night) of the soul, but I rallied in the last 8km came in 72nd just as night was falling. camping holiday wales

At the finish, I have never felt so exhausted and struggled to make it back to my tent laden down with my rucksack and mandatory 4 litres of water. Dinner was freeze dried chicken noodles made with cold water and my bed a thin, yet surprisingly comfortable, Moroccan carpet. By 9.30pm I had fallen into a deep slumber dreaming about cheeseburgers and trying to blot out the prospect of Friday s 42km marathon. accommodation holiday wales

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The Olympic Controversy

Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008, 8:15 PM by Lonely Planet The Chinese government s recent crackdown on violent protests in Tibet has had global effects. In India, ex-politicians are calling for a boycott on all Chinese goods, while Reporters Without Borders is demanding that every nation shun the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. family holiday wales

Meanwhile, Beijing has criticised the efforts of the Dalai Lama to quell the anti-China actions. Will these developments affect your travel considerations Are you considering - or reconsidering - a trip to the Summer Olympics or Tibet More philosophically, should politics be a factor in deciding what parts of the world you want to visit Join the Discussion: holiday riding wales

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Genocide and torture have GOT to stop. Please reject business and politics as usual, and boycott China, and let them, your leaders, and your merchants know why. (Send a letter to Apple Computer telling them you won t buy their products b/c made in China, etc.) Travel is cool, China is cool, but not as cool as human rights. Can you really feel good about packing your LP guide (printed in china) and going to China, spending lots of money there, knowing it buys cattle prods to torture tibetans, knowing that the lights you use are lit by oil traded for weapons to kill Darfurians I cannot. cottage holiday wales

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World s Greatest Pub/Bar Crawls

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, oil Sunday evening musings, after 14 outlaws were fed lunch and wine. Do you know where our crude oil comes from We produce about 50% of what we need (back a generation or so we produced 100%). The other 50% comes from a variety of sources in the broad SE Asian and Middle East region. Here are the approximate figures for the top six suppliers: Vietnam (28%), PNG (14%), UAE (13%), Malaysia (11%), Brunei (8%), NZ (7%). Within five years we will produce about 40% or so (demand will increase, and local production will probably decline - our production peaked in 2000). cottage holiday wales

The problem with the current arrangements however, is that the producer (exporting) nations have a few issues of their own. Firstly, their production is declining - this is a geological reality, secondly, their domestic consumption is rising, in some cases rising rapidly, thirdly, all nations are now aware of peak oil, and will increasingly hoard or preserve their known reserves (both to meet domestic needs, and to maximise price over the longer term), and fourthly, the big players in the game (EU, USA, Japan, China, etc) will increasing make deals and lock in future production to meet their needs. holiday in wales

Where does this leave small countries like Australia At least we have capacity to produce 50% of our current needs - most of Europe produces none. And we have ample other resources to trade in certain circumstances. We also have a lot of natural gas (although it is being sold to major players almost exclusively - we are selling the farm at a great rate). holiday wales

We could be in serious trouble in five years, certainly ten. Maybe $5.00 per litre petrol doesn t concern us too much, if we can still have availability (but I clearly remember the petrol rationing and queues around the block in the 1970s). I guess I don t understand why this (and related issues) aren t the lead stories every day, and the major preoccupation of our leaders . cottage holiday in wales

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