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DINGWALL TAEKWONDO WTF Classes Tues 7.30pm, Dingwall Sportscentre, Fri 7.30pm Dingwall Academy. More than 45 years in the running. Black Belts advanced students only. Professional training and examinations. HIGHLAND RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Coaching & competitive opportunities in Rugby Football for the whole community. Call Andrew Russell on 243972 or 07786 256891 INVERNESS CATHEDRAL SOCIETY OF BELL RINGERS Thursdays 7.30pm - 9pm. Anyone can be a bell ringer! We ring for Sunday services, weddings and other special occasions. Tel: 01381 610411 or email inverness@sacr.org INVERNESS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Group of music lovers promote concerts of chamber music by professional performers in the Town House, Inverness, Sept April/May, Call Paul Crowe 221535 visit www.invernesschambermusic.com INVERNESS CHESS CLUB Wednesday, 7 - 10:30pm, Chieftain Hotel, Inverness. Provides coaching and games for all ages & standards, juniors welcome. www.spanglefish.com/ invernesschessclub INVERNESS HOSPITAL RADIO Email requests to be played for someone in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness to: requests@inver nesshospitalradio.co.uk. We are looking for ward visitors and technical team members. Email: enquiry@invernesshospitalradio.co.uk Contact Mr Atholl Menzies tel: 704500/704501 INVERNESS LOCAL HISTORY FORUM Contact George Christie tel: 235448 or 07887 858224
INVERNESS PETANQUE CLUB Wed 7 - 9pm & Sun 2- 5pm at Fairways Golf Club. Boules can be supplied. Call John Mudd on 790912 LOCH NESS TOASTMONSTERS A group who’ve joined together to face one of the most feared things in general life - speaking in public. If you are interested in taming your own beast get in touch or drop into one of our fortnightly meetings. www.toastmonsters.co.uk LOUISE NELSON DANCERS Classes in Ballet, Tap and Musical Theatre Dance in Inverness. Tel: 792672 www.louisenelsondancers.co.uk MERKINCH MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB Regular monthly trips, ages 12 to adult. Call 07879 443979 or email: ewanharper@yahoo.co.uk MINI-NESS DOLLS HOUSE CLUB 2nd Wednesday each month. Promotes the hobby of dolls houses and miniature making. tel: 223590 or visit the website www.magpieminiatures.co.uk PINK CASTLE PHILOSOPHY CLUB 2nd Tuesday of the month. Fun & sociable chat with meaning for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender community. Visit the website www.pinkcastle.eu or tel: 07745 930383 PLANEFIELD BOWLING CLUB Open to visitors Mon - Sat from 2pm - 5pm. Members can play from 11am onwards most days of the week. Contact Mrs Gillian Farquhar 07752 300367 RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING HIGHLAND Confidential relationship counselling service in Inverness for anyone experiencing problems in their intimate, personal relationship. Call 712888, or email viewplaceapts@yahoo.co.uk
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Well - that was fun wasn’t it. Another year another Christmas. As you read this you may be contemplating some Hogmanay celebrations or maybe you prefer the peace and quiet of your own home. Whatever your choice, we at SpotLight would like to wish you a happy 2012 and hope that all your aspirations for the year come to fruition. If not - don’t worry there’s always next Christmas to look forward to!
PUBLISHER ...............David Nelmes SALES ......................Eilidh Conners ACCOUNTS ...................Lynn Wood LAYOUT ...............Megan Woodman DESIGN .................Alistair Davidson LISTINGS................Tamsyn Dickson Clubs & Societies ............................4 Pastoral Letter.................................6 Church Details.................................6 Useful Numbers ............................10 Local Holidays...............................10 School Term Dates........................10 Parliament Blog.............................12 Tide Times.....................................12 What’s On ................................15-17 Advertisers Index ..........................22
Clubs Get Involved................................4
Parliament Blog Danny Alexander, Fergus Ewing 12
Travel Vietnam & Cambodia ................18
Pastoral Gordy Mackay.............................6
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Pastoral Letter and Church Meetings Happy New Year! Here we are in the first few days of 2012. I wonder as you look ahead to the next 12 months, do you have something planned that you are particularly looking forward to? Is there a specific occasion which you already think will be the highlight of 2012? Perhaps you will have an event to celebrate, like a wedding, a big birthday or a significant anniversary. Or maybe your highlight of this year will be the successful completion of a challengelearning a new skill, achieving a qualification or passing exams. For sports fans around the country, undoubtedly one the year’s highlights will be the Olympic Games which open in London on 27th July and the Paralympic Games which follow a month later. For most of us keen to follow the Games, we will witness this international sporting spectacle at a distance through television and radio coverage. Only a small fraction of those interested in the Games will get the chance to actually experience the Olympics first-hand. The majority of tickets for Olympic events were allocated in a random ballot last summer. Unsurprisingly demand for tickets massively outstripped supply. I read that for the men's 100m athletics final alone more than one million tickets were requested! Perhaps those of you still desperately
wanting to go the Olympics are waiting with baited breath as the final batch of tickets will be allocated through another ballot in the Spring. As good as the television and radio coverage will be, there is nothing quite like being at a big occasion like the Olympics. I’ve not been to an Olympic event so I can only imagine what it would be like to gather with people from around the world to experience first-hand the excitement and atmosphere of such an amazing event. As much of a highlight as the London Olympics will undoubtedly be in 2012, in the Bible there is the description of a gathering of people infinitely more spectacular than the scenes we will witness as people gather at the various sporting venues around London this summer. The scene in the Bible I am talking about is of heaven. The description is recorded by a man called John who writes: After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
Knockbain Free Church, Ferry Brae, North Kessock, tel:731368 email nwmacleod@talktalk.net Maryburgh & Killearnan Free Church, Seaforth Place, Maryburgh, tel: 01349 867885 and Killearnan Manse, Bogroy, Tore, tel: 731369 email: cswan@ctlconnect.co.uk Ness Bank C of S, Inverness. Sunday Service 11am. Tel: 243165 or visit www.nessbank.net North Kessock, C of S Main Street, North Kessock tel: 731712 www.churchofscotland.org.uk Old High St Stephen's, C of S, 1. Old High Church, Church Street, Inverness tel: 250802; 2 Southside Road at Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness tel: 250802 www.oldhighststephens.com St Andrew's Cathedral, Scottish Episcopal Church, Ardross Street, Inverness, tel: 233535 www.invernesscathedral.com St Clement's Parish Church of Scotland, Church Street, Dingwall. Sunday services - morning worship 11.30am, evening worship 6.30pm. Sunday School meets in Church Hall 11.20am (term time). Tel: 01349 863063 St Columba, Inverness, C of S 11am Sunday, and 8pm Wednesday for prayer, at Holm Primary School, tel: 07535 290092 or visit www.stcolumbainverness.org St John the Evangelist, Episcopal Church, Southside Road, Inverness. Sunday Service at 10.45am and Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 11am. Tel: 716288 www.stjohns-inverness.com St. Ninian's Catholic Church 21 Culduthel Road, Inverness IV2 4AN, Saturday Vigil 5pm, Sunday Mass 10am
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(Revelation 7:9) This scene is not based around a running track, a swimming pool or a cycling velodrome, but a throne. The significance of this international gathering is found in the one who is on the throne- the Lamb. This is Jesus Christ, God’s only Son who came to our world and gave his life that we might have our sin and wrongdoing forgiven. Notice with me finally, the criteria for those people who gathered around Jesus. They do not need a ticket, nor were they picked via a random ballot. In this scene we see people gathering around Jesus who could joyfully shout “Salvation belongs to our God”; that is, during their earthly lives these people had come to trust Jesus personally and experience for themselves his offer of forgiveness. So whatever you are looking forward to in 2012 and whatever highlights you might experience in the coming year, I pray that you would consider this description of heaven. You too could be part of this amazing scene by coming to know and trust Jesus for yourself. What better highlight to this year could you ask for than that? Gordy Mackay Culduthel Christian Centre
tel: 236620 www.saintninians.org.uk St. Mary's Catholic Church 30 Huntly Street, Inverness IV3 5PR, Saturday Vigil 6.30pm, Sunday Mass 11am & 6.30pm; and St. Columba’s Catholic Church, Culloden IV2 7PW, Sunday Mass 9.30am; tel: 233519 or visit the website www.stmarysinverness.co.uk St Mary-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Culloden, Sunday Service 9.45am and Holy Communion on Fridays at 10.30am, tel: 716288 www.stjohns-inverness.com St Michael & All Angels, Abban Street, Inverness, Contact Mrs Cathie MacRae tel: 731673, Sunday Mass at 11am, www.angelforce.co.uk Salvation Army 20 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness tel: 225276 www.salvationarmy.org.uk Smithton Free Church Murray Road, Smithton, Invernes tel: 790977 www.freechurch.org The Reformed Baptist Church, Telford Road, Inverness www.wicketgate.co.uk Trinity Church, C of S, 60 Huntly Place, Inverness. 11am Service on Sunday, 6:30pm Evening Service First Sunday of the Month www.trinityinverness.org.uk Urray & Strathconon Free Church, Urray at West Road, Muir of Ord and Strathconon at The Strathconon Community Hall, tel: 871223 email: dgmartin@homecall.co.uk This is listed alphabetically from K to U and will regularly be rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us with details and we may print this in future issues.
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Wed. 30th Nov. 2011 Mon. 26th Dec. 2011 Tues. 27th Dec. 2011 Mon. 2nd Jan. 2012 Tues. 3rd Jan. 2012 Mon. 6th Feb. 2012 Mon. 5th Mar. 2012 Mon. 2nd April 2012 Fri. 6th April 2012 Mon. 7th May 2012
Spring Bank Holiday Queens Diamond Jubilee Inverness Holiday Summer Bank Holiday Inverness Holiday Inverness Holiday St Andrews Day Christmas Day
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for 2012/2013 (all dates inclusive) Regional Closure Monday 13th August 2012 Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 14th August 2012 Autumn Term Ends Friday 5th October 2012 Regional Closure Monday 22nd October 2012 Winter Term Starts Tuesday 23rd October 2012 Winter Term Ends Thursday 20th December 2012 Spring Term Starts Monday 7th January 2013 Holiday Closure Monday 11th February 2013
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Parliament Blog & Tides “ Parliament Blog ” For the young ones, Christmas is a time of joy and innocence and maybe for adults a time when we can see the world through their young eyes and minds. I have been hugely impressed by the quality of young people that I have met when visiting various businesses, schools and universities, and all of us want and need to do more to help them achieve their potential. The news that the Beechwood campus at Inverness has received funding of up to £51 million is great news for the North, so many more young people here will be able to pursue their education to that level locally. Building also on apprenticeships and training is a continuing area where we are doing much more, but need to do more still. 2011 was an exciting and eventful year, and 2012 promises to be no less so. I think it is time for us all to focus on what we can do for the better, especially those of us in Government. So, I will try over the remainder of the winter period to listen to the Ink Spots (remember them?) “eliminate the negative” and focus on the positive for the year ahead. Let me wish all the readers of “Spotlight” a good new year.
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Inverness gave a great welcome to the Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, at the start of December as they marched through the city centre to mark their return from a 6 month tour of duty in Afghanistan. I was pleased to be able to represent the UK Government the following day at RAF Kinloss to see '4 SCOTS' receive their new colours from the Duke of Edinburgh. Both occasions gave local people and service families a chance to recognise the professionalism of our troops, to celebrate their return and to thank them for the difficult and dangerous work they have been doing. The happiness of the occasion was mixed with sadness at the loss of Corporal Michael Pike and Highlander Scott McLaren, both of whom served with great distinction. A complex but important mission to bring lasting security to the people of Afghanistan is not yet at its end - so, as we welcome the Highlanders home, we also think of members of '3 SCOTS', the Black Watch, who relieved them in Helmand, and their families. Those who serve in our armed forces make an extraordinary sacrifice - and being apart from their families at this time of year is only a small part of it. I know that having the support of our community during a difficult time means a lot to them. I hope Spotlight readers have had a good Christmas – and wish you a very peaceful and happy New Year.
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Have you made up your own "God"? God is Holy and He demands something from us. He wants us to put our faith in His Son for salvation. Many people today think that they will be in Heaven as long as they don’t commit any heinous crimes. But the Bible teaches that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23). We have all – you & me, everyone - fallen short of God’s moral standards. We have all broken His laws, and our sin makes us unfit for heaven. Only by personally accepting Christ as our own Lord and Saviour – believing that he died for OUR sins and was raised for OUR justification, and forsaking our sins to live in subjection to Him – can we approach this Holy God. The Bible says "He that believeth on the "You turn things upside down, as if the potter were Son (Jesus Christ) hath everlasting life: and he that thought to be like the clay." Isaiah 29:16 believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”(John 3:35-36) Some have turned God into a loving Santa Claus What have you done then with Jesus which is called who showers us with good things when we are nice. Christ? When we are naughty, however, He isn’t quite as generous. Perish the thought that He would ever God is Just and will by no means pass by sin. punish us! He is a loving God. They think that in the You may not like thinking about this, but the Bible states end He will forgive everyone…except the Hitlers and that God has appointed a day in which He will judge you the Stalins. by that man (Jesus Christ) whom He has appointed. Each of us will personally meet with God one day. We Others have made God into a family doctor. He is will either meet Him in our sins and be judged by Him, there when we need Him. Most of the time we can and be cast into the lake of fire, or if we are saved, we will get on quite well without Him. In fact, we rarely even meet Him clothed in the righteousness of His Dear Son, think about Him unless we have a problem. But when so that when God looks at us He no longer sees our sin, misfortune strikes, they want God to hear their call for but instead sees us clothed in the righteousness of Christ help and come to their rescue. . "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, (John 3:18). Still others have formed God into a watchmaker. He created the universe, set it in motion and then God is Gracious and Merciful and has given us ample they think He sat back to watch it tick away on its time and opportunity to accept His one way of salvation. own. He is far removed and doesn’t get involved in “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be our affairs. So they believe they are free to form their saved.” Acts 16:31 own laws, their own standards of right and wrong, even their own religion. Have you made a "God" of your own liking, a "God" who
Have we formed our own opinions about who God is; what He is like, what type of lifestyles He approves of and whom He will forgive? Are we making up our own “God”? Have we turned things upside down ?
If we really want to know what God is like and what He thinks and expects of us, we must be willing to set aside our opinions and listen to what He has to say about Himself. We must turn to God’s Word, the Bible. What does the Bible say about God – the God with whom we have to do?
resembles a Santa Claus, a watchmaker, a doctor or something else? If so, then you have turned things upside down. Your "God" exists only in your imagination. He is not the God of the Bible, or the God you will meet in eternity. To be ready to meet the true God you must prepare on His terms – your own imagination will only take you to Hell.
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28 wednesday - 29 thursday winter showcase @ ironworks 7pm. over 14s. two nights back to back featuring the most exciting emerging talent in the highlands and islands and celebrating the quality and diversity of the current contemporary music scene across the region. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
31 saturday torridon’s hogmanay bash + niteworks @ ironworks 9pm. over 18s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com strathpeffer pavilion hogmanay night 9pm- 1am. the pavilion's famous family-friendly hogmanay ceilidh, with dancing and entertainment. strathpeffer pavilion, strathpeffer. for more information visit: www.strathpefferpavilion.org great glen walking club redcastle and spittal wood circular. 8 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information.
JANUARY 3 tuesday - 28 saturday ‘hugo’ film exhibition props, automata, drawings and photographs from the 3D film by martin scorsese. tuesday - saturday, 10am-5pm, free entry. the house of automata, seapark, kinloss (next to petrol station) tel: 01309 691212 www.thehouseofautomata.com
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JANUARY JANUAR RY EVENTS 8.00pm,Tickets ÂŁ10 W ed 18th January .................. Wed ..................8.00pm,Tickets “An evening of mediumshipâ€? with June Field Sat 28th January ...................................... 8.00pm Music Nairn presents ..... “Finzi String Quartetâ€? For further details Te Telephone 01 elephone 01667 453476, e-mail, info@nairncc.co.uk or check out our website www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk at www .nairncommunitycentre.co.uk
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great glen walking club culachy falls circuit. 6.5 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information.
10 tuesday monsters! with ‘the pink castle philosophy club’ 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, inverness. open to all and friendly towards anyone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. visit www.pinkcastle.eu for more information.
11 wednesday work of the john muir trust, 7.30pm, the highland rock garden club hosts an illustrated talk by staff member fran lockhart on the work of scotland’s major upland conservation organisation, nairn community centre, king street, tel:01320 366246 author and historian, professor cheape, "romantic adventure or catastrophe?� the talk will take place at the dunbar centre, church street, inverness
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JANUARY 2012 continued (opposite leaky's bookshop) 7.30pm tickets, £4 or £3 for members of the society, part of clan donald events.
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men Christian and non Christians share food and fellowship and hear what GOD has done in Brian\'s life. Phone Campbell 01667 455149 or Dereck 01667 456088 by friday 20th January to book a place. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Centre, Inverness culduthel christian centre burns supper 7pm tickets are £15 - includes traditional burns meal and ceilidh (alcohol free event).book via website or call gordy: 07538 463701 www.culduthelchristiancentre.org
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great glen walking club inverfarigaig - foyers circular. 9 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park.contact 01463 236204 for further information.
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14 saturday great glen walking club highland boath to clunas reservoir. 8 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. the archie foundation health & lifestyle event 10am 5pm at the kingsmills hotel. tickets £5 on the door and kids go free. includes a smoothie and entry into a prize draw. call 01463 888258 for more info.
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16 monday royal scottish geographical society lecture: peoplequake 7:30pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. covers consequences of the world’s population levelling out. admission £8 adults, £2 sudents. RSGS members & under 18s free.
inverness burns club’s anniversary supper 7pm for 7:30pm, lochardil house hotel, stratherrick road, inverness. cost is £24 and an entertaining eveing is assured. contact neil anderson on 01456 450433 or neiland@btinternet.com for further details.
28 saturday great glen walking club roundabout drumnadrochit. 10.5 miles. meet 0845hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. highland hospice burns supper drumlossie hotel. tickets £50. guest speakers - jane mccarry (isa from bbc scotland’s still game), charles kennedy mp, george strachan, ross laing and ian morrison. to book your tickets call 01463 227913 ‘music nairn’ presents a concert by the finzi string quartet playing haydn, ravel and brahms. 8pm at nairn community arts centre. tickets £18, members £14 and students £2. tel 01667 455701 the archie foundation ceilidh 8pm - 11:45pm, royal british legion highland hotel. inverness ceilidh band, traditional folk singers & instrumentalists. highland dancers & piper, also a raffle and bar. monies raised will go to the archie foundation. call 01463 888258 for more info. fake blood @ ironworks 10pm. over 18s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
18 wednesday ‘an evening of mediumship’ with june field. 8pm at nairn community arts centre. tickets £10. tel 01667 455701
20 friday thin lizzy @ ironworks 19:30. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
21 saturday Nairn Men’s Breakfast 9.45 for 10am, you are invited to hear Brian Irvine ex Pro footballer at Windsor Hotel Nairn. Come along and meet other page 16 - January 2012
29 sunday lofty arts creative fun day, 10am till 12 noon, for kids under 10, sessions: £4 per child, or three children for £10, booking desirable but not essential, children must be accompanied by an adult, The Loft East Grange Farm Kinloss tel:01343 850111
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FEBRUARY 2012 in brief 3 friday ccc movie premiere 7:30pm, culduthel christian centre, culduthel avenue, inverness. a women’s event that is free of charge. for more details visit www.culduthelchristiancentre.org feeder @ ironworks 7pm. over 14s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 4 saturday rachel sermanni @ ironworks 7:30pm, under 16s to be accompanied by an adult. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 5 sunday great glen walking club munlochy / kilmuir circular. 8.5 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. 7 tuesday inverness floral art club 7.30pm. cauldeen primary school, mackay road. all welcome! 8 Wednesday how our ericaceous plants grow 7.30pm. the highland rock garden club hosts an illustrated talk by professor ian alexander, aberdeen university on heathers and related plants. nairn community centre, king street tel: 01320 366246 11 saturday great glen walking club loch romach. 9 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204
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for further information. 13 monday royal scottish geographical society lecture: botswana and the okavango delta: david edwards 7:30pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. covers the changes that face botswana and the lessons to be learned. admission £8 adults, £2 sudents. RSGS members and under 18s free. 14 tuesday love and marriage with ‘the pink castle philosophy club’ 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, inverness. open to all and friendly towards anyone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. visit www.pinkcastle.eu for more info 19 sunday great glen walking club pattack falls. 11 miles. meet 0830hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. 22 wednesday rizzle kicks - bring on the trumpets 7pm, the ironworks, inverness, visit www.ironworksvenue.com 25 saturday great glen walking club brodie circular. 8 miles. meet 0900hrs highland council car park. contact 01463 236204 for further information. inverness fiddlers society annual rally 7:30pm, eden court theatre. guests sandy brechin and eilidh mackenzie. for more information tel 01463 234234 or visit www.edencourt.co.uk
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Dreaming of... ...Vietnam and Cambodia
In these days where people are looking for more exotic destinations, Vietnam and Cambodia are among the next popular countries to travel to. Vietnam offers a fantastic range of places to see and visit, whether you are looking for sightseeing, beaches or a touring holiday. In the city locations an organised tour is a good way to help you become orientated. If you want to explore independently there are a whole array of taxis and 'cyclos' which like a modern day rickshaw offer a novel and fun way to get around. World events have inevitably cast their shadow across this country, which was for so many years the subject of news bulletins rather than travel brochures. In the last 20 years this charming nation of people has opened its doors to visitors. Not only does Vietnam have a variety of places to see, but it also enjoys a vast and beautiful coastline, mist shrouded mountains, mighty rivers and cascading waterfalls. Whether your passion is for history, scenery, food or culture the delicate tapestry of this nation will offer you all of this and much more besides. Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam, and one of the hidden gems of South East Asia. It retains an elegance and charm not often found in this part of the world. Enjoy in particular the city's French influence, seen in fine old colonial buildings and tree lined boulevards. The vibrant and dynamic Ho Chi Minh city, formerly Saigon, is the largest and most energetic city in Vietnam, and the cultural heart of the nation. Hoi An is a well preserved trading port dating back to the 15th century, and the Mekong Delta and Cu Chi Tunnels (once home to 10,000 people) are well worth visiting. Cambodia was for many years off limits for travellers but now welcomes them with open arms. This magical land boasts ancient temples, dense forests, glorious beaches and a captivating culture and history. The most famous of the country's ancient sites is Angkor. This awe inspiring construction is quite rightly named as one of the 'Seven wonders of the world'. By travelling further afield you can enjoy lazy sun kissed beaches in Sihanoukville, sleepy towns and spectacular national parks. The evocatively named Phnom Penh is a beautiful city full to the brim with charmingly dilapidated colonial heritage. There is also a vibrant riverside promenade and a whole selection of cafes and restaurants. It is important to remember that with developing countries the tourism infrastructure is not as refined as in other places in the region. Hotel standards vary enormously and can be subject to delays and changes. Vietnam and Cambodia are two fantastic countries waiting to be discovered – we should all go before they become tourist traps and become spoilt.
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