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Travel News and Tips from St Christopher's
Our monthly travel E-zine has just burst into cyber-space and it's full of great travel advice, comical encounters and fun stuff that we know you want to read about. Of particular note this month is the top ten travel tips which combines the experienced advice of Lonely Planet, Visit London, Fat Tire Bike Tours and the online St Christopher's Editor. Beauty Terrorist works out those knots with a firm Elemis Massage, the Top Five Reads feature the wondrous Book Thief, Jen Page focuses Ethical Travel on UNICEF and Michelle Mangal reviews The Cure in Music Mashup. Read on for all the best bits.
Top 10 – Brace yourselves for something super special as we combine the collective travel knowledge of Lonely Planet's Tom Hall, Visit London's Louise Alexander, Fat Tire Bike Tour's Jake Hamilton and E-zine Editor Rob Savage.
Beauty Terrorist – This month Beauty Terrorist combats the knot inducing stress at Heathrow's Terminal Five and explores the airport's new Elemis Spa.
Top 5 Reads – The best reads on the road from the Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Random House, Summersdale and Penguin.
Ethical Travel – Jen Page explores what it takes to be a volunteer with UNICEF and the work this organisation carries out in the wider world.
Music Mashup – DJ Michelle reviews The Cure, a bit of Goth and Grime, and the one to watch in May.Missed the May E-zine? Sign up now for the June edition – absolutely free!
St Christopher's Presents . . .
Welcome Stranger, Issue 9 - Rob Savage inspects the sun, sea, surf and super charged speed boats of Newquay.
Getting There: Trains, buses and planes are all viable options when it comes to transporting yourself from London to the boot of Britain. National Express coaches win in the cheap stakes but only with super advance bookings. They can also take more than eight hours. Trains from Paddington take around six hours but the clear winner for the time and budget conscious - is the environmentally unfriendly airline option. Advance returns with Ryan Air from Stansted weigh in at £20 . . .
Live Newquay Webcam: If you've never been to Newquay and want to see what it's like then have a look at the live webcam on the Belushi's website.
The rest of The City Hopper Column: If you want to read more of the Newquay column, take a trip to the online magazine.
To Pod or not to Pod
We're always on the look out for innovative ideas to spice up your travels and make it easier to overcome that fun destroying jet lag. That's why we got excited about the idea of installing Pod Beds in our hostels. They're compact sleeping spaces that you rent by the hour and they might just be the answer to all those early arrival, pre check in blues. We however want to know what you – the backpacker – think, before we pull the trigger. Read on for your chance to make your voice heard and also for more information about how to work your way across Europe as a travel writer.
Tell us whether you want Pod Beds or not by entering our online poll.
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