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If you typed in a URL, please make sure you have typed it correctly. In particular, make sure that the URL you typed is all in lower case. Saw lots of baby elephants literally 10ft away from our bus, eat your heart out David Attenborough" - Bean family, Yorkshire4.4.96 "Where are all the cheetahs?" - Ann, USA9.4.96 "Dear Ann, USA - we saw three cheetahs having a rest! (and much more)" - Nicola and Kathleen, WalesBirds seen today2.4.96 "I saw some really good-looking ones with legs up to their armpits and great blondehair" - anon27.10.95 "Yes, big birds, small birds, most of them flying very fast" - Bwana Masharubu24.8.95 "Two lovebirds Hawkand hawkette" - Mr andMrs Lundmark on theirhoneymoon. Samburu Lodge in Samburu National Game Reserve, Kenya Game seen today 4.8.96 "Lioness and cubs (we saw them suckling and had a puncture 10 feet away!!!)" - Anon7.8.96 "We saw everything except lions but still had a great time" - Men from 16th HGS, USAF18.7.96 "We've seen a herd of 45 elephants heading towards the mountains for food. Six Indian tourists were abducted from their houseboat in Srinagar and murdered in July 1996.Travel advice for many other destinations is available from the Foreign Office on 0171-238 4503, http:// www.fco.gov.uk/ on the Internet, and on BBC-2 Ceefax page 564 onwards..

Travel to Ladakh should be by air or via Manali in Himachal Pradesh. Militants have held hostage two Britons and two other foreign nationals since July 1995 and murdered a Norwegian hostage in August 1995. Bulgaria: Do not accept any food or drink from strangers as there is a risk it may be drugged. Vehicle theft, including armed hijacking, has become more frequent. There have also been shootings in public places between rival criminal gangs and a small number of explosions involving home-made devices. Moldova: Avoid non-essential travel to Transdnestria (north-west Moldova), which is not under Moldovan government control and where the security situation is unpredictable.Greece: To counter the continuing threat posed by boat thieves, the Greek authorities have announced measures to tackle the problem, including a 50-strong police unit with the specific task of protecting the coast of Corfu from incursions by criminals.India: There is a serious risk of kidnapping in the state of Jammu and Kashmir Avoid travel to all parts of the state apart from Ladakh. Travel with a local guide who can ensure that local customs and traditions are not inadvertently breached. A local authority leaflet suggests that Huntingdon is more regularly flown over by military aircraft than by the birds.