Safetyman Academy | Travel and Vacations | Activity https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/ Activity feed for the group, Travel and Vacations. Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:55:34 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.11.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 133c79a96d8ac211574e37e72c8ab928 Nigel started the discussion On vacation you can either respect the national law or face the consequences in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/on-vacation-you-can-either-respect-the-national-law-or-face-the-consequences/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:43:07 +0100 On vacation you can either respect the national law or face the consequences

A dozen women have been detained by Dubai police after posing for a nude photo shoot on a balcony in the center of the city on Sunday afternoon in broad daylight. According to local laws, they are facing six months behind bars.

A video of the women went viral on social media, with one resident of a Dubai tower filming the group from…

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e5e86f27d20580109b48f4f9702a7bd7 Nigel started the discussion Boycott those air lines are starting to believe they are above the law in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/boycott-those-air-lines-are-starting-to-believe-they-are-above-the-law/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:22:26 +0100 Boycott those air lines are starting to believe they are above the law

Disturbing video from on board a Spirit Airlines flight out of Florida shows a flight attendant trying to kick a Jewish family off the plane because their toddler wouldn’t put on a mask while eating.

Three short videos that made the rounds on Twitter on Monday show a masked flight attendant talking to the pregnant mother and the father wearing a…

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709cddac3c386d81150bf913cd07af18 Nigel started the discussion Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/chinese-woman-gets-one-year-in-prison-for-hiding-covid-19-symptoms-on-flight/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:36:20 +0000 Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight

A Chinese woman who took anti-inflammatory drugs to hide her Covid-19 symptoms on a flight from the US to China last March was sent to prison by a Beijing court for obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.

A sentence of one year behind bars and one year’s probation was handed to Li Na back in October, but the verdict was…

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a1185f635edde0074a801030bcd95e76 Nigel started the discussion Travel will continue for the rich only under Johnson's Britain in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/travel-will-continue-for-the-rich-only-under-johnsons-britain/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:15:11 +0000 Travel will continue for the rich only under Johnson's Britain

The UK government is considering mandatory hotel quarantines for people returning from overseas, according to reports. Many Brits, however, were not too keen on the idea.

In a report on Friday, the Times – citing an unnamed government source – revealed that the government is considering a mandatory quarantine, which would force returning…

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fbe6780e7270949ec6edea8160ca6250 John Johnson started the discussion Canada to allow return of Boeing 737 MAX service by the lifting flight ban in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/canada-to-allow-return-of-boeing-737-max-service-by-the-lifting-flight-ban/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:24:44 +0000 Canada to allow return of Boeing 737 MAX service by the lifting flight ban

The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is set to return to service in Canada following a flight ban of almost two years, which was imposed after crashes that killed hundreds of people, the country’s transport regulator said on Monday.

Transport Canada said in a statement that it will lift the ban on January 20, allowing “for the return to service of…

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28370a9f47a992c181054ec6dd7af39b Nigel started the discussion Orwellian Surveillance Hell Touted As ‘Future Of Tourism’ in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/orwellian-surveillance-hell-touted-as-future-of-tourism/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:53:06 +0000 Orwellian Surveillance Hell Touted As ‘Future Of Tourism’

A CNN report published details how Venice, Italy has created a disturbing monolithic surveillance grid to track and trace everyone who enters and leaves the city, and claims that this could be the ‘future of tourism’ in a ‘post-COVID world.

The article begins:

They’re watching you, wherever you walk. They know exactly where you pause, when you…

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316cade7a5166e6dc0c2bef49d6d4fe0 Nino started the discussion A search operation just launched after Indonesian jet people loses contact in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/a-search-operation-just-launched-after-indonesian-jet-people-loses-contact/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 11:36:35 +0000 A search operation just launched after Indonesian jet people loses contact

Indonesia’s transport ministry has announced that a search and rescue investigation is under way after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying more than 50 people on board lost contact with aviation authorities.

The plane was travelling from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province and lost contact shortly after taking off…

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4ad5ee0cff4a31b761490724e3a7e372 Nigel started the discussion No more Red Light district? Netherlands to consider banning prostitution in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/no-more-red-light-district-netherlands-to-consider-banning-prostitution/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 03:30:23 +0000 No more Red Light district? Netherlands to consider banning prostitution

Amsterdam’s famous Red Light district may become a thing of the past as one of the junior partners in the Netherlands’ coalition government is calling for paid sex to be banned, despite the government being the worlds biggest pimp for decades, making money from the prostitution in the Netherlands.

The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) have…

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d1e689c3501525eac5d7f5b5c9aa5382 Nigel started the discussion Amsterdam mayor pushes for ban on marijuana-loving tourists visiting coffee shop in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/amsterdam-mayor-pushes-for-ban-on-marijuana-loving-tourists-visiting-coffee-shop/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 03:23:29 +0000 Amsterdam mayor pushes for ban on marijuana-loving tourists visiting coffee shop

Tourists could soon be barred from Amsterdam’s famous cannabis-dealing coffee shops as Mayor Femke Halsema, continues her battle to rid the city of its image as a drug and prostitution haven.

The patronage of coffee shops would be limited to Dutch residents only, according to the plan submitted by Halsema to Amsterdam’s city council on…

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3132bd6a7a01627135d005d189de5519 Mohammed Alhada started the discussion At least 70 civilians killed in militant attacks in Niger in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/at-least-70-civilians-killed-in-militant-attacks-in-niger/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 21:35:58 +0000 At least 70 civilians killed in militant attacks in Niger

Militants killed at least 70 civilians in coordinated attacks on two villages in Niger, near the border with Mali, Reuters has reported, citing security sources. Jihadist attacks are commonplace in the region.

Local media reported on Saturday that the attacks took place in the villages of Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye. Dozens are feared to have…

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5f6c1e3b22b88166b44539202631aad3 John Johnson started the discussion Hypocritical UK universities take hundreds of thousands flights a year in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/hypocritical-uk-universities-take-hundreds-of-thousands-flights-a-year/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:45:48 +0000 Hypocritical UK universities take hundreds of thousands flights a year

Hypocritical top UK universities take hundreds of thousands flights a year Whilst demanding you and I are grounded, another dose of hypocrisy from the screaming left wing control obsessed universities, “do as I order, not as I do” elitist attitude.

Britain’s top universities have spent tens of millions of pounds on hundreds of thousands of…

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34a0c591954d6030ff3729270dd9a2ce Mohammed Alhada started the discussion The future of Covid-era budget air travel? Ryanair promotes ‘jab & go’ in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/the-future-of-covid-era-budget-air-travel-ryanair-promotes-jab-go/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:38:46 +0000 The future of Covid-era budget air travel? Ryanair promotes ‘jab & go’

The future of Covid-era budget air travel? Ryanair promotes ‘jab & go’ summer flights.

Ryanair has stirred up social media with an advertisement suggesting that the joy of international travel is just a quick jab away, after the company previously said Covid-19 vaccines would not be required to fly with them.

The website of the Irish low-cost…

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4d12c2072868b2133cab220a128fe1bb Nigel started the discussion BoJo’s latest lockdown order spurs mass exodus to provinces from London in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/bojos-latest-lockdown-order-spurs-mass-exodus-to-provinces-from-london/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 11:09:38 +0000 BoJo’s latest lockdown order spurs mass exodus to provinces from London

Londoners took PM Boris Johnson’s announcement of a Covid-19 lockdown for the Christmas holiday as their cue to flee London, in doing so, perhaps achieving exactly the opposite of the latest efforts to contain the virus.

“Congratulations Prime Minister and your experts,” Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage quipped on Twitter Saturday. “You have…

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5906394b9d6524eec74631560049b033 Mohammed Alhada started the discussion Netherlands bans air travel from Britain till NEXT YEAR over new Covid-19 strain in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/netherlands-bans-air-travel-from-britain-till-next-year-over-new-covid-19-strain/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:58:50 +0000 Netherlands bans air travel from Britain till NEXT YEAR over new Covid-19 strain

The Dutch government has imposed a ban on commercial flights from the UK to the Netherlands after it reported a first case of the new, fast-spreading Covid-19 strain. The ban will be in effect until at least January.

The travel restrictions will apply to all passenger flights from the UK bound to the Netherlands starting 6:00am Sunday local…

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4ace3324a59786c709c03792a9487f8f Mohammed Alhada joined the group Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/1561/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:55:39 +0000 0 626dc7c2de8a46708c2196c2ade88526 Nigel started the discussion Stonehenge bypassed by a tunnel, will this improve the area or destroy it? in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/stonehenge-bypassed-by-a-tunnel-will-this-improve-the-area-or-destroy-it/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:10:51 +0000 Stonehenge bypassed by a tunnel, will this improve the area or destroy it?

Revered by pagans, hard-rock bands, and hordes of tourists each year, Stonehenge symbolizes our connection to the Earth—and the heavens. Now this 4,500-year-old monument is at the center of a struggle between preservationists and the gods of modern-day traffic patterns.

Developers want to tunnel under the area to widen and improve a nearby…

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bbae09d0c2baa9ad012339abfb3c4af0 John Johnson started the discussion 'Health passports' for air travel mean mandatory Covid-19 vaccines in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/health-passports-for-air-travel-mean-mandatory-covid-19-vaccines/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:57:40 +0000 'Health passports' for air travel mean mandatory Covid-19 vaccines

An airline lobbying group has volunteered its service as private-sector enforcer for the Covid vaccine mandates many countries have promised not to enact. Good luck flying – or getting a job, or government benefits – without one.

The CEO of Australian airline Qantas got a less than enthusiastic reaction earlier this week when he suggested all…

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1ed8616a8e76c3a451177b225c838932 Sarah started the discussion Brit who caught Covid, malaria & dengue fever in India now fighting to recover in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/brit-who-caught-covid-malaria-dengue-fever-in-india-now-fighting-to-recover/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:27:26 +0000 Brit who caught Covid, malaria & dengue fever in India now fighting to recover

A British man who contracted malaria, dengue fever and Covid-19 while working for a charity in India is now battling to recover from a venomous cobra bite.

After running the gauntlet of the infectious diseases, Ian Jones was bitten by the deadly snake in a village near Jodhpur in western India’s Rajasthan state. While fortunate to survive the…

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ac5252de8481939f70503439fbeccf64 Nigel started the discussion Vacation in Paris? No thanks and not in a million years! in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/vacation-in-paris-no-thanks-and-not-in-a-million-years/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:41:20 +0000 Vacation in Paris? No thanks and not in a million years!

After a string of attacks by Islamist killers in recent weeks, France is no closer to solving its terrorism problem than it was in 2015, when Paris endured a night of horror. No one will be surprised when the next outrage happens.

Five years ago tonight, terror stalked the streets of Paris. When it left, 130 people had been slaughtered,…

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6dfc4ff779729574aab96f9a435914ed Daniel joined the group Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/689/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:44:56 +0100 0 4fed2df3ab9ab83f0e32bef687817d33 Tia started the discussion Tourists & expats in Oman could face JAIL and steep fines in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/tourists-expats-in-oman-could-face-jail-and-steep-fines/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:32:46 +0100 Tourists & expats in Oman could face JAIL and steep fines

Tourists and expats in Oman’s capital Muscat could be thrown in jail for three months and face fines of $780 for wearing clothes that expose their shoulders, knees or chest, under new decency laws.

The new restrictions will apply to both men and women, and tourists and residents of the Gulf state will have to observe them, along with native…

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cd03220fb14d995dda55df3d2d12b0da Nigel started the discussion Another death by drowning in the Norfolk Broads National Park in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/another-death-by-drowning-in-the-norfolk-broads-national-park/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 19:51:26 +0100 Another death by drowning in the Norfolk Broads National Park

Police, ambulance, fire service and rescue teams were all called to Loddon staithe at around 1.45am on Sunday following reports that a man was facing difficulty in the water after falling from his boat.

Police have confirmed that although he was rescued and transferred to hospital, he was later pronounced dead.

Inspector Steve Grant said: “We got…

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4eba06f014bc7ef9548064a4da30a73c Nino started the discussion Open water swimming can be life changing or even fatal! in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/open-water-swimming-can-be-life-changing-or-even-fatal/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:05:41 +0100 Open water swimming can be life changing or even fatal!

Life-changing injuries sustained in two incidents involving boat propellers have sparked a plea for people to stay safe while around water.

People have been urged to take extra caution around boat propellers following the incidents this summer, in which people were seriously hurt.

A spokesman from the Norfolk police’s Broads Beat team, which…

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3204440d428d845df1b7051de253675b Nino joined the group Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/551/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:57:41 +0100 0 5f780921b941b1c6c291aafeda9fbbd2 summer started the discussion Man scalped whilst guiding a hire boat under a low bridge in Norfolk in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/man-scalped-whilst-guiding-a-hire-boat-under-a-low-bridge-in-norfolk/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:41:59 +0100 Man scalped whilst guiding a hire boat under a low bridge in Norfolk

A man has been taken to hospital with serious scalp injuries after hitting his head on a Norfolk Broads National Park bridge whilst guiding his hire boat went under it.

A 66-year-old man was steering his hire boat under the low level Ludham Bridge crossing in Norfolk England,

On approaching the bridge, he ducked his head, but lifted it…

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b1027738dcf35561743d9a6ca74b176f summer joined the group Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/548/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:14:36 +0100 0 93f44146691fbad2248705c6c079b7ff Nigel started the discussion Forget any pretext of social distancing when you board an airplane in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/forget-any-pretext-of-social-distancing-when-you-board-an-airplane/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:50:19 +0100 Forget any pretext of social distancing when you board an airplane

Having recently flown back to the UK from the Middle East the notion that your safety is the airlines priority takes some believing. Social distancing was enforced entering the airport and temperature checks set up in the entrance areas and generally the 2m distance was adhered too by passengers in the check in line.

But at the departure gate…

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5d2fab7228241828f55cdb5d99d8bf19 Nigel started the discussion Move surveillance cameras doesn't necessarily reduce crime rates in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/move-surveillance-cameras-doesnt-necessarily-reduce-crime-rates/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:30:24 +0100 Move surveillance cameras doesn't necessarily reduce crime rates

Globally there are 770 million closed-circuit television surveillance cameras in use, according to a recent analysis of the worlds cities under constant surveillance by Comparitech, a website that provides consumers with information about technology.

China unsurprising is home to nine out of the top 10 most surveilled cities and over half (54%)…

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34cba6176ad2b4511bc6441d0d937bb5 Nigel started the discussion The hidden dangers of hiking alone in Thailand. in the forum Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/travel-and-vacations/forum/discussion/the-hidden-dangers-of-hiking-alone-in-thailand/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:01:48 +0100 The hidden dangers of hiking alone in Thailand.

David Miller, from Jersey, USA and 23 year old Hannah Witheridge from Hemsby England was raped before being murdered, both battered bodies were found on a beach on the island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, a popular diving destination in 2014.

The accused and convicted murderers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, were recently among many convicts in…

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4a92305e28be49d34e8c74e5abbb6cb0 Nigel created the group Travel and Vacations https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/477/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:11:39 +0100 0