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TRAVEL SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1997 L7 TRAVEL NOTES Ottawa-Amsterdam Paramount Canada's Wonderland will open this season with another new thriller: The Drop Zone Stunt Tower. Riders are elevated 23 storeys then plunged straight down into a 100 kmh free- FROM TAX RETURN information -800-668-1507 YOUTH FARE GOOD FOR 1 YEAR STAY Call HAND A TRAVEL 731-1111 -568-1111 -231-1111 e-mail handaSynapse.net Medic Alert twM mum THE OTTAWA CITIZEN i AffirfTrm, "fall. Also new this season is a Speed City Raceway go-kart track and Cyber Central, a multi-sensory virtual entertainment centre. The amusement park opens May 4. For information i I 'Ir it limp call 1-905-832-7000.

Spanish Plus, a language centre on Carling Avenue, has begun a new Spanish for tourists course. Five 60-minute sessions, which cost $10 each, are designed to help travellers learn useful words, phrases and basic terminology that will help them converse on a vacation. For information call or fax 761-1239 or e-mail dj'57ifreenet. carleton.ca We will be conducting seminars in Eastern Ontario on some of our exciting travel destinations. There will be videos, slides, talks, refreshments, door prizes and a chance to learn about what is new and exciting at Senior Citizens Tour Travel.

ADMISSION IS FREE! To register please call our office AFTER 5 PM and leave your name, phone number and the date of the seminar you plan to attend on our answering service. Seminars run approx. 2 hrs. LOCATION DESTINATION DAIK CHI I A free information session for travellers to risk areas of the world will be held May 7 at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Hospital.

Topics include pre-travel immunizations, malaria, dengue fever, 5 food and water precautions, altitude sickness MAY 9-10 AM OTTAWA Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave. SOUTH AFRICA MAY 13 -2PM CORNWALL Parkway Inn, 1515 Vincent Massey PORTUGAL MAY 21 -2PM KINGSTON Holiday Inn, 1 Princess St CRUISES MAY 22 -2PM BROCKVILLE Royal Canadian Legion, 1 80 Park St. CRUISES and sexually transmitted diseases. For information call 233-3092. Two music festivals a Mozart celebration and TOLL FREE 1-800-461-3050 392 Richmond Road Ottawa, K2A 0E8 100 CUNARO FOR 43iSS I a jazz fest are among Vermont's Top 10 sum-i mer events selected by the state's chamber of commerce.

The Vermont Mozart Festival is held in 10 towns across the state from July 5 to Aug. 3. Many of the concerts are outdoors. The Discover Jazz Festival will be held June 10-15 Burlington. For a free copy of the state's summer guide, call 1 1-802-223-3443.

Elderhostel's summer offerings range from a biology course at Vancouver Island's Bamfield Marine Station to a tour through ghost towns of i Nevada. Elderhostel is a non-profit educational organization for older adults. Its catalogues can be browsed on the Internet at http:www.elder-ihostel.org or phone Elderhostel Canada in Kingston at 1-613-530-2222 for more information. British Airways is spending $100 million to ex-" pand its terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Work starts later this year and will be completed by 1999. There will be new lounges, expanded check-in areas, a shop-f ping plaza, a multimillion dollar baggage system and a new access road to the terminal. Anyone interested in taking a motorcycle trip on another continent might be interested in the of- ferings of New York-based Beach's Motorcycle Adventures. This outfit supplies the bikes on strips through Norway, the Alps and New Zealand. They even supply a van for travellers' bags so the motorcycles aren't encumbered by luggage.

Prices, not including airfare, range from $2,800 for-a two-week New Zealand tour to $4,950 for three weeks in Norway. That's for the i riders; passengers pay somewhat less. Phone Beach's at 1-716-773-4960 for more information. 1 A 28-day expedition through southern Africa, available in September from WestCan treks, takes travellers in a four-wheel drive truck from Cape Town to Harare. The price is $2,295, not Paramount Canada's Wonderland Drop Zone Stunt Tower plunges riders 23 storey into a 100 kmh freefall eluding airfare.

The tour visits Tsitsikamma National Park, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Swaziland and Kruger National Park before heading to Mozambique. Travellers camp at night. For further information, call WestCan Treks at 1-800-661-7265. Frasers from around the world are heading to Scotland for a family reunion this summer. The National Trust for Scotland is sponsoring the gathering Aug.

14-17 at CastJe Fraser in Aberdeenshire. They'll celebrate more than 800 years of the family in Scotland. The event is open to the public and will include pipe bands, a fiddlers' rally, children's entertainment and military re-enactments. For information, contact the Fraser Desk, National Trust for Scotland, The Stables, Castle Fraser, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB517LD. Besides sweeping views, the i07th-fioor World Trade Centre observation deck in New York has a new attraction: Top of the World, which includes a simulated helicopter ride around the city, a 50-building model of Manhattan, a photo exhibit of New York neighbourhoods, a remodelled food court, and a nightly light show and "Message to the Stars" a digital transmitting station that lets visitors "send their names and personalized messages into space through a beam of light." Information: 1-212-323-2340.

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