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November 22, 2024
Travel to the Chinese mainland for toursim and some busienesses opened up again on 15 March '23. The region is generally easy and safe for both the business and recreational traveller, apart from Myanmar which remains unstable following the military coup of Febrary 2021. The military have systematically crushed civil resistance and the FCDO is currently advising against all but essential to Myanmar except for Yangon. Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand remain relativley stable and present no significant issues to travellers. UK citizens can generally enter viasa free for short stays. In recentweeks Tjailand has become less politically stabel as the military & courts try to disrupt the power of rthe civilain government. We asses that Thailand is heading for increased political turbulance
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November 24, 2024
Travellers to the USA and Canada must ensure they have the correct entry permissions/documents. For the USA, most visitors will be able to enter on an ESTA, however, those who have travelled to USA restricted countries such as Yemen, Iraq and Iran must obtain a visa.
The USA is certainly a more challenging country than Canada due to the ever-increasing political divide and the racial and religious tensions and threat of gun violence including mass shootings which can occur in schools, cinemas and shopping areas.
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November 24, 2024
The region of Austalasia covers Australia, New Zealand and some of the neighbouring Pacific islands. From a security perspective, both Australia and New Zealand are generally safe in comparison to other parts of the World. Environmental dangers are a concern.
New Zealand is an active seismic area with up to twenty earthquakes a day, however, most are small and are not felt. In recent years Australia has swung from extreme drought and devasting wild fires to torrential rains in the east and west coast in 2023.
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Written by James Gaselee.
Charlie McGrath is going back to Ukraine in February 2025 with Paul Kelly. Please donate here: Just Giving Page
As with most things of importance, this began at Ascot when I mentioned to Charlie McGrath that if he needed someone to help him with one of his Ukraine trips then I would be keen. Now this may have happened towards the end of lunch; oh Pol Roger, how many of my decisions have you been responsible for! A few weeks later, Charlie got in touch and said we were on, he had identified a suitable freezer van and was already collecting medical and rehabilitation equipment to fill it. The next stage was to raise the money and thank you to all those who donated.
The Ukrainian charity being supported is called Mercy and Health Foundation which is run by an extraordinary Ukrainian doctor, Olexsandr Yatsyna, who is supporting numerous projects from the mental and physical rehabilitation of Ukrainian servicemen to the provision of water through drilling boreholes.
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