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1. Win FREE tickets to A Place in the Sun Live! - the UK’s Biggest and Best-attended Overseas Property Show.

We have FIVE PAIRS of FREE tickets to A Place in the Sun Live! Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun Live exhibition is taking place at ExCeL London, Friday 25th to Sunday 27th April 2008. This is the 'must visit’ event for anyone thinking of buying a dream home abroad.

To win simply answer the following question: A Place in the Sun Live! is in association with which company:

A) Moneygram

B) Moneycorp

C) Moneyplus

This competition is open to DIVERSETRAVELLER.com SUBCRIBERS ONLY (i.e. newsletter, and / or forum). So join us today and enter this and future competitions.

Send your correct answer by email to editor@diversetraveller.com indicating your name, address, contact number, the day you want to attend the show, and the number of tickets required (N.B. TWO maximum).

Tickets will be given to the first five or ten correct entries. Closing date: Midnight April,26th 2008.

Please note: Your details will not be used for any other purpose.

If you don't win, go ahead and book tickets in advance, two tickets for £15 (a £5 saving) or £10 on the door. All visitors to A Place in the Sun Live ExCeL London also get FREE ENTRY to the London Golf Show taking place the same weekend!

For further information visit the website http://www.aplaceinthesunlive.com and / or book your tickets by calling 0871 945 9400.

Click here for Diverse Traveller competition terms and conditions.

2. Diverse Traveller's Tales Quarterly Prize Draw 2007/08

From October 2007, 1. TWO lucky Diverse Traveller authors, whose stories or features are published on DiverseTraveller.com AND 2. One lucky subscriber will be randomly selected to (each) receive one of the books listed below - our way of saying Thank-you.

This prize draw will run from October 2007 to September 2008.When winners are notified (by email) they will be asked to pick one of the following books as their prize (provided it is still available, as prizes are won new titles will be added every month).

Congratulations to our October to December 2007 Winners - Lola Akinmade; Henrietta Grant; Helen Smith and Jenny Griggs.

1. The idler book of crap holidays by Dan Kieran: In Crap Holidays, Dan Kieran highlights 50 of the most disastrous – and hilarious – holidays from hell… * From leaky caravans in Wales, to crushingly disappointing luxury hotels in Barbados … *From dysentery in Goa, to bloody awful holiday companions who won't leave you alone …

2. A Perfect Circle by Susie Kelly : A light-hearted guide to some lesser-known attractions as Susie Kelly embarks on a 10,000km journey around France.

3. From Aintree to York by Stephen Cartmell: A travelogue of racing and a key to understanding Britain and its curiously comical inhabitants.

4. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne by Terry Darlington: A hilarious true story of high adventure as two innocents and a reluctant dog set out on a journey by narrow boat to France.

All the above books have been donated by Transworld Publishing.

5. Soul of Iran: A Nation's Struggle for Freedom by Afshin Molavi: Afshin Molavi, born in Iran, but brought up in America, and fluent in Farsi, travelled his homeland for over a year, meeting with students of the right and left, bazaar merchants, Islamic clerics, pro-democracy writers and young people fascinated by anything Western. His journey took the form of a series of pilgrimages out of the capital, Tehran, to the shrines and tombs of a variety of figures who played an important part in Iran's ancient history.

6. The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Centre by Christine Roussel : The definitive full-colour art guide to a New York City landmark visited by 75 million people each year.

7. Classic Hikes of the World by Peter Potterfield : 23 Breathtaking Treks. Inspiration and information to help you plan (and dream about) your next big trek.

Books 7 – 10 have been donated by W.W.Norton and company

8. Travelling Light by Sarah Webb : In this collection of fascinating, thought-provoking, poignant and funny true-life travel pieces, bestselling author Sarah Webb has gathered together some of Irelands top women writers.

9. Gutsy Women: Travelers' Tales - Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road: No. 1 by Marybeth Bond: Offers women advice on travel, and shares the experiences of women travellers.

10. Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides): Funny Women Write from the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) edited by Jennifer L. Leo: A collection of humorous tales of travel adventures and misadventures by twenty-five contributors — including Ellen Degeneres, ranges from being chased by a herd of African elephants to getting bitten by a goddess-possessed healer in Kathmandu.

11. Everything you didn't need to know about Australia by by Adam Ward: The pitfalls of throwing a boomerang, the world’s first feature film (1906), the largest coral reef in the world — these are just some of the subjects in this lively fact book sampling every aspect of Australian culture. Answers to such pesky questions as "Who holds the Australian Test Cricket team in-flight beer drinking record?" and "How do you play a didgeridoo?" provide hours of fun for tourists and armchair travellers.

 

Click here for Diverse Traveller Author & Reader 2007/8 Prize Draw Terms and Conditions.

 

 

 

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