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GPS Typo Sends Swedish Tourists 400 Miles Off Course
| July 29th, 2009 1 commentA Swedish couple entered Carpi instead of Capri into their GPS and ended up 400 miles from the Italian resort island they were looking for, Britain’s Telegraph reports. Carpi is an industrial city in northern Italy, where the couple reportedly asked the local tourism office how to get to the Blue Grotto. It’s not entirely clear whether the couple, who were not identified or interviewed, realized that Capri is an island.
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Mexico City Offers Visitors Free Health Insurance
| July 29th, 2009 No commentsWhy wait for Congress to reform health care? If you stay in a Mexico City hotel you can have free health insurance to cover swine flu — or whatever else ails you, reports AFP. The goal is to help the city’s struggling tourist industry; hotel occupancy is now at only 59 percent. (I was in Mexico City in 2004 and I highly recommend it. It’s a fascinating place.)
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