Gambia January Holidays in Travel Supermarket

Brits would prefer to receive a holiday than a gadget this Christmas.

TravelSupermarket has found that over a quarter (27 per cent) of Brits would like to receive a holiday as a gift this Christmas, second only to a wish for money and vouchers (31 per cent).

Although retailers have said 2012 will be the “Tablet Christmas,” a poll of over 1,000 visitors to the site shows that in fact, the gift of a holiday ranks above both gadgets (8 per cent) and jewellery (7 per cent) as the most desired gift.

This follows research from MoneySupermarket claiming that Brits will be spending £22 billion this year on Christmas, splashing out an average of £445 per person during this festive period.

Bob Atkinson, travel expert at TravelSupermarket said: “After what has been a tough year for many, it is unsurprising a break away is front of mind for one in four of us. The prospect of spending time with friends or loves ones, experiencing something new and also having something to look forward to is, without doubt, very appealing.

For £445 or less you could get away in January on one of the following holidays through TravelSupermarket:

Canary Islands, Tenerife - for 7 nights departing Saturday 12th January 2013. Staying at the 4* Apartments Pez Azul on a self-catering basis in a studio room. Flights depart from London Stansted. Holiday from ontheBeach.co.uk via TravelSupermarket - £336.00pp

Gambia, Kotu - for 7 nights departing Thursday 10th January 2013. Staying at the 2* Palm Beach Hotel on a bed and breakfast basis in a standard room. Flights depart from London Gatwick. Holiday from Airtours via TravelSupermarket - £432.00pp

Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh - for 7 nights departing Thursday 11th January 2013. Staying at the 3* Amar Sina Hotel on a bed and breakfast basis in a standard room. Flights depart from London Gatwick. Holiday from easyJet Holidays via TravelSupermarket - £285.00pp

Morocco, Tangier - for 7 nights departing on Thursday 10th January 2013. Staying at the 3* Ibis Tanger Free Zone in a standard room. Flights depart from London Heathrow. Holiday from Expedia.co.uk via TravelSupermarket - £363.00pp

A Great Day For Gambia

Gambia: President Jammeh to launch Africa Coast to Europe submarine cable

Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable - The Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh will on Wednesday launch the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable in the West African country. The launch at Sukuta in the West Coast region will be attended by some 500 people, including representatives from the World Bank, African Union, various governments, international policy makers, regulators, operators, vendors and service providers from across the world.

The ACE consortium, which is led by France Telecom-Orange, is made up of 16 members from Africa and Europe, a media release from the Ministry of Information, Communication and Infrastructure, said on Tuesday in Banjul.

The cable will extend over 17,000 km from Brittany in France to Cape Town in South Africa at depths close to 6,000 metres below sea level, linking Europe to Africa with high-capacity broadband connectivity.

The release said the ACE would give countries in Africa the opportunity to access international broadband network at a low cost.

According to the release this will increase high-speed Internet in Africa, thus reducing the digital divide and triggering social and economic development.

Countries such as the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tome & Principe and Sierra Leone will have access to a submarine cable for the first time.

ACE will broaden their opportunities in terms of connectivity, data-sharing and information sharing with the rest of the world. It will also promote better network reliability as well as greater flexibility.

Landlocked countries such as Mali and Niger will also have access to the ACE cable system and will therefore benefit from the same increase in connectivity as the countries with a coastal access, release said.

Recycling Prescription Spectacles In West Africa

Optimax currently perform 1,400 laser eye surgery operations every month and of the 100,000 laser eye treatments carried out in the UK in 2002, 30% of these operations were conducted at Optimax eye clinics.

We regularly receive hundreds of letters from patients, which describe how laser eye treatment at Optimax has changed or enhanced their lives.

The spectacles that our patients are thrilled to leave behind in our clinics after laser eye treatment go on to enhance the lives of others in the developing world.

All prescription spectacles donated at the Optimax clinics in the UK are collected at the head office in London for shipment directly to the Optical Unit at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul, The Gambia.

The Gambia is widely acknowledged to have one of the most forward-thinking policies on eye sight problems on the African continent.

Optimax believes that by supporting the development of centres for eye care staff training, real value can be added to the process of recycling prescription eye glasses in the Third World.

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