The advantage for cross-border visitors is that they can get to Northern Ireland by road and don't have to pay air or ferry fares.
But the Afghans are still heavily dependent on international air support to ferry the wounded to hospitals and for gunships to defend troops who are isolated and under attack.
Travel problems have eased after many roads were closed on Friday and Saturday, while rail, ferry and air travel was also disrupted.
The small picturesque port town of Calvi in the northwest is a good place to start, whether you arrive by ferry from France or by air from the nearby airport.
If Angola commits its relatively well-equipped air force to Congo, it could close the air-bridge the rebels are using to ferry troops from the east to their western front.
Ferry was involved in a mid-air drama after Christmas this year when a man burst into the cockpit of a flight he was on from London to Nairobi, and attempted to seize the controls.
U.S. army units will provide logistical support on the ground plus air mobility -- U.S. helicopters will ferry the NATO forces around.
Bryan Ferry was caught up in a mid-air drama just after Christmas when a man burst into the cockpit of a flight he was on from London to Nairobi, and attempted to seize the controls.
Built for American Airlines, NASA acquired the aircraft in 1974 and used it for test flights from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert and ferry flights to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Visitors either take a ferry there, or fly 30 minutes on an Aloha Island Air commuter plane that holds 37 passengers and makes 10 round-trips daily from Honolulu.
Last week, two of my fellow international judges from the Air New Zealand Wine Awards visited Waiheke Island, about a 30-minute ferry ride from Auckland.
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