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Time travel

01:00 Thu 25th Jan 2001 |

By Katharine MacColl

IT'S never been easier to find cheap flights to New York or a romantic night out in Paris, thanks to the answerbank.co.uk

Backpackers, businessmen and armchair travel fans have all� taken up the challenge to find everything from taxis in Bath to hiring a 12-berth cottage in Cornwall with pool.

Scores of travellers have set teasers to test even Alan Whicker and Judith Chalmers, but the world's never been a smaller place.

Well done Wayne Holmes who knew you only needed a valid passport and three-week visa to get into Armenia, and thanks to KatieK, who suggested travelling on that dream holiday of a lifetime to Mauritius in the summer, when the sun shines from 5am to 7pm.

Homer knew the flight time to Israel from the UK was only five hours, and how many of you knew it's a 12-hour flight between London and Bangkok

Ollie wants to know the best places to visit in Indonesia during his trip, click here. And time is running out for Lionel, who wants to find a good B&B for two nights for two couples on February 2/3 in Genoa. Can you help

Albionboy supplied us with the history of the Mafia's links with the Italian island of Sicily, and JackSpratt came up with some great ideas for travelling from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands, click here.

But do you know if the Both World's complex in Gibraltar is still up and running Jniffer would love to know as she's planning a trip there with her family. Can you help

And the most testing teaser of the week has to go to Bridie who wants to know the $64m question. Were there any days last year when the London Tube was open with all escalators running, and it was possible to transfer at every interchange station Tricky, but do you know

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