The possibility of finding gold caused thousands of people to make plans to travel to Alaska and then to the Klondike area of the Yukon.
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They knew there might be a conflict coming up, and they worked it out ahead of time, so by the time anyone has to maketravelplans, they know what the schedule is going to be by the time everyone has to schlep to Peoria for the finals.
In view of the limited public transport facilities between India and Pakistan, he said around 100 participants out of a total of 235 were now likely to make alternative travelplans.
From those locations, U.S. citizens must make their own travelplans and reimburse the government for their flights out of Egypt, the embassy said in a statement.