Category: archive
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Say No to Flying Fox
The Pacific island of Guam is known for very high rates of a degenerative disease that looks like motor neuron, Parkinson's and dementia, but cannot be firmly identified as any…
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Overland West Africa
If you a planning an overland trip in west Africa, then please note that the Nigerian Government has announced that it is closing its borders with the Benin Republic with…
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Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
Travel Photographer of the Year is a new annual competition, supported by major names in the photographic and travel industries, that recognises and celebrates the very best travel photography. Any…
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Dubai Underwater Hotel Planned
We reported a while back about Dubai’s Palm, an ambitious hotel and resort development off the coast. Now, tourism and government authorities have gone one step further, or should we…
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Sahara Hostages Released
Fourteen of the European hostages, missing in the Sahara for over five months have been released by suspected Islamic extremist kidnappers. One woman hostage died whilst held captive in Mali.…
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Khmer Rouge Tourism
The Cambodian government has has released full scale tourism plans for a small village, Anlong Veng, some 70 miles away from Angkor Watt, Cambodia’s most visited tourist attraction. Anlong Veng,…
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Fave Website: worldpress
A great website, spotted by our webmaster Paul. It contains articles from the press and magazines around the world and also headlines from events around the world. So, if you…
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Dengue Who? By Ingrid Styles
You know when you’ve been Dengued. Or do you’ After spending two weeks in the south of Thailand, I caught an over night bus from Sarat Thani back to Bangkok.…
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Peru Volunteer English Teachers Needed
Muir’s Tours recently launched their volunteer teaching programme in Peru and it is proving to be very popular with Gap Year students. They have now set up another teaching facility…
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Indonesia in Brief by Teddy
Indonesia is the largest archipelago and the fifth most populous country in the world. Consisting of five main islands and 30 smaller archipelagos, it has a total of 13.677 of…
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Iris’s Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
On the way to Buenos Aires We only did two visits during the five days it took to drive from Tierra del Fuego to Buenos Aires (BA) and so we…
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Meeting News from Texas
Globetrotters meeting on Saturday 13th September at 2pm The Texas Branch of the Globetrotters Club will meet Saturday Sept 13th, 2003, 2pm at the New Braunfels Public Library 700 E.…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Write for the Globetrotters monthly e-newsletter
If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, why not write for the free monthly Globetrotters e-newsletter! The Beetle would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints…
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Meeting News from London
After our usual gap of one month, London Globetrotters meetings are back at 2.30pm on Saturday 6th September. John Gimilette will talk about Paraguay – The Island surrounded by Land.…
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Laos Snippet by Busby
I went on my two month long trip of Indochina. I skulked a bit in Qatar eyeing up the tablecloth-clad gentlemen and in turn being the recipient of their roving…
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Meeting News from New York
For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click here at our website. New York meetings are held at The Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher Street (btw…
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Travelling to Mikindani from Mozambique – Becky Stickland
Having allowed myself the luxury of a two-week break in Durban visiting a long lost friend I turned my thoughts towards the adventure that lay ahead. I have always wanted…
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Meeting News from Ontario
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan – Part 3
Padmassana went travelling around Kyushu in June/July time. Here is the final of three extracts from his travel journal. From Kagoshima I went on a day trip on a small…