Category: archive
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Bike Kenya 2004 by Bill Polley
Bill wrote in to tell us about his sponsored bike ride in aid of the Douglas Bader Foundation late January, early February this year. How did it start? It began…
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Birdwatching in the Philippines by Christina
On how my first birdwatching trip to Candaba, Pampanga Province, Philippines made my enthusiasm for conservation take flight. Trudging stealthily on a marshland trail, struggling to keep alert despite it…
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An Alternative View on the Angel Falls by Frank
My experiences on a trip to Angel Falls were different to those reported in a Globetrotter e-newsletter a couple of months back. I went in 9/88. The US $ versus…
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Mac's Travel Reminiscences
We are sorry to say that Mac is not very well, but he is still e-mailing strong and recently sent the Beetle a collection of travel reminiscences about Australia, camels…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
Our first speaker was Simon Casson, who took us on a journey in the footsteps of his hero Butch Cassidy, riding the Outlaw Trail. Simon’s pictures portrayed the barren deserts…
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Meeting News from London
Meeting News from London Liam D’Arcy Brown talked about his 11,000 mile journey literally the far corners of China North, South, East & West, and his talk was a riveting…
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Meeting News from London
Meeting News from London London meeting Saturday 6th March 2004 by Padmasana This month our first speaker was Anthony Lambert, who talked to us about “Railways on the wild side”.…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
1st November 2003 London meeting On November 1st, we had two very different talks this month. The first was by Amar Grover, entitled “The Hindustan Tibet road”, an old trading…
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Sicily: Palermo, Part 1 by David Cross
All long-distance buses seem to have termini fairly near the Central Station [trains]. Outside this there is a massive square where most local buses start and from the other side…
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Flag Quiz
Which countries are represented by these flags? For the answers, see at the end of the e-news.
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Our Friends Ryanair
Ryanair will not be offering flights to Eastern Europe, despite European Union expansion, according to chief executive Michael O’Leary. Potential growth on routes into Poland and nine other countries who…
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Our Friends Ryanair
Ryanair has been fined £24,000 by a court for misleading customers over fares on its website and pressure is being placed on all airlines to give an all inclusive price.…
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Meeting News from New York
There was no New York meeting in October, but we will resume in November – Subject will be Tibet by Ken Axen! For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or…
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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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Meeting News from Texas
We don’t have any information for upcoming meetings, but if you would like to attend a New Braunfels Globetrotters meeting, or obtain information about the Texas Branch: please contact texas@globetrotters.co.uk…
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New EU Member States from 1st May 2004
If you ever wondered which European countries were joining the European Union this year, look no further, for here is a list: Country Accession Date Population (mil) Area (km2) Cyprus…
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Letter from Cascais, Portugal by Sally
I’m writing this as we turn into Spring. The weather is on the turn now. Each day you can feel it getting slightly warmer, although it does still get a…