Category: archive
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Mutual Aid
Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the…
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Dinner: snake, ants and scorpions … London
Ever wondered what scorpions taste like? Or cobra stew? Look no further. You can now try such delicacies at Empire, a new London restaurant where snake, kangaroo, zebra, ants and…
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Lost City off Gujarat, India
Marine archaeologists in India believe they have found a sunken 'lost city' which pre-dates all previous signs of civilisation by 5,000 years. The site lies at a depth of 36m,…
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Fave Websites of the Month
Serious and not so serious diving news : Great for recommendations on where to dive, equipment tests and news about new dive sites. www.divernet.com
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Giant Grouper – Barrier Reef
A recent report from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia: a Swedish diver had a narrow escape after a giant grouper attempted to swallow his head on New Year's Eve.…
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Joke time
From Bretislav, in the Czech Republic: A guy is flying to London checking in at the airlines counter with 3 suitcases. He tells the lady there: “I want the first…
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Monkeys at Agra Fort, India
An alert, bought to the attention of the Beetle by Frank, in the US, about a female traveller in India who was bitten by a monkey at Agra Fort. Frank…
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Meeting News
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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London:
This report of the last London meeting on the 1st December is written by Padmassana. John Hornbuckle’s wonderful slides took us around Chile. He showed us the wildlife and landscape…
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New York: A message from Laurie, the New York chair:
Hello Globies! Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Due to holiday parties, travel and cheer, we will not be holding a December Globies meeting. We WILL resume on 5th…
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Ontario:
The next meeting will be on January 18th at the the Woodsworth Co-op : Ann Dohler will talk about her recent trip to Peru, the Galapagos and the Amazon. For…
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Texas:
If the first six meetings of the Texas Branch of the Globetrotters Club are an indication of the future, it is going to be bright, rosy, fun, informative, exciting, and…
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Japan by the Wandering Weasel from London:
In general travel and accommodation are expensive whilst food can vary hugely in price from noodle bars both cheaper and considerably more nutritious than MacDonald’s to city restaurant where the…
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Bulgaria by Sandra from the United States
In May 2001 I spent 2 weeks travelling in Bulgaria. This is a very ancient and honourable culture that disappeared from the history books for longer than my own country…
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Watching the Road in Iran
This wonderful snippet about travelling in Iran came from Kevin, near London (not Croydon!) Kevin tells us about the effect some of the girls he was travelling with had on…
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Useless Facts: Perfume
Perfume comes from the Latin per fumus (through smoke). The smoke of incense, burning woods and spices were the most ancient scents. Some useless facts courtesy of directcosmetics.com When Cleopatra…
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Meeting News
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Machu Picchu
According to Alt Wire OmPlace, bad news could come to Machu Picchu. There is a proposal to build a funicular from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu to make the site…
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New York:
We had a great crowd to kick off the New Year! Matt Link was our speaker and he did a fabulous job telling us all about Ghana! His pictures were…
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London's Wobbly Bridge is Open!
Yes, the Millennium Bridge is open once again! It is the first pedestrian river crossing in London for over 100 years. The 325 metre bridge links St. Paul's Cathedral on…