Tag: July 2003
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TV Appeal: Are You Off On A Trip Overseas?
An UK independent television company is looking for friends, couples and families who are off on an adventurous trip overseas for a new Channel 4 documentary series. Are you currently…
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New UN Heritage Sites
This is the second of three descriptions of the 24 sites of “outstanding universal value”, that have been designated world heritage sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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TV Show: I Want That Holiday!
Are you UK based and planning to go on holiday in October or November, but haven't decided where? Do you fancy letting us plan it for you? If you want…
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Our Friends Ryanair
Oh dear, oh dear, the airline we love to hate, Ryanair has just got itself into trouble in Germany, for saying that it flies to Dussledorf. A court in Cologne…
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Yongala Arrest
An American diver has been arrested for penetrating the Yongala, the wreck of a steamship. The Yongala is a popular wreck dive off Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It sank during a…
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Fact File: Largest Lakes in the World
OK, don’t look – can you name the five largest lakes in the world? A quick clue, one of them is a sea. Rank Name Area Sq Miles Area Sq…
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Globetrotters Travel Award
Under 30? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best…
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Iris.s Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
Iris, a British lady of considerable character and pluck, is on a 23 week overland expedition from Quito in Ecuador to Caracas in Venezuela. After this, she plans to do…
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Travelling Medical Hints and Tips
Some more travelling medical hints and tips for people on the move. If you find yourself under the weather, there is almost always an alternative remedy to finding the local…
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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
Globetrotters meeting on August 9th The Texas Branch of the Globetrotters Club will meet August 9th 2003 at the New Braunfels Public Library – note back to old location. If…
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Munich Explored
The Beetle recently visited Munich for shell repairing and discovered that it is a really nice, friendly, pretty and interesting city, easy to get around with some surprising touches –…
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UK Government Asks Travel Operators to Boycott Burma
The UK Foreign Office has asked British tour operators to stop arranging holidays to Burma because of the ruling regime's record on human rights. In a letter to ABTA, the…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan . Part 2
Padmassana went travelling around Kyushu in June/July time. Here is the second of three extracts from his travel journal. I left Beppu in more torrents of rain after a night…
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The World.s Most Expensive Countries
1. Tokyo, Japan 2. Osaka, Japan 3. Oslo, Norway 4. Hong Kong 5. Libreville, Gabon London came 7th in the list. Source: http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
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An Insight into the Culture of Mikindani, Tanzania by Len Coleman
Tanzania has a multi-ethnic and multi-racial population that practices a wide variety of traditions and customs. In Mikindani, the influence of Shirazi Arabs from Persia and traders from the Indian…
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Place Names
As a result of the item about place names, Tom from N. Carolina wrote in to add: in the US state of Georgia we have Cairo, Athens & Rome. There…
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Along the West Highland Way by Matt Doughty
Scotland's first long distance walk, The West Highland Way, is 152km (95 miles) long and links Milngavie (north of Glasgow) to Fort William. It takes walkers along the shores of…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Meeting News from London
Globetrotters meeting 5th July 2003 by Padmassana This month we enjoyed slides from club members encompassing destinations all round the Globe. So going (very) roughly in a westerly direction from…