Category: archive
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March for Children, New York
On May 8-10, the UN will be hosting the most important children's event since the 1990 World Summit for Children. We will gather at 4pm to start the march at…
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Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Serves 6: 4oz dark rum, 4ox light rum, juice of 2 fresh limes, 5oz of pineapple juice and 6oz orange juice, 2oz of Grenadine, 6 dashes of angostura bitters –…
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Texas:
The April 13 meeting will be at Cypress Bend Park, which is 4 blocks from the library at the end of Peace Street. Peace St. is between the library and…
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Five Things You Didn't Know About Tourism
(From Tourism Concern) 1. According to the UN, 13-19 million children are working in the tourism sector all over the world. More than 1 million are forced into tourism’s sex…
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London Markets: Colombia Road Flower Market
This packed flower market is on one street and gets phenomenally busy. It starts at around 8am on Sundays only and closes up around 1pm, so get there early. Here…
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Iceberg in Antartica
Did you know that icebergs are given names, and that these names relate to the section of Antartica where they are first sited? US scientists recently reported that an iceberg…
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Jacqui in South America
Buenas dias de Buenos Aires, todo del mundi! Can’t believe how far I’ve travelled and where I have been in the last four weeks! It seems no time since I…
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Free London Museums: The Museum of London
Last year, the British government announced that it would drop the entrance fee to many of the larger museums in London. The Beetle’s favourite London museum is funnily enough called…
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Dhaka, Bangladesh by Atom Crater
Atom Crater, a former work colleague of the Beetle has recently returned from a work trip to Bangladesh. This month and next, we include some of his observations. Weather report:…
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Travel Tips
Compression bags are amazing things. They can compress bulky items such as sleeping bags and fleeces into small and manageable packages. So take that fleece with you for cooler evenings…