Category: archive
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Meeting News from New York
JUNE 7: Ladakh Ken Axen, who also presented the amazing Bhutan, will be back to present Ladakh. “In the forbidding terrain of the Himalayas, a robust people embellish their frugal…
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Airline News
As a result of the US Airways Charlotte, N Carolina commuter plane crash earlier in 2003, the FAA has notified US airlines operating planes with more than 19 seats to…
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So You Think You.re Well Travelled?
Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on airport codes. How many did you get right! Go on, have a guess! Which cities are served by airports with the following codes:…
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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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Unique and exciting expeditions wanted for TV show
Big Red Barn Ent. in Vancouver, Canada, are presently in post production on a documentary called “Bikes on Ice”, where they sent a small digi-cam along with a team of…
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Meeting News from Texas
Globetrotters meeting on 12th April by Christina The April meeting in Texas provided a plethora of travel tips – from the virtues of ziplock bags to the uses of duct…
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Algeria Missing Tourists
If you are planning to travel to the Sahara in Southern Algeria, you may want to re-think your plans. 8 Austrian tourists have just gone missing, bringing the number of…
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Airport Profile: London Heathrow
Heathrow airport is one of four airports that are almost dotted like the four points of the compass in and around London. There’s London Gatwick to the south of London,…
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UK Wine Week
Vineyard tours and wine tasting are planned to mark English Wine Week this spring (May 24 – June 1). There are 379 vineyards and 115 wineries all over the country…
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Leaving Mikindani by Richard Densham
Richard was a volunteer working in Mikindani, Tanzania for a UK based charity, Trade Aid. It is with mixed feelings that I am about to leave Mikindani, although I would…