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Dengue Who? By Ingrid Styles
You know when you’ve been Dengued. Or do you’ After spending two weeks in the south of Thailand, I caught an over night bus from Sarat Thani back to Bangkok.…
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Peru Volunteer English Teachers Needed
Muir’s Tours recently launched their volunteer teaching programme in Peru and it is proving to be very popular with Gap Year students. They have now set up another teaching facility…
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Indonesia in Brief by Teddy
Indonesia is the largest archipelago and the fifth most populous country in the world. Consisting of five main islands and 30 smaller archipelagos, it has a total of 13.677 of…
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Iris’s Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
On the way to Buenos Aires We only did two visits during the five days it took to drive from Tierra del Fuego to Buenos Aires (BA) and so we…
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Travelling Medical Hints and Tips
The Beetle received this e-mail from a Globetrotters who thought it might be useful to pass on to other travellers. If you find yourself under the weather, there is almost…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Mac’s Jottings: Hong Kong
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North…
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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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Bangladeshi Bus Bust
Police in Bangladesh have announced new measures to combat the organised gangs who are terrorising transport owners, workers and passengers into handing over money at many of the capital, Dhaka’s…
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Guide Books
As a result of our discussion on guidebooks, the following people have sent in their recommendations for guidebooks not on the Beetle’s list. They are: From Globetrotters webmaster Paul, Sunflower…