Category: newsletter
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Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
How did you do at our little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how many you got right! Andorra: Andorra La Vella Gabon: Libraville Malta: Valletta Philippines: Manila Thailand:…
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Meeting News from Texas
The next Texas Globetrotters meeting will take place on Saturday March 13th when we look forward to a talk from Southwest Airlines. The location for the March and April 2004…
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Spain Holidays Less Popular
UK travel companies have cut the prices of Spanish package holidays, Britain’s most popular package holiday choice by an average £150 as fewer British families book holidays in the country.…
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The World’s Most Visited Countries Rank Country Annual Number of Arrivals
1 France 75,500,000 2 United States 50,900,000 3 Spain 48,200,000 4 Italy 41,200,000 5 China 31,200,000 6 United Kingdom 25,200,000 7 Russia 21,200,000 8 Mexico 20,600,000 9 Canada 20,400,000 10…
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The Ghan Train
The first passenger train linking the Adelaide and Darwin in Australia made its debut at the beginning of February. The journey will stretches 1,420 kilometres (882 miles), and cuts through…
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Sicily – Agrigento by David Cross
On arrival at Agrigento I thought I had dropped a bad clanger. I had not booked thinking February should not present too much by way of problems. However the very…
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Jetmagic Gone Bust
Around 400 air passengers are thought to have been stranded abroad after Irish low-cost airline Jetmagic announced it is to cease trading. Jetmagic launched in April 2003 and flew to…
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Fave Website
icelandexpress.com/ is a low cost airline that flies to Iceland, and goodness knows, Iceland is expensive, so the more you can save by getting there cheaply, the more there is…
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The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel & Sports Show, London Olympia (16th-18th January, 2004) by Silja
So, what was it like? Well here is ‘the tour’ of the good, the bad and the best. The exhibition was on three floors, dominated by trade stands selling pretty…
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Bad Behaviour
An American tourist from Pennsylvania was prevented from entering Brazil because he poured water over a baby that had been crying during his flight from the US to Brazil. His…