Category: newsletter
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Mac.s Jottings: Clothing
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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Airline News
Re-launched in July 2002 from British European UK as carrier FlyBe is to launch a new West of England low fares base at Exeter International Airport in March next year.…
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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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Being Careful: Bali
The UK government still has a warning out, advising travellers against non essemtial travel to Bali, after last October’s bombings. However, reports from hoteliers and hostel owners in Bali say…
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Currency Conversion
The Globetrotters Club has just teamed up with Oanda.com to provide people with information about currency conversions and cheat sheets. To translate currency or make a cheat sheet, visit: The…
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Gary Cycles Around the UK
Gary, from the US is planning to cycle 1,500 miles around the UK. He started his journey on the 16th of May 2003. Since that date he has travelled over…
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Fave Travel Website
The Beetle has a real soft spot for Spain – great food, good wine, friendly people, wonderful language, easy to get around and fabulous paradores to stay in. A paradore…
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Our Friends Ryanair
European no-frills airline Ryanair says it is to stop accepting American Express charge cards. They say Amex makes higher charges than most other companies and that they will refuse to…
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Train from Alice to Darwin, Australia
Tickets are on sale for the inaugural journeys on the Alice Springs to Darwin extension of the Great Southern Railway’s (GSR) line between Adelaide and Alice. The journey will take…
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Fact File: Oceans and Seas
Facts about the Oceans and Seas of the world Ocean Pacific Atlantic Indian Southern Arctic Area Sq Miles 60,060,700 29,637,900 26,469,500 7,848,300 5,427,000 Area Sq Km 155,557,000 76,762,000 68,556,000 20,327,000…