Category: newsletter
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Globetrotters Travel Award
Under 30? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best…
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Deciding Where Next by Matt Doughty
Since the New Year has on from its welcoming celebrations, many travelling folk are spending the winter conceiving travels and tours for the forthcoming year. Such thoughts brighten up these…
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Fave Websites of the Month
Someone sent the Beetle a link to: http://travellady.com/, which is a travel web site that has lots of travel stories, book and food reviews. They say: Welcome to TravelLady Magazine!…
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Airport Profile: Chicago O Hare
Time Zone: CDT (GMT -5) Airport Code: ORD Customer service number: 800 832-6352 Distance from city: 18 miles (29km) Terminal 1 is for United and United Express flights plus Lufthansa…
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Stay Free in the UK
A new website offers an alternative way to stay in the UK – free! YouStayFree.com offers unlimited free hotel accommodation for members at selected UK hotels. Members pay a yearly…
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Batik Making by Richard Densham
It has certainly been an interesting month here in Mikindani, and also in Dar es Salaam. One of Trade Aid’s new ideas for Mikindani is to start up a local…
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Deaths in Congo
If you were thinking of travelling to northern Congo to see the gorillas – don’t. At least 48 people are believed to have died in a suspected outbreak of Ebola…
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Travel Advice Corner
Anna and Magda wrote in asking for help with voluntary placements in Australia: we are two girls living in Germany, age 19, just finished our A-levels (Advanced school leaving certificate).…
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Low-cost London
A new booklet from the London Tourist Board gives suggestions on making your holiday budget go further and exploring the capital off the main tourist trail. “Go Further in London”…
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A visit to Durban by Geoff Fairman
Today we will visit Durban which is a city situated on the east coast of South Africa. It has a sub tropical climate opposed to that of Cape Town, which…