Hello all,
First up in this month’s eNewsletter is April Competition result. As I detailed last month, travel author David Stanley offered you a chance to win your own copy of the recently launched 8th edition of Moon Fiji – . We asked you to email the most original & yet correct answer to the question What is yagona and when might it be used?
The winner, Paul Roberts, came up with “In Fiji- and other parts of Polynesia — the drinking of yaqona (pronounced Yangona) or kava, is a common ceremonial and social custom. The yaqona ceremony has great significance in Fijian life but is now used by westerners to get high!!!” Perhaps Paul knows too much about Fiji or is getting ready to plan a trip & find out, either way he should be able to tell us more about Fiji when he writes his review of David’s guide for a future eNewsletter !
There are also two requests for assistance this time round – one from Laura who would like some help with her degree dissertation and two from Andrew who is working hard to warn all about the varying problems that ticks can cause travellers and local communities alike.
Additionally the Globetrotters Club Legacy Officer tells me that the new deadline to send in your applications for the William Wood Travel Award is 31 October (club members only but we welcome newcomers all the time !!). This year the April award has been rolled over, so now the club could send two lucky winners out on an independent journey of a lifetime. See the legacy page on the club’s web site for more details!!
That’s all for now…enjoy the very welcome spring sunshine,
The Ant