The meeting of Chester Globetrotters on the 22nd of May was again well attended and we had two very interesting speakers on that day. First Barbara Dickinson spoke about Kiev in Ukraine, she told us about the impressive buildings and squares of the city where people parade and get together. Barbara visits Kiev on a regular basis because her son lives there so she was able to tell us about local customs and what it is like for local people there. Afterwards questions were asked and a few people are thinking of a visit there, myself included.

After the break we had a talk about Uganda from Dan Bachmann, a fascinating talk about the forgotten tribes of Karamoja who live within a unique culture that has existed like this for hundreds of years, but is threatened by modern day living. Lots of questions for Dan afterwards and everyone had enjoyed the afternoon.

There are now quite a few regulars coming back for every meeting and we all enjoy the sharing aspect as well J

The next meeting is on the Saturday 17 July at the Grosvenor Museum at the usual time of 1.0pm meeting for a 1.30pm start. There will be two lectures, with the first on Southern India by Cheron & Roger Turner, entitled ‘A Temple Trail by Taxi – Tales of a Southern India Journey through Tamil NadhuÂ’. After refreshments David Atkinson will take us on to talk about Holidays at home : Wales and Cumbria.

Tickets £2 including refreshments.

Contact Angela or Hanna for further information of this & future events at Chester via email at chesterbranch@globetrotters.co.uk