Category: archive
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The Inca Trail Closed Feb 2004
The Inca Trail is the most famous trek in South America and rated by many to be in the top 5 treks in the world. It is 26 miles (45km)…
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A Back Road Happenstance by Duncan Gough
Coming lunchtime and just what I am looking for:- water running from a plastic pipe but with a drinking cup left beside the fuente de beber close to a…
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Just back from Sri Lanka by Francesca Jaggs
I had bronchitis a couple of weeks before I was due to travel to Sri Lanka. I suddenly did not want to go. I felt really vulnerable and depressed, but…
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Transformational Moments by Pete Martin
Pete Martin describes St Basil’s in Moscow, one of the many places around the world that has taken his breath away and he now calls his Transformational Moments. I enter…
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Write in (1) …Bishkek to Beijing with Gavin Fernandes
Long term club member, traveller extraordinaire and beer connoisseur Gavin has done it again with his latest adventure ! Whilst at the Travel Adventure show in London, Gavin entered Oasis…
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An Appeal for Help in Rwanda by Michael Rakower
Here is an appeal by Michael on behalf of the American Friends for the Kigali Public Library (the AFKPL) for help creating Rwanda’s first public library. Michael is a regular…
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Travel Reminiscences by Stanley Mataichi Sagara
My name is Stanley Mataichi Sagara. My Christian name was given to me by my first grade teacher who was probably from the Midwest and had never had an experience…
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The Canadian Arctic by Robert, a former Chair of the Globetrotters Club
As I write this I am crossing the Mackenzie river on a ferry on the way to Inuvik, Northwest territories, several hundred miles north of the arctic circle and as…
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FAQ's about the Globetrotters Club? What are your criteria for membership?
What are your criteria for membership? We don’t have any criteria, anyone can join all we ask is that, they pay the membership fee, which is to cover the costs…
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Travel like a local San Franciscos best kept secrets.
There’s more to San Francisco than the Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf. Get the inside scoop on the Bay City’s best oysters, Mai Tai’s, tips on traveling around the…