Author: Globetrotters Club
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Meeting the Tattooed Headhunters of Nagaland By Sunita Koch
Nagaland is a state located in the far northeast corner of India on the border with Burma. Born and raised in the neighbouring state of Meghalaya, I grew up hearing
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10 Ways to Prevent Malaria
Malaria is found in over 97 countries, and the 125 million international travellers who visit these countries each year are at risk of catching it. With a focus on prevention,
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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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Unchartered territory around Lake Hashinge, Ethiopia By Sam McManus
The only lake of any size in the northern province of Tigray, Lake Hashinge feels like the Como of Ethiopia. It joins two large areas of lush flatland to the
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Konnichiwa from Kitarō
Comic book capers arriving in Sakaiminato on the Eastern DreamBy Pete Martin It’s weird to be in Japan. It’s my first time and I really do feel like I’m on
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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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Meet the Members – A life of travel
My first long-distance travel experience was accepting a one-year studentship to work at Guanajuato University Library in Mexico in the mid-1980s. I extended my time in Mexico for another year
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My Indian Experience By Francesca Jaggs
India has a reputation for transforming people. Since I returned just a week ago I have had 2 people ask me how I think it has changed me. I didn’t
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Don’t Cry For Me Argentina By Paul Gillingham
‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ was resonating from loudspeakers throughout the Sunday market in the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires, sounding even more wonderfully romantic sung in Spanish as
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eNewsletter – Spring 2018
Dear Globies, friends and fellow travellers, Welcome to the Autumn eNewsletter with tips, news and discounts as always. I hope many of you have been enjoying the digital edition of…
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Globe 2018 Spring Picture Quiz
Globe 2018 Winter 2018 Picture Quiz Winner Congratulations to Kay Grey who won a year’s membership of the Globetrotters Club in the Winter 2018 picture quiz by correctly naming the
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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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Lebanon – At the Crossroads By Sam McManus
The drive up from the city had been both disorientating and familiar. It is strange to see in the same panorama both the turquoise ripples of the Mediterranean and mountains
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Odessa – the next big city break By David Redford
The city break is a phenomenon of our times, and the ability to jet off to a foreign city for two or three nights has broadened all our horizons. In
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Globe Winter 2015
Globe is an info-packed newsletter with travelogues by members, book reviews, travel tips, bargains and news. There is a mutual aid section where you can exchange information; place advertisements and
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10 Reasons to visit New Orleans in 2017
From Mardi Gras and exploring the historic French Quarter to cocktail themed tours there is something for everyone in New Orleans, a place where centuries old architecture is the backdrop
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Globe goes digital.
After holding membership fees at 1995 prices we have reduced them by producing Globe digitally (and saving on the printing and postage costs). Members can read Globe on or offline on iPads & tablets. Kindles
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eNewsletter – Spring 2017
Dear Globies, friends and fellow travellers, Welcome to the Autumn eNewsletter with tips, news and discounts as always. I hope many of you have been enjoying the digital edition of…
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Guatemala. Where is it?
Ah. Definitely don’t travel there, I heard everywhere. It is too dangerous. Drugs, mugging, highway robberies and kidnapping. You are crazy. I roll my eyes. Maybe I am. However, is
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Running Scared? A marathon in Afghanistan By Keith MacIntosh
It’s early morning to the west of Bamiyan in the highlands of central Afghanistan. There is fresh snow on the mountains, and a crowd is huddled together in the cold