Author: The Beetle
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Ontario:
The next meeting will be held on Friday 25th May (the fourth Friday, due to Bank holidays and long weekends). Bruce Weber will be showing his slides on a road…
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You want to visit?….Ireland
By popular demand, here is a circuit of Eire beginning and ending in Dublin. The best time of year to go to Ireland is in June or September as it…
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Nuggets from Evan in California ~ Backpacking in Britain
Evan recommends visitors to Britain to see the intricately carved 15th century ceiling beam (remnant of original rood screen) in the church in Llangattock Lingoed near Abergavenny, Wales. Visit the…
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Cycling Around the World
For all those cyclists out there, the founder of the Globetrotters Club, Norman Ford is an avid cyclist and has a web site: www.ktc.com/~blodwen which urges readers to tour the…
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Did You Know…World Heritage Listed Sites for the US
Arizona: Grand Canyon Nat Park, California: Redwood Nat Park, Yosemite Colorado: Anasazi Indian dwellings at Mesa Verde Florida: The Everglades Nat Park Kentucky: Mammoth Nat Park Missouri: Cahokia Mounds ~…
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Best Beach in the World
Best beach in the world (3) is Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Situated (strangely enough) in the west part of the island, about a 15 minute drive from the…
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Help Needed in California and Australia!
We have some people in the Bay Area of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento in the US and also in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia who are interested in…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
This year, the US State department suggests that the following destinations really aren’t such clever places to visit right now: the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Haiti, Congo, Israel, the…
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Coffee Corner… Vienna
The Beetle can report back on the Palm House in the Burggaten, the historic heart of Vienna. It is perfect for coffee and cake or brunch ~ whatever ~ good…
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Stop Press: £1,000 Travel Award
Under 24? 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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Fave Websites of the Month
Bootsnall.com is an excellent website allowing access to a free travel club with members in 80 countries. There’s a newsletter, a chat forum and travel articles. Nice one! For more…
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Travel Tips
The beetle always carries a Maglite and stores lunchtime or dinner paper serviettes in pockets as emergency paper for the bathroom. Got any travel tips for the Beetle? Then e-mail…
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Bhutan ~ A Disappointment
Karen from L.A found Bhutan to be interesting but a tad expensive. She says she had to pay $225 a day per person to stay in substandard hotels and eat…
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Free Bradt Travel Guide!
Bradt Guides have offered to give away a Bradt Guide Book on Madagascar for the best travel story, tip or info. Contact Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
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Travel Scams – Zanzibar
The Beetle spent some time beetling around in Zanzibar last year and noted that unsuspecting travellers at the Dar es Salaam port were being told by unscrupulous individuals that they…
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Be On T.V.! Don't Be Shy!
Emma needs you!!! Only 8 people have replied to Emma so far and she needs 90 contestants!!! If you live in the UK, are knowledgeable about travel and countries, and…
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Universal Language
During WWII, Frank of Alabama found himself in Samoa and even today, he can still speak some Samoan. He paid a visit back in 1999 to Samoa and surprised a…
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Travel Quiz – Tahiti
We have a Berghaus Freeflow 23 kindly donated by Mike of the YHA Shop in Ludgate Hill (10m from St Pauls Cathedral), London to give away to the person with…
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Mutual Aid
Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the…
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Who Knows Ischia?
Marilyn from the US was in Ischia 2 years ago and fell in love with the place. It is just a short ride from Naples, Capri and Almalfi. Marilyn asks…