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The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

Author: The Beetle

  • Russians to Avoid Nepal

    The Russian foreign ministry urged Russian citizens on Friday to defer travel to Nepal for personal security reasons. “The internal political situation in the Kingdom of Nepal has recently deteriorated,”

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  • Kenya's Flamingos

    News in July comes form Kenya that hundreds of flamingos have been reported dead in Kenya's Lake Nakuru wildlife sanctuary. Experts believe that the flamingos died due to chemical pollution

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  • Niger Bandits Strike Again

    Two Italian tourists remain captured when an off-road touring group of more than 20 Italian and other foreign tourists were been kidnapped in southeast Niger. The group were kidnapped in

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  • New Low Cost HK Route

    Oasis Hong Kong Airlines is Hong Kong's first low fare, long-haul passenger airline. Starting in October 2006, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines will offer non-stop service to London-Gatwick. It initially plans

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  • Algarve Cycle Route

    Are you an avid cyclist? Love the Algarve? This should interest you: the President of the Junta Metropolitana do Algarve recently announced that 214 km of the Ecovia do Litoral

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  • World's Highest Train

    The first Qinghai-Tibet train from China's capital Beijing to Tibet's capital Lhasa has arrived after a two-day 1,140km (710-mile) journey. The journey is said to be the world's highest train

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  • Honesty Pays

    A Canadian couple visiting the San Francisco Bay area have a lot to thank an honest Good Samaritan who found and returned a bag the Canadians accidentally left in a

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  • Nigerian Referees

    Fanny Amun, the acting secretary-general of the Nigerian Football Association, said bribery happens frequently, but referees “should only pretend to fall for the bait, but make sure the result doesn't

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  • Penguin Suits

    Spotted by one of Mac's friends: Mormon women in New South Wales are knitting sweaters for penguins. Doll size, tight-fitting wool sweaters keep this breed of “fairy” penguins warm as

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  • Meeting News from London

    July Meeting News from London by Padmassana As is our custom the July meeting was given over to club members to take us around the world in 90 minutes. Africa

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  • Meeting News from London

    June Meeting News from London by Dan James Our first speakers this month were Katrina Manson and James Knight, who have just finished writing a new book on Burkino Faso

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  • Meeting News from London

    May 2006 London meeting Despite competition from a giant elephant in Trafalgar Square and a spaceship near Waterloo, Globies was still packed this month. Our first speaker this month was

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  • Meeting News

    Meeting News from around he world

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  • Meeting News from Ontario

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,

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  • Seeing China First Hand

    The Beetle recently spent a couple of weeks staying with her friend Nicola in a beautiful village outside Philadelphia. Nicola wrote this article about a trip to China in 2005

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  • A Fun Day Out In Jail by Tony Annis

    Stuck between two very large local ladies with a yard of wet fish draped across my legs, gave a moment to ponder on an extremely different day out that I

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  • The Camino de Santiago – The More Things Change& by Alex Chang

    The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage to the sacred tomb of Saint James located in the Northwest corner of Spain. Over a thousand years separate those first faithful footsteps

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  • Long Riddle, Short Answer by David Churchman

    RIDDLE: What do Schultz's 1000 Places [worldwide] to See Before You Die, Villani's 100 Best Art Towns in America, the American Association of Retired Person's list of the 15 best

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  • Survey Corner: Forbes Magazine Most Dangerous Destinations 2006

    Forbes Magazine Most Dangerous Destinations 2006 (in alphabetical order) and the previous two years. It's interesting to see which countries have consistently been on Forbes' list over the last three

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  • Travellers Could Be At Risk of Deadly European Virus by the Tick Alert Association

    Travellers and holidaymakers risk contracting a potentially life-threatening disease in Europe this year. The 'Tick Alert' campaign is warning UK travellers about Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), a viral disease contracted

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