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The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

Author: The Beetle

  • Boston, US to the Azores

    Azores Express has announced expanded Spring and Summer service from Boston Logan Airport to Portugal beginning in June 2004. Azores Express will offer direct flights to São Miguel, the main

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  • Globetrotters Travel Award

    Under 30? 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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  • Spelling Error Raises Eyebrows

    Spotted by Bretislav in the Czech Republic, this is from the Canadian National Post: “A spelling error on several hundred government envelopes mailed from Nunavut’s capital last week added an

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  • Busking All Over The World

    29 year old Nigel Ashcroft, a musician from Wales is setting off on a trip trying to busk his way around the world in 80 days. He plans to tour

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  • Fave Website

    Take a look at Globetrotter Tom Freemantle’s website. He is a regular speaker at the London Globetrotters Club and has been on British TV talking about his recent exploits crossing

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  • Cycle Sri Lanka

    Your chance to see Sri Lanka, get fit and help raise money for disadvantaged children. Cycle Sri Lanka 2003 was a great success, raising over £80,000 for ICT and all

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  • Airline News: March 2004

    National carrier Air New Zealand announced it would cut average airfares on routes to the Pacific Islands by up to 50 percent as it unveiled the final stage of its

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  • Know Your Riyals from Your Kwatcha

    Need to convert currency? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter — get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet — create and print a

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  • Have you got a tale to tell?

    If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel

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  • Travel Quiz: Tibet

    The winner of last month’s guidebook on the Azores is: Joan Haladay, congratulations! This month, win a Trailblazer guidebook on Tibet Overland. See www.trailblazerguides.com for info on Trailblazer Guidebooks. Some

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  • Planet Reunited

    When travelling, it’s hard enough to remember where you were yesterday, let alone the phone number of that fabulous girl you met in Hong Kong, or the postal address of

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  • Talk at the RGS, London

    The Effects of Logging on the ‘Pygmies’ in the Congo Basin Congo Basin, presentations and launch of a major new photographic exhibition on the Ba’Aka ‘Pygmies’ of the Republic of

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  • Meeting News from London

    Meeting News from London London meeting Saturday 6th March 2004 by Padmasana This month our first speaker was Anthony Lambert, who talked to us about “Railways on the wild side”.

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  • Meeting News from New York

    The March meeting has been cancelled as Laurie, the New York Chair will be away on business in LA. If anyone would like to help Laurie or stand in as

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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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  • Meeting News from Texas

    The Texas branch has both good news and bad news. The bad news is the cancellation of the April meeting on the 10th. The good news is the speaker for

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  • Write for the Globetrotters monthly e-newsletter

    If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, why not write for the free monthly Globetrotters e-newsletter! The Beetle would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints

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  • Ghana Airways Overbooks

    Be warned – if you are planning on flying with Ghana Airways, be warned. Ghana Airways allegedly has something of a reputation for overbooking and not refunding money for seats

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  • Outsouring Travel Jobs

    A growing number of U.S. airlines and online travel companies are outsourcing customer service jobs overseas in a bid to reduce costs. United Airlines is about to source a customer

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  • Burma to Create a Tiger Reserve

    The Burmese government has given the go-ahead for the creation of the world’s largest tiger reserve. The reserve is planned to add to the existing Hukawng Valley reserve making the

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