Author: The Beetle
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Iris's Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
Iris and her group arrive in Salvador in Brazil. What can I say about Salvador? I loved the place. It wasn’t so when I first arrived because we got there
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Mac's Jottings: Kenya
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
1st November 2003 London meeting On November 1st, we had two very different talks this month. The first was by Amar Grover, entitled “The Hindustan Tibet road”, an old trading
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Meeting News from New York
For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click here at our website. Hi Globies – hope you all had a good Happy Thanksgiving! We have
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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 Globetrotters meeting on January 10th 2004
The Texas Branch of the Globetrotters will hold its next meeting January 10th at the New Braunfels library, 600 Common St New Braunfels Texas. Christina (with Wiggling Wanda – the
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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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Travels In Papua New Guinea by Jon Hornbuckle, UK
The pilot’s safety briefing was interrupted by a loud squeal. “Was that a pig? If it makes a mess you’ll have to clear it up when we reach Hagen” he
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Ramadan by Alhabib, Libya
Alhabib is from the Tuareg people in Libya and sent us this fascinating insight into the Islamic festival of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It
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European Rail Timetable Resources
Spotted by our webmaster, Paul. If you are planning to travel in Europe by train, then the links below will take you to the English language versions of local rail
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Stuart’s Guide to Angkor Wat
Former Globetrotters Committee member Stuart was recently based in Cambodia whilst working for Voluntary Services Overseas. In this article, he gives us the benefit of his experience and tells us