Author: The Beetle
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Meeting News from London
Globetrotters meeting 7th June 2003 by Padmassana Simon Myers was our first speaker, who described part of his epic motorbike trip from Beijing across to the border of Pakistan. Simon…
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Meeting News from New York
For details of forthcoming meetings e-mail newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for e-mail updates, click here at our website. New York meetings are held at The Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher Street (btw…
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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 July 12th The Texas branch will celebrate their 2 year anniversary – 24 months of meetings – in July! Their monthly meeting participation averages around 20. People…
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Airport Profile: Haneda – Tokyo
Tokyo Haneda airport is the largest and the busiest airport in Japan – over 300 flights take off and same number of flights land each day and around half are…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan – Part 1
I’ve been to Japan before, to Honshu, but have not explored the southern parts, so this trip was designed at seeing Kyushu. I flew into Fukuoka as an entry point…
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British Airways E-Mail Hoax
You may have received an e-mail saying that British Airways is giving away free plane tickets to anywhere in the world to anyone who forwards the e-mail to 10 or…
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Budget Airline Easyjet Gets Into Trouble
Budget airline EasyJet has been told by a UK advertising watchdog to make the true cost of its flights clearer in its adverts. The carrier must include potential taxes and…
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Mac Tells US About Round the World Walker
U. S. Soldiers Home, Mac: I am a compulsive reader and pick up any newspaper, any printed matter I see laying around and start reading. This is from January 14,…
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Physiotherapy – Matt Maddocks
Matt is a volunteer at the Old Boma, Mikindani, Southern Tanzania. During a visit last year to Mikindani, I was informed of a physiotherapist working in Nyanguo mission hospital and…

