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The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

Author: The Beetle

  • Novodevichiy Convent, Moscow by Katia

    Novodevichiy Convent (Nunnery) is one of the most beautiful Moscow convents. By studying its history we discover many facts about the history of the State, which is extremely interesting. It…

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  • Layer Marney . a little slice of history by Clare

    Whether it’s a Bank holiday or any other weekend, Layer Marney is the perfect place to take the family for a fun-packed day out. Situated down a quiet, single-track lane,…

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  • Hogmanay in Edinburgh

    Edinburgh is making big efforts to entertain shoppers in the weeks before Christmas. It also plans to lay on what it claims to be the world's biggest Hogmanay party to…

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  • Fly Me To The Moon!

    A space team in Canada is looking for three people to help pilot a rocket into space. This is part of a competition modeled on the 1927 contest to fly…

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  • Accessing Office Mail When Away

    source: Woody’s Travellers Watch Travel@woodyswatch.com It's great to see more and more business travellers using 'Outlook Web Access' (OWA) on the road. This is a webmail way to access corporate…

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  • Being Careful – Advice

    France: thieves may target cars with foreign number plates. Conceal bags and purses when driving and never leave valuables in a vehicle, even for a short time or when you…

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  • Free London Museums: Theatre Museum

    Located, appropriately enough, in the heart of Theatreland, the Theatre Museum is dedicated to promoting the performing arts. In addition to housing the National Video Archive of Stage Performance, the…

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  • Ciudad Juarez Women Murdered

    More than 300 young girls and women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez since 1993 on the other side of the US border, across from El Paso, Texas. Late November,…

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  • New Diver Record

    A South African scuba diver set a new world record after living underwater in a steel tank for 10 days and surviving by eating through a tube. Tim Yarrow was…

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  • Execution denounced in world protest

    A coalition of international human rights organisations is calling on countries around the world to abolish capital punishment in the first World Day Against the Death Penalty. Sixty cities around…

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  • One Off Ivory Sale

    The United Nations agreed last month to allow Botswana to have a one off sale of approximately 20,000 kilogrammes of ivory from elephant tusks, expected to be stockpiled by 2004.…

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  • Orang-utans Found

    Orang-utans, like gorillas and chimpanzees, are often described as the closest relatives of humans. They are in grave danger of extinction, because their habitat is under threat from illegal logging,…

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  • Tourism Based Economies Will Suffer

    Tourism revenues are a major and important earner for many countries in South East Asia. Consider, then, the effect of government travel warnings. We have already seen the deserted beaches…

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  • E-Bookers

    Europe's biggest online travel agency, Ebookers, (which sells package holidays, flights and car rentals over the Internet in 11 European countries) has just announced its financial results. The company said…

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  • Globetrotter 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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  • Did You Know&

    Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina has a population of around 3 million, (metropolitan area of 13 million) and there is a 12,000 strong Greek community. Emigration from Greece to…

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  • Fight Against Malaria Being Compromised

    An economist has warned that global efforts to combat malaria are on the verge of collapse as scarce international donor funds were being used to fight AIDS instead. Malaria is…

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  • Lake Diving, 4 Miles High!

    Scientists are set to explore the world’s highest fresh water lake 4 miles up in the Licancabur volcano near Antofogasta in Chile. Their aim is to find out how the…

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  • Fave Websites of the Month

    The Beetle likes cityguide.travel-guides.com Here you can select from a number of cities around the world and compile your own guide, for free. There is a very diverse set of…

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  • Space Tourism Lifts Off

    Recent press reports state that a Houston store for space buffs is helping the Russian Space Agency find potential space tourists who have $20 million to spare. This seems to…

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