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The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

Author: The Beetle

  • Did You Know&.London England, London Ontario

    London, England, United Kingdom and London, Ontario, Canada, as the crow flies: 3662 miles (5893 km) or 3182 nautical miles Expedia.com’s lowest return fare flying from London, England to London…

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  • Airline News

    Brussels-based low fare carrier Virgin Express has over the last six months, carried more passengers than any other airline at Brussels Airport, making it the first main airport in Europe…

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  • Currency Conversion

    A recent UK survey for the Department for Education found that of over 1,000 adults, 30% felt unable to compare rates in exchange bureaux. A similar proportion said they were…

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  • Racial Profiling at US Airports

    Celebrated Canadian author, Rohinton Mistry, has cancelled the second half of his US book tour because of racial profiling at US airports. Mr Mistry – the Indian-born author short-listed for…

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  • The Spratly Islands

    The Spratly Islands are 100 tiny formerly uninhabited islets and reefs making up 5 km of actual land spread over 410,000 sq km of sea. They are believed to have…

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  • Mutual Aid

    John from the UK is planning to go from Hawaii to Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, South Africa, Europe, the UK, the US, and Hawaii plus any points in between,…

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  • So You Think You.re Well Travelled?

    Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on airport codes. See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess! Which cities are served by airports with the following codes:…

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  • Shiva Exhibition

    In an exhibit billed as “The Sensuous and the Sacred,” the Smithsonian Institution introduces the public to a Hindu deity called Shiva, noted for being the Lord of Dance. Admission…

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  • UK Visitor Numbers Drop

    The number of foreign tourists visiting the UK saw its biggest fall in 20 years in 2001, according to the National Statistics Office, particularly from US, who are traditionally the…

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  • Bats and Rabies

    A man has died after contracting Britain's first case of rabies for 100 years, hospital bosses have confirmed. David McRae, a 56-year-old conservationist from Guthrie, Angus, Scotland, failed to recover…

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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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  • JFK Airport to Use Iris Scanning

    John F. Kennedy International Airport has become the first airport in the United States to use iris scanning technology to prevent employee security breaches. Kennedy has been testing the technology…

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  • Silk Road Artefacts Digitised for All To See

    You can now “see” a whole load of manuscripts, paintings and artefacts from ancient caves and temples along the Silk Road on the Internet in digital form. By visiting http://idp.nlc.gov.cn…

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  • Key West Diver Find

    A diver discovered a 40.2-carat emerald embedded in a conch shell while diving at the site of a Spanish galleon wrecked in a Florida Keys hurricane 380 years ago. The…

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  • Learn English at Youth Hostels in the UK

    The Youth Hostels Association (YHA) has teamed with English Out There to offer English language courses for visitors to London. Accommodation will be at one of six YHA hostels in…

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  • New Sources for Genealogists

    Here's a new resource for genealogists. Origin Search is a search engine just for finding family history information. You do have to pay a fee to use the service, but…

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  • Wishing all our readers a Happy Christmas!

    Happy Holidays! Meeting News Meeting news from our branches around the world.

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  • Meeting News from London.

    Globetrotters meeting Saturday 2nd November 2002 By Padmassana Our first talk was from James Greenwood and was entitled Globetrot on Horseback. James’ round the world journey took him ten years…

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  • Meeting News from New York.

    There was no November New York meeting, but Laurie plans a December meeting on 7th December. Details will be sent out to all those on the mailing list. However, Laurie…

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  • Meeting News from Ontario.

    Greetings fellow Globetrotters The next Globetrotters' meeting and a “pre-Christmas pot-luck” took place at 7.45 pm to 10 pm on November 15, 2002. Robin Christmas, Linda Rosenbaum & Family talked…

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