Category: archive
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Travel Jokes
On landing, the Stewardess said, “Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have.”. There…
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Volunteer Corner
Volunteers wanted for projects worldwide. India Project, Karmi Farm Clinic Nomad Travel Store is now seeking voluntary doctors and nurses for our charity clinic in India. The clinic is based…
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Abercrombie & Kent on Burma Dirty List
The Burma Campaign UK has released its latest list of companies that invest in Burma, or Myanmar as it is called by the country’s military dictatorship. You may be interested…
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Martin Wright on the Road Again by Matt Doughty
Back in January 2004 Martin Wright, one the club’s most sociable regulars at the London Meetings, royally entertained a packed Crown Court with tales of his marathon cycle ride to…
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Michelin Route Planner
Spotted by our Webmaster, Paul, this website tells you how to drive between different places in Europe. It calculates the total number of miles, the best route and the amount…
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Educational Support in Mikindani by Tim Dench
When Tanganyika – as it was then – gained its independence it was praised for the devotion and priority it gave to education. Its then president, Julius Nyerere was known…
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A New Silk Route
Forty-five years after it was first proposed, a modern version of the ancient Silk Road that once linked Asia with Europe is taking shape, in the form of a 140,000…
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Teaching English In Portugal
Sally left the UK around two years ago to start a new life in Portugal. She lives in a suburb of Lisbon, close to the sea and is now a…
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Sex Toy Scare Down Under
A vibrating sex toy in a rubbish bin sparked a security scare and closed a Mackay airport in Queensland, Australia for almost an hour. An emergency was declared at the…
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The Great Unprepared by Paul at Travelpharm
Over the last few years it has become increasingly obvious that travellers (from all backgrounds, ages and levels of intelligence) come under two main divisions, those who are organised and…