Category: archive
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A Cautionary Tale: Trailfinders by Kevin Brackley
Globetrotters should be extra careful when booking flights with travel agents in the UK. High street budget travel agents, Trailfinders are, like most other companies, happy to sell you a…
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Take your pet to the UK
North Americans will be pleased to learn that the UK's tough animal quarantine regulations are being relaxed. From December 11, 2002 dogs and cats that meet requirements will be able…
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Mac’s Jottings: China
U. S. Soldiers Home Mac: 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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Airline News
Courtney Love was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport earlier this month after accusations of verbally abusing Virgin crewmembers on a flight from Los Angeles. As she left Heathrow's police station…
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Travelling in Tibetan Buddhist Spiti with Carol and Martin: High Altitude Adventure in the Indian Himalayas
Part One: We had listened with excitement to our friend’s description of his travels in the tribal regions of Kinnaur and Spiti, in the North Indian State of Himachal Pradesh.…
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Drop in Visitors To Malaysia
A recent report in Cyber Diver News says that tourists and scuba diver numbers have fallen by almost a third to between 300,000 and 100,000 a month. This is serious…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Does a Stopover Count as a Visit to a Country?
Nick from London says that he thinks that it does not really count if you have only been to the inside of an airport in a particular country, though others…
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Absolutely True!
Sent in by Bretislav in the Czech Republic, spotted on cbc.ca ST. JOHN'S – A woman who fell asleep on a flight to Newfoundland and wound up in England has…
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Meeting News from London
Globetrotters meeting on 1st February by Padmassana David Abram was up first and gave us a very interesting talk on Trekking in Corsica. David has spent long periods in Corsica…
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A Round the World Trip by Stephen Petter in the UK
My partner and I (aged 55 and 65) went RTW for 12 months to April 2002. She has written a book on it but is looking for a publisher. I…
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Mutual Aid
Maggie wrote in to say: “I enjoy reading all the stories of travelling around the world. I am planning on walking the pilgrim route to Santiago De Compostela starting in…
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Meeting News from New York
Coming up: Saturday 1st March Seeds of Peace is concerned with sowing the seeds of peace among children who have grown up with the horror of war. They will be…
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Visiting Costa Del Sol in February- Get Winter Relief by Fred Desrosiers
February is a slow month in the Costa Del Sol. This is why you can get some of the best deals during that month. The temperature goes from 16-10 degrees…
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Some Fan Mail!
Cheryl, from Canada wrote in to say: “just wanted to write and say “thanks” for putting me on the globetrotters list – I really enjoy the newsletter. Hey, write to…
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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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Iris's Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
Iris is a British lady of considerable character and pluck, on a 23 week overland expedition from Quito in Ecuador to Caracas in Venezuela. After this, she plans to do…
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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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Meeting News from Texas
Our speaker last month was Norman Ford (Founder of the Globetrotters Club) who gave a wonderful presentation about present slides from his cycling trips. Plans for the Copper Canyon trip…
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Being Careful – Advice: The US State Dept
Another global warning on terrorism has been given to Americans travelling abroad by the US State Department. This one is dated 7th February. The worldwide caution replaces a similar warning…