Category: archive
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Travel Quiz: The Azores
The winner of last month’s Frommer’s Guidebook on England guide is: Diana Lovelace – congratulations! This month, win a Rother Walking Guide to the Azores. See www.rother.de for info on…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Being Careful: Haiti
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) advises against all travel to Haiti, and all British nationals in Haiti are advised to leave the country if they can do so…
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So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess! What is the capital city of the following countries: Andorra…
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Meeting News from London Saturday 7th February London meeting by Padmassana
Our first speaker this month was Chris Bradley, whose talk was called “Walking Wadi Hadramat”. Chris made a 550 mile solo trek through this barren area of Arabia. Yemen is…
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Man Freights Himself
A man who shipped himself across America in an air cargo crate to avoid paying a passenger fare was fined USD$1,500 and sentenced to 120 days of house arrest. Last…
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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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Iris's Diary of An Overland Trip Through South America
Iris and her group arrive in Salvador in Brazil. What can I say about Salvador? I loved the place. It wasn’t so when I first arrived because we got there…
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Mac's Jottings: Kenya
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: 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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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.