Category: archive
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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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The Lowdown: Dracula
Everyone has heard of Dracula. Dublin born Bram Stoker (1847-1912) created Count Dracula as a figure of fear and revulsion in his novel “Dracula” published in 1897. Since then, we’ve
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Meeting News from Texas.
Globetrotters Meeting Texas Branch – 9 November 2002 by Emily We had two groups of speakers at our meeting, both on Spain. The first group was Chris and Julie who
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The world's top 10 airports ranked by passenger numbers for 2001
Rank Airport Total Passengers % Change 1 ATLANTA, GA (ATL) 75,849,375 -5.4 2 CHICAGO, IL (ORD) 66,805,339 -6.9 3 LOS ANGELES, CA (LAX) 61,024,541 -8.3 4 LONDON, GB (LHR) 60,743,154
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Discover Crete Under Water
Scuba diving is the fastest growing sport in the world, each year the number of certified divers doubles. Travel to another world is not just a slogan that many dive
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The Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Night
Here in the UK, we’ve just had our traditional bonfire night, on November 5th, to celebrate the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot. We’ve been doing this off and on, barring
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Is South Africa Safe? by Geoff
People coming here from the UK and elsewhere expect South Africa to be just like the UK. It is just not so. With the advent of the new ANC government
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Oslo Weekend
The tourist season in Oslo starts around the middle of June and finishes in the middle of September. The 15th of September, to be precise. This means that going to
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Ryanair – the Low down on the Low Cost Airline
It may be cheap (but not always), but it certainly isn't clever. And it definitely isn't funny! Flying Ryanair is not the fantastic low cost and cheerful option that it
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Lahore: a historical city with a rich cultural heritage by Hameed Abdul
Lahore is located 288 km from Islamabad. This capital of the Punjab is a city of gardens, parks and educational institutions with a rich heritage. It is an ancient town