Category: archive
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New York:
Hola from Laurie! Our next meeting will be March 2, 2002. The usual: 4:00pm at the Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street. The subject is MEXICO! I will be in Mexico…
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Request for Help with Food Survey
Holly, originally from Austin, Texas but now living in Newfoundland is hoping that readers of the e-newsletter may be able to help her research for her doctoral thesis. Her thesis…
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Ontario:
The last meeting was on January 18th: Ann Dohler talked about her recent trip to Peru, the Galapagos and the Amazon. The next meeting is on Friday, March 15th at…
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The Seychelles in a Nutshell
The Seychelles are in the Indian Ocean, 1,000 miles away from the African coast and the island of Mauritius. The capital is Victoria on the largest island of Mahe (17…
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Texas:
It was a marvelous meeting: Chris from Austin did a first class slide show of the Greek Isles and provided a map for each of us so we would know…
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Mutual Aid
Paula would be grateful for some help or advice: she is a single female aged 43 and a diabetic who wants information on travel to Ireland. She is planning a…
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London Markets: Borough Market
Borough Market is the Beetle's second favourite London market. It is a farmers market in south east London and opens noon- 6pm on Fridays and 9am-4pm on Saturdays – it…
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Fly Me to the Moon!
Have you got £15 million to spare? There have been two space tourists so far: 61-year-old American businessman Dennis Tito paid to go into space on a Russian space vessel.…
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Jacqui in South America
La Paz seems like a long time a go but it was only a few short weeks. Three days at high altitude and then we were off to even higher…
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Don't Upset The Elephants!
They really do have long memories! Research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shown that elephants have very long memories, large brains and are highly emotional. Orang-utans are the…
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Cheap Air Tickets from the UK to France with Buzz
If you already live in the UK, or know that you will be in the UK in April, why not zip over to France? The low cost airline, Buzz is…
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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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All you wanted to know about the United Arab Emirates
Where is it and why go? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a collection of small states about 7 hours away from London. They have gained wealth from their oil…
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Useless Facts: Perfume
Perfume comes from the Latin per fumus (through smoke). The smoke of incense, burning woods and spices were the most ancient scents. Some useless facts courtesy of directcosmetics.com When Cleopatra…
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Dinner: snake, ants and scorpions … London
Ever wondered what scorpions taste like? Or cobra stew? Look no further. You can now try such delicacies at Empire, a new London restaurant where snake, kangaroo, zebra, ants and…
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Lost City off Gujarat, India
Marine archaeologists in India believe they have found a sunken 'lost city' which pre-dates all previous signs of civilisation by 5,000 years. The site lies at a depth of 36m,…
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Meeting News
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Fave Websites of the Month
Serious and not so serious diving news : Great for recommendations on where to dive, equipment tests and news about new dive sites. www.divernet.com
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New York:
We had a great crowd to kick off the New Year! Matt Link was our speaker and he did a fabulous job telling us all about Ghana! His pictures were…
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Giant Grouper – Barrier Reef
A recent report from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia: a Swedish diver had a narrow escape after a giant grouper attempted to swallow his head on New Year's Eve.…