Category: archive
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Travel Tips from Mac and Stanley
Stanley: I recently (September 2004) visited my friends in Veliky Novgorod, Russia and stayed in their flat for about a week. There is a requirement to submit a entrance document…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
6th November 2004 London meeting A bumper attendance for the November London Globetrotter’s meeting, with not a chair, table or bit of floor space left. The audience included Globies from…
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Country Statistics – Crime: Assaults Top 10 Countries per capita Country Description 1. United States 2,238,480 (1999) 2. South Africa 535,461 (2000) 3. United Kingdom 450,865 (2000) 4. Mexico 255,179 (2000) 5. India 236,313 (1999) 6. Canada 233,517 (2000) 7. Australia 141,124 (2000) 8. Germany 116,912 (2000) 9. France 106,484 (2000) 10. Zimbabwe 93,062 (2000)
Country Description 1. United States 2,238,480 (1999) 2. South Africa 535,461 (2000) 3. United Kingdom 450,865 (2000) 4. Mexico 255,179 (2000) 5. India 236,313 (1999) 6. Canada 233,517 (2000) 7.…
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Meeting News from New York
New York meetings will resume in January – subject will be TBD. Please contact me (Laurie) if you’re interesting in speaking or know of someone who is! For details of…
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Answers to Flag Quiz
Find the answers 1. Argentina 2. Bosnia- Herzegovina 3. Cook Islands 4. Estonia 5. Honduras
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
Our first speaker was Simon Casson, who took us on a journey in the footsteps of his hero Butch Cassidy, riding the Outlaw Trail. Simon’s pictures portrayed the barren deserts…
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Interesting Facts
Interesting country facts. The United States has the most money, power, airports, cell phones, radios and ISP's. The United States consumes more energy than India, the Middle East, South America,…
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Meeting News from New York
There was no New York meeting in October, but we will resume in November – Subject will be Tibet by Ken Axen! For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or…
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Mac Reviews some Travel Books and Adds his own Experiences
We are sorry to say that Mac is not very well, but he is still e-mailing strong and recently sent the Beetle a collection of Mac reminiscences about some of…
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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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Answers to Flag Quiz
Answers to Flag Quiz 1 Bahamas 2 Brazil 3 Croatia 4 Germany 5 Iceland Discuss this article and give feedback in our online forum
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Meeting News from Texas
We don’t have any information for upcoming meetings, but if you would like to attend a New Braunfels Globetrotters meeting, or obtain information about the Texas Branch: please contact texas@globetrotters.co.uk…
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Visitors to the US
Complaints from international visitors to the United States about hostile treatment by immigration officials have prompted them to clean up their act, the official in charge of border controls has…