Category: archive
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Busking All Over The World
29 year old Nigel Ashcroft, a musician from Wales is setting off on a trip trying to busk his way around the world in 80 days. He plans to tour…
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Meeting News from London
Meeting News from London London meeting Saturday 6th March 2004 by Padmasana This month our first speaker was Anthony Lambert, who talked to us about “Railways on the wild side”.…
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Serengeti Safari by Jennifer, NYC
I decided to go on a safari in Africa – not so unusual. However, all of the travel information I was able to dig up in preparation for this life…
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Fave Website
Take a look at Globetrotter Tom Freemantle’s website. He is a regular speaker at the London Globetrotters Club and has been on British TV talking about his recent exploits crossing…
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Father Christmas Returns to Mikindani, Tanzania by Len Coleman
On a particularly warm and humid Christmas Eve Santa Claus came back to Mikindani for the third year running. Returning volunteer to the Trade Aid project Matt Maddocks once again…
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Jetmagic Gone Bust
Around 400 air passengers are thought to have been stranded abroad after Irish low-cost airline Jetmagic announced it is to cease trading. Jetmagic launched in April 2003 and flew to…
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2004 Travel Photographer Competition
The 2004 Travel Photographer of the Year competition opens for entries on February 22. Following a successful first year in 2003, in which photographers from 34 countries submitted just under…
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Fave Website
icelandexpress.com/ is a low cost airline that flies to Iceland, and goodness knows, Iceland is expensive, so the more you can save by getting there cheaply, the more there is…
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea by Iona Hill
The capital Port Moresby has a fairly poor reputation, in part deserved, but then, all large cities have their problems. Having said this, Port Moresby is not a large city,…
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Bad Behaviour
An American tourist from Pennsylvania was prevented from entering Brazil because he poured water over a baby that had been crying during his flight from the US to Brazil. His…
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The Black Sea
Where exactly is the Black Sea? It is formed by three rivers: the Danube, the Dnieper and the River Don and is bordered by six countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia,…
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Chinese to travel to Cuba
Cuba has received the first group of Chinese tourists since China designated the Western Hemisphere’s only communist nation as one of its tourism destinations last year. A group of 20…
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Angkor Artichokes by Dave Fuller
“Artichoke. It’s like a hard, rough, green flower.” The gears in my head whirred away as I searched for a description. All around me, serene faces carved out of stone…
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Passport for Barbados
An eagle eyed Globetrotter wrote in to say: I just found out that starting March 1st, US citizens will be required to have a passport to enter Barbados. Perhaps this…
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Gilberto Gil Gives Me A Lift! By Tony Annis
Globetrotters Committee member Tony, a professional photographer and journalist writes: Going home in a black cab in London, not surprising, but being dropped home by the ‘Minister Of Culture’ certainly…
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Piracy Increase
The International Maritime Bureau says that more than 20 sailors were killed by pirates in 2003 – twice as many as the previous year. Seventy are missing, presumed dead. The…
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Buenos Aires, my city is the city that never sleeps by Nélida G. Vila
La “noche porteña”. Buenos Aires at night. If you are planning to come to Buenos Aires, and you think to go out during the day and rest at night. Please,…
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US Citizens May Visit Libya
The United States recently disclosed that it may soon allow US citizens to visit Libya using American passports and to spend money there, reflecting Libya’s decision to give up weapons…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Traveller’s Diseases: Cholera
What is it: cholera is an acute, diarrhoea illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae via contaminated drink or shellfish. Transmission happens through contaminated water…