Category: archive
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Is Anyone There?
Absolutely a true story: the pilot of an SAS plane, on a domestic flight in Sweden, called up an airport control tower for clearance to land and found no one…
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Cyprus – An Island Divided by Andy Brouwer
The majority of tourists visiting Cyprus are blissfully unaware of the pain and division that has haunted the island since 1974. To most, the image and experience of Cyprus is…
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Fave Websites of the Month
We think that all Globetrotters should go and visit the new Frommer’s Budget Travel site on MNSBC. There are some great articles, a notice board for sharing tips, posting issues…
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Letter From Lisbon Part 1 by Sally Pethybridge
Well, where do I start? I left the UK on Wednesday 24 April 2002 to start a new life in Lisbon. My furniture and other worldly possessions left the UK…
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Airline News
Air Canada and Australia's leading carrier, Qantas, will both reduce flights over the next two months to Taiwan because they say they cannot make enough money from them. Canada's new…
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The Gambia by Rosemary Hamblin
Fate has a strange knack of intervening in your live when you least expect it. 1999 had been the worst year of my life ending with the death of my…
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New Wine Trail Guide for the Heart of England
Bet you didn’t know that England, yes, England as in the UK, produces wine! Heart of England Fine Foods and Heart of England Tourist Board have just produced a new…
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A Pharmacist Writes…..Insect Bites by Jason Gibbs, Pharmacist at Nomad Medical Centres
There are many diseases spread by the bite of infected insects. This article focuses on methods of bite avoidance and therefore ways to reduce not only the inconvenience of insect…
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Welsh Language
The other day, a group of London based Globetrotters started talking about slang and direct translations from one language into another. This lead to Olwen, a Welsh language student, telling…
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Curacao: the perfect diving spot for family men…and family women, Part 2
Philippe continues his tale of diving and exploring Curacao with his family. Harry and his wife, Ann-Marie, have done all in their power to help us achieving the best diving…
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Sahara desert frontiers turn green
Satellite pictures of northern Africa show that areas lost to the Sahara desert during decades of drought are turning green again. Analysis of images show deserts retreating in a broad…
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Moscow is not a city but a whole world by Katia in Moscow
When I was a little girl and the trees seemed too big for me I was first taken to Red Square by my farther. It is a wonderful feeling to…
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Land Rover Training Course
EXPLORE 2002 For anyone planning an expedition, EXPLORE 2002 – the place to be is the 26th annual Expedition Planning Seminar that will be running on 16-17th November 2002 at…
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Visiting Cape Town for the first time by Geoff
Most visitors to Cape Town arrive by air and land at Cape Town's International Airport. The International terminal has recently been upgraded and facilities are good. The airport is about…
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Cheap anti-malaria drug 'closer'
Doctors aiming to make a cheap and effective malaria drug available across Africa have been awarded a $1.5m grant by the Gates Malaria Partnership, based at the London School of…
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What Counts as Having Visited a Country?
Darrell from Washington, DC, wrote in: “someone who visited both Prague and Bratislava before Czechoslovakia split should get credit for two countries. Likewise, chalk up two countries if someone visited…
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Tourism Facts
ÂÂ Less than one in 10 people are estimated to have been on an international flight ÂÂ China is expected to unseat France as world’s most visited country by 2020…
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Zambia: Where the Heck is It?
Greetings one and all. This message is coming to you from Lusaka, the nerve centre of quiet, peaceful and more or less desolate Zambia, a Southern African country just north…
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Mexican Airports
Mexican airports are returning to normal operations after Hurricane Isidore battered the country on the weekend. The airport authorities estimated that 89 flights at Cancun, were cancelled because of the…
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