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Mac's Travel Reminiscences: Guam
Mac has not been very well but is still e-mailing strong. Here are some of Mac's post war reminiscences about Guam. But first, here are some pictures paying homage to
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Our Friends Ryanair
You've heard it before, whether on a bus or a train, you'll soon be able to hear “hi, I'm on the plane” as people shout into their mobile phones; our
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Meeting News from London
July Meeting News from London by Padmassana As is our custom the July meeting was given over to club members to take us around the world in 90 minutes. Africa
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Meeting News from London
June Meeting News from London by Dan James Our first speakers this month were Katrina Manson and James Knight, who have just finished writing a new book on Burkino Faso
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Meeting News from London
May 2006 London meeting Despite competition from a giant elephant in Trafalgar Square and a spaceship near Waterloo, Globies was still packed this month. Our first speaker this month was
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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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Seeing China First Hand
The Beetle recently spent a couple of weeks staying with her friend Nicola in a beautiful village outside Philadelphia. Nicola wrote this article about a trip to China in 2005
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A Fun Day Out In Jail by Tony Annis
Stuck between two very large local ladies with a yard of wet fish draped across my legs, gave a moment to ponder on an extremely different day out that I
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The Camino de Santiago – The More Things Change& by Alex Chang
The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage to the sacred tomb of Saint James located in the Northwest corner of Spain. Over a thousand years separate those first faithful footsteps
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Long Riddle, Short Answer by David Churchman
RIDDLE: What do Schultz's 1000 Places [worldwide] to See Before You Die, Villani's 100 Best Art Towns in America, the American Association of Retired Person's list of the 15 best
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Survey Corner: Forbes Magazine Most Dangerous Destinations 2006
Forbes Magazine Most Dangerous Destinations 2006 (in alphabetical order) and the previous two years. It's interesting to see which countries have consistently been on Forbes' list over the last three
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Travellers Could Be At Risk of Deadly European Virus by the Tick Alert Association
Travellers and holidaymakers risk contracting a potentially life-threatening disease in Europe this year. The 'Tick Alert' campaign is warning UK travellers about Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), a viral disease contracted
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World's Worst Dictators
The World’s Worst Dictators Name Country In Power Since 1. Omar al-Bashir Sudan 1989 2. Kim Jong II North Korea 1994 3. Than Shwe Myanmar 1992 4. Hu Jintao China
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Mac's Travel Reminiscences
Mac has not been very well, but is still e-mailing strong. In this edition of the Globetrotter e-newsletter, Mac talks about a Japanese tea ceremony he attended whilst based in
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Our Friends Ryanair
A passenger jet flying for Ryanair mistakenly landed at Ballykelly Army airstrip instead of at its intended destination of City of Derry Airport, six miles away. The Liverpool-to-Londonderry flight, operated
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
Our first speaker was Gavin Fernandes, who showed us life and death at Varanassi. Daily life including everything from bathing, praying, meditating and funerals taking place on the ghats by
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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 and travel presentations are held on the 3rd Friday
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Padmassana Visits Lebanon
On Christmas Eve I flew from London to Beirut on BA and landed during a spectacular thunderstorm. I managed to get in for free after buying a visa at the