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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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Meeting News from New York
The March meeting has been cancelled as Laurie, the New York Chair will be away on business in LA. If anyone would like to help Laurie or stand in as
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Boxing Day Sports Festival in Mikindani by Matt Maddocks
Having been nothing but impressed with the way the Mikindani Sports Club or ‘Klabu ya Uboreshaji’ (the club’s Swahili name which means improving oneself through sports) was been run, I
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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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Mac’s Jottings: Languages
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North
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Meeting News from Texas
The Texas branch has both good news and bad news. The bad news is the cancellation of the April meeting on the 10th. The good news is the speaker for
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Our Friends Ryanair
Ryanair has carried out its threat to scrap services between London and Brussels’ Charleroi airport, in an escalation of its battle with the European commission over illegal state aid from
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Meeting News from London Saturday 7th February London meeting by Padmassana
Our first speaker this month was Chris Bradley, whose talk was called “Walking Wadi Hadramat”. Chris made a 550 mile solo trek through this barren area of Arabia. Yemen is
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Our Friends Ryanair
Ryanair have added nine new routes to its service across Europe. Four of the routes will operate from London’s Stansted Airport: to Linz in Austria, Bari in Italy, Erfurt in
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Meeting News from New York
For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click here at our website. New York meetings are held at The Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher Street(btw Greenwich
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Mac’s Jottings: Malaysia
U. S. Soldiers Home, Washington: during a century of travel (well 78 years!) both in and out of service I have travelled to over 150 countries (I count both North
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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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Meeting News from Texas
The next Texas Globetrotters meeting will take place on Saturday March 13th when we look forward to a talk from Southwest Airlines. The location for the March and April 2004
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The World’s Most Visited Countries Rank Country Annual Number of Arrivals
1 France 75,500,000 2 United States 50,900,000 3 Spain 48,200,000 4 Italy 41,200,000 5 China 31,200,000 6 United Kingdom 25,200,000 7 Russia 21,200,000 8 Mexico 20,600,000 9 Canada 20,400,000 10
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Sicily – Agrigento by David Cross
On arrival at Agrigento I thought I had dropped a bad clanger. I had not booked thinking February should not present too much by way of problems. However the very
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The Inca Trail Closed Feb 2004
The Inca Trail is the most famous trek in South America and rated by many to be in the top 5 treks in the world. It is 26 miles (45km)
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The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel & Sports Show, London Olympia (16th-18th January, 2004) by Silja
So, what was it like? Well here is ‘the tour’ of the good, the bad and the best. The exhibition was on three floors, dominated by trade stands selling pretty
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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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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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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,