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Largest countries in the world
Rank Country Area (square kilometers) Russia (17,075,400) Canada (9,976,140) United States (9,629,091) China (9,596,960) Brazil (8,511,965) Australia (7,686,850) India (3,287,590) Argentina (2,776,890) Kazakhstan (2,717,306) Sudan (2,505,810)
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An Introduction to Sulawesi by Alam
Dear Reader Please let me introduce my country, Indonesia to you. I am a native born Indonesian and have lived here all my life. My life is very simple: I
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Volunteer Corner
Puerto Maldonado, Peru: The Piedras Biodiversity Center (affiliated with Tambopata Expeditions) is looking for for 2 volunteers to help out with an amphibian survey scheduled for November/December of this year.
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Sun Block Study
A recent UK scientific study on the efficacy of sun creams says that although they help prevent sunburn, lotions fail to block out the harmful ultraviolet rays which can cause
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Our Friends Ryanair
Why is that the low cost airlines don’t offer frequent flier awards? It seems that unlike the US, none of the European low cost carriers have frequent-flier programs. Southwest Airlines,
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Our Friends Ryanair
Good news and bad news for our friends, Ryanair. On the one hand, they recently reported a 44 percent year-on-year increase of passenger numbers. They say that they handled 2.141
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Our Friends easyCar
Our webmaster passed on an e-mail of complaint by an easyCar customer. easyCar is a low cost, no frills car hire company. We thought we’d pass it along in case
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Iris’s Diary of an Overland Trip through South America: Rio!
And so we left Buenos Aires and now here I am in Brazil! We crossed the border last night after visiting the Iguaçu waterfalls on the Argentinean side, which was
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Traveller’s Diseases: Giardiasis
What is it: Giardiasis is a diarrhoea illness caused by a microscopic parasite (Giardia intestinalis) that lives in the intestines of people and animals. It can occur anywhere in the
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Meeting News from London
Globetrotters meeting 6th September 2003 by Padmassana We had a very special guest join us at the September Globetrotters meeting, despite not being announced, we were honoured that Mary-Jane Sweet
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Mac’s Jottings: Japan
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 New York
Stop press, the NY October meeting has been cancelled. For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click here at our website. New York meetings are