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  • Welcome to eNewsletter August 2008

    Hello all, I think that this is going to be a bumper edition, as not only have I got to catch up with not managing to produce a July eNewsletter,

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  • July meeting news from the London branch by Padmassana

    The July meeting was the popular Members Slides, though nowadays digital is beginning to take over and in the first session:- Liz Cooper took us first to Belize showing us

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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. Ontario meetings are held on the third Friday of January,

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  • Write in (1)

    It’s the time of year again when I drop a line to Globies about the BBC-Royal Geographical Society “Journey of a Lifetime” award, which is always of great interest to

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  • Write in (2)

    This trip of ours to Brasil was brought to life by two men and their visions of what the Amazon Forest means to its indigenous peoples & what it could

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  • Write in (3)

    We were in El Chalten (there are good campsites and also plenty of hotels around to stay in although February is high season so book pretty early) and we did

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  • Mac says

    Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel & some of his adventures along the way J This time round itÂ’s a particular travel book that tickles his fancyÂ…

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  • In the eNewsletter

    If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, why not write for the free Globetrotters eNewsletter! The Ant would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints and

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  • News from the travel world

    · Budget carrier Jin Air launched in Korea Jeans-wearing, plane cleaning youth-orientated cabin staff will be the face of Korean Air’s new budget carrier Jin Air. Read more at http://www.travelmole.com

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  • New World Heritage sites named

    13 new additions to list following Unesco meeting. Read more at http://www.wanderlust.co.uk

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  • Six of Rio de Janeiro

    · Espaço Brasa in Leblon – the newest churrascaria restaurant in town. Though not cheap you leave feeling that whole experience is excellent valueÂ…besides attentive service, the range of meats,

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  • GT Travel Award

    A member of Globetrotters Club ? Interested in a £1,000 travel award ? Know someone who is ? We have up to two £1,000 awards to give out this year

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  • Web sites to help your problems or just to provide advice !

    · Federation of Tour Operators – http://www.fto.co.uk/ · Air Transport Users Council – http://www.caa.co.uk · JoHo Foundation sets up development projects with volunteers in Africa-

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  • Can you help?

    · We are looking for writer, John Wilcock who wrote guide book In 1964, “Japan and Hong Kong on Five Dollars a Day”, are you familiar with him ? I

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  • Welcome to eNewsletter June 2008

    Hello all, summer seems to have finally arrived here in England and like many of you I’m enjoying the light nights that last well into the evening…it makes meeting up

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  • June meeting news from the London branch

    Neil Rees – The Czech Connection – The Czechoslovak Government in Exile in London and Buckinghamshire Neil was first introduced to Czechoslovakia when he worked in the University of West

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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. Ontario meetings are held on the third Friday of January,

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  • Write in (1)

    In advance of TonyÂ’s trip to the interior of Brazil later this year, I have dug up the account of his previous adventure, with Mm Mitterand and the Ashaninka. Globetrotters

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  • Write in (2)

    Despite its reputation for road accidents and poor preparation for this year’s Olympics, China does offer this century’s traveller one ray of hope: long-distance bus rides, at least in the

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  • Write in (3)

    The initial attraction to visiting Christchurch was its colonial buildings and beautiful gardens. With only one day to enjoy the city I wasnÂ’t sure how to fit it all in.

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