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  • Australian Shark Attack

    A 41 year old Australian abalone diver recently told rescuers how he was partly swallowed head-first by a Great White Shark off Cape Howe, near Eden on Australia’s southeast coast

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  • Great Train Journeys

    Spotted by webmaster Paul, here’s a great link to a Fodor website which outlines just some of the world’s great train journeys.

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  • Discount for E-newsletter Readers Bradt Travel Guides

    Guides aimed at the discerning traveller who wants to do more than simply tick off the sights. 15% discount to GT members when shopping online or via our mail order

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  • Getting Lost

    A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in Sydney, Australia managed to land 13,000 kilometres away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking

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  • Getting Political

    If you would like to sign an electronic petition to campaign against a proposal which inserts Islamic Sharia into the constitution of Kurdistan – go to this link. The petition

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  • Hair Cuts in Rio

    If you have beautiful flowing locks and are travelling around Rio de Janeiro, then be careful as recently, scissor-wielding thieves cut off the waist long dark brown hair of a

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  • Help Your Friends Out

    People you care about can benefit from the wealth of information about travel available on the Internet. Help them learn how to do it by forwarding them this issue of

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  • HAPPY 2007

    The Globetrotters Club wishes all readers a happy and safe 2007

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  • Meeting News from London by Padmassana

    December 2006 London Meeting The last meeting of 2006 was kicked off by Helena Drysdale, whose talk was called Strangerland – a family at war. It was really a snapshot

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  • Meeting News from Ontario

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermane@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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  • Backpacker – The Ultimate Travel Game Competition

    Backpacker – The Ultimate Travel Game is a card game in which you experience all the fun and unpredictability of travelling the world as you try to outwit your opponents

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  • Padmassana Visits Tokyo and Does Some Geocaching on the Way

    Finally back in Tokyo. Flights all on time, landed early at 7.30am on a Friday; only problem was that Customs decided to search everything, don’t know why this knackered looking

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  • Hill Tribes in Thailand

    Northern Thailand is home to many interesting and colourful ethnic minorities, collectively referred to as the hill tribes. Most of the hill tribes have migrated into the region during the

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  • Top Ten Organized Religions of the World

    Statistics of the world’s religions are only very rough approximations. Aside from Christianity, few religions, if any, attempt to keep statistical records; and even Protestants and Catholics employ different methods

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  • Essaouira Briefly Visited

    Essaouira is a charming seaside resort situated on the Atlantic Sea in Morocco. It has been a fishing village for centuries, but recently it has become a thriving tourism destination

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  • Mac's Travel Reminiscences

    Mac has not been very well but is still e-mailing strong. Here are some of Mac’s tales of travel to high altitudes and also an update on Stanley, one of

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  • Our Friends Ryanair

    Following the recent UK publication of the Stern report on the effects of climate change, Ryanair has dismissed calls for green taxes on aviation as the “usual horseshit” and warned

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  • The Times presents Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show

    Discover the world in a day at Destinations: The Holiday& Travel Show, the essential event for travel inspiration. Get tips from the travel experts while experiencing Destinations Sensations, demonstrations of

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  • Being Careful: Fiji

    The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to the Fijian capital Suva because of tensions in the relationship between the Government of Fiji and the

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  • New Thai Visa Rules

    Thailand has changed its immigration rules to deter foreigners from 41 countries, including the UK, from working illegally on tourist visas. The old arrangement allowed visa-free tourist entry for 30

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