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  • Transport Problems in Nigeria

    A minister in Nigeria in charge if the capital, Abuja, has banned “okada” motorbikes citing high accidents rates and being used as getaway vehicles in armed robberies across the city.

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  • North Africa & Sahara Travel Day

    North Africa & Sahara Travel Day on Tuesday 21st November 2006 At the Exmouth Centre, 26 Exmouth Market, London EC1 Coffee will be served from 9.00am First film screening, 9-10.30

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  • Know Your Riyals from Your Kwatcha

    Need to convert currency? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter – get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet – create and print a

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  • Mutual Aid

    Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit our Mutual Aid section of the

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  • Starbucks Abroad

    Love ‘em or hate ‘em (the Beetle prefers Café Nero in London,) Starbucks is coming to town. Starbucks is planning to increase its long-term store expansion target to 40,000 outlets

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  • Have you got a tale to tell?

    If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel

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  • The Sultan's Elephant

    Spotted by webmaster Paul: the show will appear in Calais 28 September – 1 October) and in Le Havre 26 – 29 October 2006.

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  • New Japan Low Cost Airline

    Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to launch two low-cost carriers — one for international services, one for domestic — by sometime in the first half of 2007, according

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  • US Wall with Mexico

    US President George W Bush has signed a controversial bill into law that will pay for a 700-mile fence (1,125km) fence along the border with Mexico. The barrier, equipped with

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  • Dengue Fever in India

    An outbreak of dengue fever has so far killed 38 people in and around the Indian capital, Delhi. Nearly 3,000 dengue cases have been reported, three of them close relatives

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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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  • Resend

    Well it appears despite testing that the eNewsletter mailing didn’t send the newsletter out, I’ll be resending it, if you receive it twice, our apologies. As always, this months edition

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  • MEETING NEWS

    Meeting News from from around the world.

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  • Meeting News from London by Padmassana

    Reviews and news about our meetings in London. September London Meeting Our first speaker of the new season was Mark Stratton, who showed us the Plymouth-Dakar rally. [link] This is

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  • Meeting News from Ontario

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: <a 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,

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  • Apologies for the Absence of Globetrotters E-Newsletter

    The Beetle would like to apologise profusely for the absence of the Globetrotter e-newsletter. Excuses range from being trapped in a snowy Antarctica station, captured by Grand Master Slave Beetles,

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  • The Pacific Rim by Ron Kirstein

    Terrific Tofino: the Esowista Peninsula is perched in the edge of the North America Continent. Next stop Japan! At the north end of the Peninsula is the town of Tofino,

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  • Survey Corner: Conde Nast's Favourite Destination List

    Conde Nast Traveler ran its 18th annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Nearly 28,000 travellers voted and many familiar favourites still top the list. Singapore Airlines is again the 2005 #1 International

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  • Careful Fun with Foreign Languages by Ron McCluskey

    Early on in our Mexico experience, we still had not learned much Spanish. In fact, when we arrived, our huge Spanish vocabulary consisted of about two words: si and no.

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  • Yoga in Bali by Padmasana

    Three years or so ago I tried to visit Bali to do practice, but then the first bombings happened and it became impossible to get travel insurance, putting the kybosh

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