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London Meeting News By Padmassna
September 2007 Meeting Report Globetrotters new season began with a talk from Globie Jeanie Copland about Tanzania and her sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro. The first part of Jeanie’s talk showed…
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London Meeting News By Padmassna
July 2007 Meeting Report. As is the custom the July meeting was given over to “Members slides”, though in the 21st century the majority have gone digital. This year we…
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London Meeting News
June 2007 Meeting Report By Dan Creffield Juliet Coombe kicked off her very entertaining talk: Black magic: Be a Devil about her travels from South America to South East Asia…
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London Meeting News
May 2007 Meeting Report By Chitvari Tom Fremantle returned to Globetrotters in May to impart his travel philosophy and to share some inspirations for his journeys. His talk, Journeys in…
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London Meeting News By Padmassna
April 2007 London meeting Despite the hot weather this months meeting was well attended, the members listened to two excellent talks. Our first speaker was Jessica Boyd who showed us…
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London Meeting News By Padmassna
March 2007 London Meeting This month Simon Banks showed us his cycling trip to China, showing us how it was in cities like Shanghai and how just a few years…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana February 2007
Another month when there was standing room only in Covent Garden to hear two excellent talks. Bradt guide author David Atkinson showed us what there is to see and do…
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MeetingNews from London by Padmassana
February 2007 Another month when there was standing room only in Covent Garden to hear two excellent talks. Bradt guide author David Atkinson showed us what there is to see…
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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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The Birth of Saudi Arabia – Filming in the Desert by Tony Annis
The first hurdle nearly became my undoing – Customs are notoriously difficult with film crews but when one of the cases slipped, broke open and bullets spilled on to floor…
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TheBirth of Saudi Arabia – Filming in the Desert by Tony Annis
The first hurdle nearly became my undoing – Customs are notoriously difficult with film crews but when one of the cases slipped, broke open and bullets spilled on to floor…
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The Beetle Visits Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
So where exactly is Papua New Guinea or PNG as it is affectionately known? Crudely, if you draw a line straight up, north from Cairns in Australia’s Queensland, you will…
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Archaeological Sites in Macedonia by Matt Barrett
If you were around a few years back you may have noticed the sudden embracing of the region of Macedonia as Greece, or more specifically, the name Macedonia . It…
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The Ingenuity of Mexican Mechanics by Ron McCluskey
It is easy to make the mistake of thinking that those who live in what we would consider a hut are lazy and stupid. Fortunately, that is often far from…
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Daktari Wildlife Orphanage
Hoedspruit – Daktari Wildlife Orphanage is a new conservation initiative that has been started by Ian and Michele Merrifield. Their passion towards wildlife and nature conservation led to the establishment…
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Which Countries Permit the Death Penalty
Ever wondered which countries still enforce the death penalty? The United States, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore are said to be the only developed nations to use capital punishment in…
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Our Friends Ryanair
Ryanair recently lost its claim against the website www.ryanaircampaign.org which allows users of Ryanair complain about the service they receive. The airline took its case to the World Intellectual Property…
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MeetingNews from London by Padmassana
Our first meeting of the new year was as always 4 mini talks given by club members. Tony Annis was first with his talk about Saudi Arabia – Filming. Tony…
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Meeting News from London by Padmassana
Our first meeting of the new year was as always 4 mini talks given by club members. Tony Annis was first with his talk about Saudi Arabia – Filming. Tony…
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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,…