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Texas:
It was a marvelous meeting: Chris from Austin did a first class slide show of the Greek Isles and provided a map for each of us so we would know…
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London Markets: Borough Market
Borough Market is the Beetle's second favourite London market. It is a farmers market in south east London and opens noon- 6pm on Fridays and 9am-4pm on Saturdays – it…
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Jacqui in South America
La Paz seems like a long time a go but it was only a few short weeks. Three days at high altitude and then we were off to even higher…
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Cheap Air Tickets from the UK to France with Buzz
If you already live in the UK, or know that you will be in the UK in April, why not zip over to France? The low cost airline, Buzz is…
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All you wanted to know about the United Arab Emirates
Where is it and why go? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a collection of small states about 7 hours away from London. They have gained wealth from their oil…
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London Travel Shows
The first two months of each year are a busy time for anyone interested in travel shows in London. In early January, we had the Daily Telegraph Travel Show that…
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More Funny Signs
Thanks go to Frank in the US for the following: At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUITABLE FOOD, GIVE IT TO THE…
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Readers comments: best airport nominations – from Padmassana
When he's not tying his body into knots, Padmassana is a bit of a globetrotter on the quiet. Here are his nominations for best and worst airports: Best: 1 Dubai:…
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Cycling from England to New Zealand by Chris and Malcolm, Kiwis on Bikes!
Globetrotting Kiwis, Christine and Malcolm Clark are a little over 18 months and 8,759 miles into their epic cycling journey, from England to New Zealand. Their trip is entirely self-funded…
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Historic Scotland: The Island of Iona
Iona, the tiny island off Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, is known as being the island where St. Columba and his 12 disciples landed from Ireland in AD…
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Travel Quiz – East & Southern South Africa
The winner of last months' Fiji Quiz is Arthur Carmichael from the United States. We have another travel guide to give away this month, called Climbing in New Zealand by…
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Meeting News
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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New York:
We had a great crowd to kick off the New Year! Matt Link was our speaker and he did a fabulous job telling us all about Ghana! His pictures were…
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Ontario:
The next meeting will be on January 18th at the the Woodsworth Co-op : Ann Dohler will talk about her recent trip to Peru, the Galapagos and the Amazon. For…
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Texas:
In January 2002, we had 30 people attending our Texas Globetrotter's meeting! More than 50 different people have attended since the first meeting back in July 2001. Ron Woguus shared…
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London Markets: Spitalfields
Spitalfields market is the Beetle's favourite London market. It has the advantage of not being fantastically busy, like Portobello Rd market or Petticoat Lane, and it offers a surprising range…
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La Paz, Bolivia December 2001 by Jacqui formerly living in London
Hola, mis amigos, here's another instalment of my Peruvian adventure in southern Peru. As I write this I am in La Paz, Bolivia, and the headache I have is directly…
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Meeting News
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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London:
This report of the last London meeting on the 1st December is written by Padmassana. John Hornbuckle’s wonderful slides took us around Chile. He showed us the wildlife and landscape…
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New York: A message from Laurie, the New York chair:
Hello Globies! Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Due to holiday parties, travel and cheer, we will not be holding a December Globies meeting. We WILL resume on 5th…