Category: Sidebar
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Scams
Paying by credit card? Check the currency you think you’ve just paid in! Ensure that the currency you have paid in is clearly marked on the credit card slip and…
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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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Home Base Holidays
Travelling abroad but finding accommodation expensive? Try home exchange, a rent-free and friendly option. Home Base Holidays was established in London, UK in 1985 (by a Canadian) and now has…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against travel to Pakistan until further notice unless there are compelling reasons to do so. They advise all British nationals still in the…
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Burmese Food… London
If you find yourself in London, at a loose end, fancy something just a little bit different, then give the Mandalay a go. It can be found at 444 Edgware…
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Mutual Aid New Year's Eve Buenos Aires!
Sue (Deputy Chair, London) would like some advice/tips/pointers on where to go and what to do in Buenos Aires at the New Year. Please contact the Beetle with any advice:…
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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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Travel Quiz – Trekking in Ladakh
The winner of last month’s East & Southern Africa Quiz was Thomas Simoneit who lives in Muenchen Germany. Well done – your book is in the post (subject to delays…
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Tibet from Tom
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us about his time in Tibet: we (a small group of 8) had the usual difficulty with our visa delaying our entry…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
The CNN website cites Robert Young Pelton’s book The World’s Most Dangerous Places and say that the top 10 most dangerous countries are: Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,…
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Italian Food… Rome
Rob from New York (yes, he of hiking in Grand Canyon) recommends the L’Hosteria da Isidoro near the Coliseum in Rome. He says that you sit down and ask for…
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Travelling up the Northern Californian Coast
Peggy from San Francisco wrote in to tell us about travelling in Northern California: it’s a terrific time and the crowds have vanished and the summer fog replaced by mild…
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Reader's Information/Fave Website
From Ben and Elfriede from Texas would like to share with us their experiences with the 5W Group that is HQ’d in England. They have just got back from a…
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Travel Tips
Mike from the UK says: if you’re desperate for a toilet and can’t find a handy McDonalds, the more luxurious hotels always have toilets in their lobbies – walk straight…
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Funny Signs Again!
Shirley from Kent in the UK saw the following in Bali: If you have any loose baboons in your pocket, you might want to visit the “monkey exchange” for something…
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Scams – the "homeless mother scam"
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us his experience in Rome. He saw a woman ostensibly carrying a baby in her arms (all he saw was a rolled…
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Fancy visiting the Peak District: Friday & Saturday night 14th & 15th September
Barbara Brooks, Committee member of the Globetrotters Club has arranged a stay at a gorgeous hostel: Alstonefield Youth Hostel, Gypsey Lane, Alstonefield, Derbyshire DE6.2FZ. There are five 4 bedrooms complete…
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Help Raise Money – Appeal!
Tom Freemantle, a regular at the London Globetrotter meetings has planned a walking trip – 2,500miles with a mule from the Mexican border to New York following the journey of…
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Budapest in August
From Paul (Webmaster) Roberts: he says that Budapest is a great place to be on August 20; it is their national holiday. Paul says that you can see the hand…
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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 Sized…