Meeting News from London
London meeting Saturday 6th March 2004 by Padmasana
This month our first speaker was Anthony Lambert,
who talked to us about “Railways on the wild
side”. Anthony took us on journey around the globe
starting in Patagonia. In Peru we saw trains that travel at
altitudes where oxygen is carried on board for the
passengers. The train across South Africa’s Garden route
may not be that wild, but is certainly beautiful,
Padmassana was there at Christmas. The Hejaz railway in the
Middle East is certainly wild and until a few years ago a
bit lawless. Anthony showed us trains of India serving
remote tea plantations and probably the wildest of them all
in Pakistan up the Khyber Pass.
Our second speaker was Globetrotters own resident
Aussie, Jacqui Trotter. This was part two of
Jacqui’s year long trip around South America, where
she travelled for the most part with a group by overland
truck. This time she showed us Argentina, firstly in Buenos
Aires, where she visited Eva Peron’s tomb and explored the
colourful Boca area, famous as Maradona’s birthplace. She
was lucky enough to visit the fabulous Iguaçu Falls from
both the Brazilian and Argentine sides, before visiting a
very non descript Brasilia. Jacqui showed us Rio de
Janeiro, the Sugar Loaf mountain, Christ statue and the Rio
carnival where she partied until 3am with the locals. Her
journey continued through Brazil and finally into Venezuela
from where she flew back to reality and the Globetrotters
committee!
Next month, on Saturday 3rd April, John
Douglas will be talking on Norway’s Arctic
Highway, followed by Karen Neale after the break
talking about an artist’s journey through World
Heritage cities and a 5 month Churchill scholarship on
drawing and painting.
London
meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court,
behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden at 2.30pm the
first Saturday of each month. There is no London meeting in
August, but we will be back in September. For more
information, you can contact the Globetrotters Info line on
+44 (0) 20 8674 6229, or visit the website: www.globetrotters.co.uk
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