Tag: August 2003
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Free London Museums: Theatre Museum
Five galleries illustrate the history of the performing arts in the UK. The collection includes displays on theatre, ballet, dance, circus, puppetry, opera, musicals, rock and pop. There's usually a…
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Woman killed by Shark
A woman was killed by a great white shark while swimming with sea lions at Avala Beach, between Los Angeles and San Francisco in California. This is the first attack…
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Write for the Globetrotters monthly e-newsletter
If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, why not write for the free monthly Globetrotters e-newsletter! The Beetle would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints…
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Say No to Flying Fox
The Pacific island of Guam is known for very high rates of a degenerative disease that looks like motor neuron, Parkinson's and dementia, but cannot be firmly identified as any…
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So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess! What is the capital city of the following countries: Angola…
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Laos Snippet by Busby
I went on my two month long trip of Indochina. I skulked a bit in Qatar eyeing up the tablecloth-clad gentlemen and in turn being the recipient of their roving…
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Overland West Africa
If you a planning an overland trip in west Africa, then please note that the Nigerian Government has announced that it is closing its borders with the Benin Republic with…
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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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Travelling to Mikindani from Mozambique – Becky Stickland
Having allowed myself the luxury of a two-week break in Durban visiting a long lost friend I turned my thoughts towards the adventure that lay ahead. I have always wanted…
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Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
Travel Photographer of the Year is a new annual competition, supported by major names in the photographic and travel industries, that recognises and celebrates the very best travel photography. Any…
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Travel Quiz August 2003
Win a Frommer’s guidebook on Amsterdam 2003. See www.frommers.com for info on Frommer’s guidebooks. Some people have said the quiz is difficult, we say do some research; try google.com or…
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Padmassana Travels To Japan – Part 3
Padmassana went travelling around Kyushu in June/July time. Here is the final of three extracts from his travel journal. From Kagoshima I went on a day trip on a small…
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Dubai Underwater Hotel Planned
We reported a while back about Dubai’s Palm, an ambitious hotel and resort development off the coast. Now, tourism and government authorities have gone one step further, or should we…
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Answers to: So You Think You’re Well Travelled?
1. Angola: Luanda 2. Cyprus: Nicosia 3. Laos: Vientiane 4. Nepal: Kathmandu 5. South Korea: Seoul · 0 out of 5 – you need to get out more! · 1-3…
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New UN Heritage Sites
This is the third of three descriptions of the 24 sites of “outstanding universal value”, that have been designated world heritage sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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Sahara Hostages Released
Fourteen of the European hostages, missing in the Sahara for over five months have been released by suspected Islamic extremist kidnappers. One woman hostage died whilst held captive in Mali.…
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Khmer Rouge Tourism
The Cambodian government has has released full scale tourism plans for a small village, Anlong Veng, some 70 miles away from Angkor Watt, Cambodia’s most visited tourist attraction. Anlong Veng,…
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The World’s Top 5 Cleanest Countries
The World’s Top 5 Cleanest Countries Finland Norway Canada Sweden Switzerland New Zealand comes 6th, Australia 7th, the US 11th, the UK 16th. Source: http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
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Fave Website: worldpress
A great website, spotted by our webmaster Paul. It contains articles from the press and magazines around the world and also headlines from events around the world. So, if you…
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Dengue Who? By Ingrid Styles
You know when you’ve been Dengued. Or do you’ After spending two weeks in the south of Thailand, I caught an over night bus from Sarat Thani back to Bangkok.…