October 2001 Archives - Page 2 of 2

You want to visit?.. New Zealand

October 27, 2001

New Zealand is such a fantastic (nuclear free) country, with some of the friendliest people on this earth, wonderful outdoor life, good wine, glaciers, fjords, beaches, lakes, caves, geysers, mountains,

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What you did not know about Richard Burton

October 27, 2001

Sir Richard Francis Burton was born in 1821 in the UK and studied Arabic at Oxford University. He joined the British Indian Army where he mastered many more languages. He

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Tibet from Tom

October 27, 2001

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?

October 27, 2001

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

October 27, 2001

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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The Globetrotters Club

Tag: October 2001

You want to visit?.. New Zealand

What you did not know about Richard Burton

Tibet from Tom

Not to be Seen Dead In?

Italian Food… Rome