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Meeting News from London<\/p>\n

Liam D’Arcy Brown<\/b> talked about his 11,000 mile journey literally the far corners of China North, South, East & West, and his talk was a riveting account of how he got there and the people he met on the way.<\/p>\n

From the Southern most tip of Hainan Island, to the island of Zhoushan, Liam traveled on buses, trains and motorbikes wherever he went. Mixing with the locals, for better and for worse. Generally looked after by the locals, he was however robbed and spent few soul-searching days in his hotel feeling sorry for himself after being drugged on a train. Beware locals bearing free booze!<\/p>\n

Liams book “Green Dragon, Sombre Warrior<\/a>” has been described as the best autobiographical China travel book so far this year.<\/p>\n

After the break, John Malathronas<\/b> gave a digital slide show and talk about Brazil based on his book “Brazil, Life, Blood and Soul”. <\/p>\n

John’s odyssey took us through the adrenaline-fuelled, chaotic city bars, the extravagant carnival, the lush rainforest and the destitute shanty towns of Brazil revealing the throbbing heartbeat of the country. John’s book “Brazil: Life, Blood and Soul<\/a>” is published by Summersdale.<\/p>\n

Next month, on Saturday 3rd<\/sup> July is open house, an opportunity for UK
\n Globetrotters and visitors to show their own slides (traditional or digital images form scanned prints or digital pictures) and each make a short ten minute
\n presentation. Contact london@globetrotters.co.uk<\/a> if you are interested in making a presentation.<\/p>\n

London meetings are held at The Church of Scotland, Crown Court,
\n behind the Fortune Theatre in Covent Garden at 2.30pm the first Saturday of
\n each month. There is no London meeting in August, but we will be back in
\n September. For more information, you can contact the Globetrotters Info line
\n on +44 (0) 20 8674 6229, or visit the website: https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/local-meetings\/london-meetings.html<\/a> Admission:
\n Members £2.00 Non-members £4.00<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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