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Globetrotters meeting on 5th<\/sup> April by Padmassana<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Our first speaker Thomas Bourne showed us slides of Chile, Patagonia,
\n Antarctica and South Georgia. Thomas had spent his gap year on board
\n a 55ft ketch as a “Cabin boy”. He started his voyage in Chile,
\n showing us wonderful views of the Chilean lakes, volcano’s and the
\n San Rafael glacier, which is the earth’s furthest glacier from its
\n respective pole. Thomas also showed us the local wildlife including sea
\n lion, dolphins and albatrosses. He sailed south in his boat and called
\n in at Ushaia. This seemed a veritable metropolis after weeks at sea.
\n After rounding Cape Horn and transiting the Drake Passage he headed down
\n to Antarctica, reaching a very impressive 66 degrees and 3 minutes south.
\n We saw pictures of massive tabular icebergs that had weird shapes carved
\n out of them by the elements, though Thomas pointed out that it was the
\n small “bergy bits” that float just under the surface that
\n are a more serious threat to the safety of small craft travelling at 6
\n Knots. Our final views were of South Georgia, which has been visited
\n by less than 100 yachts. This made Thomas feel that he had been very
\n privileged to have spent 12 months doing this exciting trip.<\/p>\n

Our second speaker was one of Padmassana’s favourite travel writers,
\n the intrepid cyclist Anne Mustoe. On this her second visit to the Globetrotters
\n Club, Anne took us from Kathmandu in Nepal to Kandy in Sri Lanka, following
\n the route of the epic Indian Ramayana story. Anne’s journey took
\n her via many of India’s famous sights including The Residency in
\n Lucknow, where 2000 Britons were killed during the Indian mutiny. Anne
\n couldn’t see India without visiting Agra and the stunning Taj Mahal.
\n Anne introduced us to her Agra rickshaw driver on whom she took pity and
\n ended up doing an impromptu shopping expedition around Agra in order that
\n her driver received a 5 Rupee tip from each shop, which went towards the
\n daily hire fee of his vehicle. Anne continued south often staying in
\n less than desirable accommodation, however she occasionally splurged such
\n as when she stayed at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, where the doormen had the
\n opportunity to “park” her cycle instead of the BMW’s
\n and Mercedes that they were more used to. Anne took a number of British
\n winters to complete this epic trip down India before eventually ending
\n up in Sri Lanka her goal accomplished. Visit Anne’s website for
\n more details www.annemustoe.co.uk<\/p>\n

Coming up: Saturday 10th May<\/b><\/p>\n

Windy Baboulene<\/b> – The Blue road Windy left school at 16 and travelled
\n the world for 4 years working on cargo ships. The “hilarious and
\n bizarre” true story of his adventures has been published entitled
\n “Blue Road” and is the foundation for his talk. John Harrison
\n <\/b>– Amazon adventures John has made seven canoeing expeditions to the
\n Amazon, besides travelling lengths of the Niger and rivers in Europe and
\n North America. His expeditions travel without radio or back up, exploring
\n some of the Amazon’s remotest tributaries with the old style “risk-adventure”
\n approach. John has chaired RGS Tropical Rainforest workshops, written
\n “Up the Creek” an Amazonian Adventure, been the subject of a
\n TV documentary “John Harrison Explorer” and has made several
\n programmes for BBC Radio 4.<\/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
\n of each month. There is no London meeting in August, but we will be back
\n in September. For more information, you can contact the Globetrotters
\n Info line on +44 (0) 20 8674 6229, or visit the website:<\/i><\/b> www.globetrotters.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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