Vacation Dreams

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  • MEETING NEWS

    Meeting news from our branches around the world.


  • London

    London: Kate Clow an experienced tour leader who
    specialises in developing and conducting long distance walks
    talked to us about the Lycian Way in Turkey. The walk is
    almost 500 km long and takes 4 to 6 weeks although you can
    join at many points. Richard Knight who has just written a
    guide to trekking in the Atlas Mountains regaled us with
    stories of his initial forays to Marrakech and some more
    unsavoury facts about camels.

    Next April is John Pilkington ‘The royal road of the Incas’
    and Jason Lewis -X360- ‘circumnavigating the world without
    using mechanical power’. Should be a good one!!

    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.


  • New York

    New York:Bob Sacha talked about his work as a
    photographer for National Geographic magazine — don’t you just hate people with jobs like that! And
    Alejandra Gurtman, Medical Director, and Gail Rosselot talked
    about the various diseases worth avoiding and how to avoid
    them whilst travelling.

    April’s meeting has been cancelled due to Passover and
    Easter. Details for the May 5th meeting coming
    soon!

    New York meetings are held at The Wings Theater, 154
    Christopher Street (btw Greenwich St and Washington St), to
    the right of Crunch Fitness, in the Archive on the first
    Saturday of each month at 3.30pm.


  • Ontario:

    Meetings are held on the third Friday of January,
    March, May, September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth
    Co-op, Penthouse, 133, Wilton Street in downtown Toronto at
    8.00 p.m.


  • You want to visit?…Peru?

    Arrive in Lima, spend at least 2 nights there and visit the
    cathedral, the museum of the Inquisition, buy bus ticket to
    Pisco. Visit Paracas national Park, take the bus to Nazca and
    organise a trip in a light aircraft to see the Nazca lines
    the next day. Take the bus to Arequipa and stay a couple of
    says – visit the convent of Santa Catalina, make an
    overnight/2 day trip to the Colca Canyon. Fly to Cuzco
    – about $60 o/w, do the Inca trail or take the train to
    Machu Picchu. Cuzco’s a great place to hang around in,
    then fly back to Lima, Take an Amazon side trip or continue
    overland by train to Puno on Lake Titicaca and then bus to
    Copacabana in Bolivia.

    Please contact Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
    for your suggested country itinerary


  • Coffee Corner..London

    Paul Webmaster Roberts recommends Cafe Valerie, Regents
    Street Branch, good coffee and cakes and its not Starbucks.

    Want to tell us about your favorite coffee corner or
    watering hole? Then contact the Beetle:
    Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk


  • Stop Press: £1,000 Travel Award

    Under 24? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested
    in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000
    to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent travel
    plan. Interested? Then see our legacy
    page
    on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally
    independent travel trip and we’ll take a look at it. Get those plans
    in!!


  • Fave Website of the Month ©Globetrotters club 2001 http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/

    Have a look at:
    This is a “cultural travel magazine” and has some short travelogues with
    lovely pictures. The Website has also won a couple of prestigious Internet
    awards too!


  • Travel Tips

    The beetle puts safety pins in her shorts pockets to prevent
    being pick pocketed in busy areas.

    Got any travel tips for the Beetle? Then e-mail them
    to:
    Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk


  • Mutual Aid

    Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a
    place or country – want to share something with us – why not
    visit our Mutual Aid section of the Website:
    Mutual
    Aid