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2,238,480 (1999) |
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2. |
535,461 (2000) |
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3. |
450,865 (2000) |
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4. |
255,179 (2000) |
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5. |
236,313 (1999) |
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6. |
233,517 (2000) |
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7. |
141,124 (2000) |
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8. |
116,912 (2000) |
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9. |
106,484 (2000) |
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10. |
93,062 (2000) |
Source:
6th November 2004 London meeting
A bumper attendance for the November London
Globetrotter’s meeting, with not a chair, table or
bit of floor space left. The audience included Globies
from overseas including Brie Kelly from Colorado. The
crowds had come to hear Globies President Janet
Street-Porter’s talk on the Larapinta Trail that
starts from Alice Springs and the Bay of Fires walk in
Tasmania. Special mention due to Paul Robert’s who
burned the midnight oil to scan Janet’s photos so
that we could see them digitally. Janet did this 8 day
-walk with a group and they were supported by a vehicle
carrying their camping, cooking and other equipment, which
left them free to enjoy the scenery and swat flies. We saw
Janet in a full nylon head net to stop these annoying
critters and later she explained a new use for toilet roll
to stop the flies entering every orifice! It was all worth
it for the great Aussie scenery, the reds and pinks of the
rocks and greenery you wouldn’t normally think
exists. The Bay of Fires walk in Tasmania is mainly on
sand and again we saw some great pictures of her walk.
Janet added on some pictures of a walk she recently did
near Christchurch in New Zealand, where she stayed in some
quirky buildings, one of which enjoyed an outdoor bathtub,
where the water was heated by lighting a fire under the
tub! The forty minutes went way too fast as we listened to
Janet’s commentary.
After the break it was over to Christian Tyler who
gave us another interesting talk this time on the Taklamakan
Desert and Xinjiang Province in China. His five-week
trip began in Dunhuang, famous for its cave paintings.
Christian’s group travelled in the ubiquitous Toyota
Landcruiser and trekked by camel, supported by a Chinese
army lorry. Christian’s journey took him to Miran
and to abandoned cities in the desert. Some of these towns
have been dug out of their sand tombs, we saw parts of
wooden structures which had once been homes and shops.
Christian explained that the cities had been abandoned as
the underground rivers had either dried up or changed
course. We saw other examples such as forests that were
now just tree trunks. Christian’s talk gave us a
rare insight to an area well off the beaten track.
Mark your diary for forthcoming meetings:
Sat. 4 December
Amar Grover – North Pakistan – Kailash Valleys of Chitral
to Gilgit via Shandur Pass
Matthew Leeming -Afghanistan OR Iraqi Marsh Arabs
Sat. 8th January – Four Mini-talks and New Year Party
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. There is no
London meeting in August, but we will be back in
September. For more information, you can contact the
Globetrotters Info line on +44 (0) 20 8674 6229, or visit
the website: www.globetrotters.co.uk
Admission: Members £2.00 Non-members
£4.00.
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2. Bosnia- Herzegovina |
3. Cook Islands |
4. Estonia |
5. Honduras |
New York meetings will resume in January – subject will be TBD.
Please contact me (Laurie) if you’re interesting in speaking or know of someone who is! For details of forthcoming meetings email newyork@globetrotters.co.uk or register for email updates, click
here at our website.
New York meetings are held at The Wings Theatre, 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 4 pm. Admission:
$8.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members.
Fly Ryanair and gamble
Ryanair’s latest potential cash generating scheme is
to provide in-flight gambling. No fills Ryanair
already charge for the ‘frills’ such as food,
luggage and movies, and, more famously ice if they could
get away with it, are now considering providing gambling
on board its planes. News reports say that gambling
operators have expressed interest, although there are no
formal talks underway.
Ryanair’s Chief Exec warns of reduction in low
cost operators
Ryanair and easyJet are widely credited to have helped
transform Europe’s low cost airline industry.
Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O'Leary
recently warned the World Low Cost Airlines Congress that
“there will a bloodbath in Europe this winter”
in the budget air sector. “The bloodbath will reach
all the companies,” said O'Leary, who has
previously predicted that only one or two large low-fares
airlines will be left flying the skies of Europe in the
medium term. Competition in the low cost, no frills
airline industry is intensifying. In 2000 there were
just five low-cost airlines in Europe, now there are 49,
according to Wolfgang Kurth, president of the European Low
Fares Airline Association and chief executive of TUI's
no-frills carrier Hapag-Lloyd Express. Webster told
the conference that low-cost airlines could take advantage
of short-haul routes likely to be neglected by the larger,
established carriers.
Ryanair adopts a school
Cause related marketing is a live and well.
Ryanair’s Head of Communications Paul Fitzsimmons
recently said: “It’s back to school time for
parents everywhere, and we’re giving people an
opportunity to grab a back to school bargain with flights
for ONLY 10p on many of our routes from Stansted and at
the same time help our adopted school Mountfitchet High
School. We will sell 200,000 seats at this fare, which
means we can donate £20,000.00 to the school.
It is fitting that as http://www.ryanair.com is
Europe’s biggest travel website, that Mountfitchet
High School is to use our donation to further upgrade
their IT facilities for pupils. We would urge
passengers to book quickly as demand will be huge and to
remember that not only will they fly with Europe’s
No.1 low fares airline, but they will also be helping
school children further their computer education.”
Announcing the support for Mountfitchet High School at a
photo call in the school, Mountfitchet High School
Headmistress, Jo Mullis said: “We are delighted to
have been chosen by Ryanair as their adopted school.
Ryanair’s support comes at an important time,
because with this help we can buy computer equipment for
our pupils, which will help us to achieve our goal of
becoming an IT merited school. We hope lots of
people will buy their Ryanair flight knowing that Ryanair
are donating the entire fare to our school
project.” Pass the sick bag, somebody.
Ryanair told to pay back EU subsidy
No-frills Irish airline Ryanair has said that it would
repay EUR4 million in subsidies it received to operate
from Belgium's Charleroi Airport, pending an appeal to
the European Court of Justice. In February, European
Union regulators told Ryanair to repay EUR3.9 million
(USD$4.97 million) to the regional government of Wallonia
in southern Belgium, which had offered Ryanair cheap rates
at the region's Charleroi Airport. “(Ryanair)
agreed to repay EUR4 million in an escrow account until
Ryanair's appeal is heard,” the airline said in
a statement. The money will go into a blocked
account, to which Ryanair will regain access if it wins
its appeal. “We remain very confident that we will
win,” Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Leary
told a news conference in Brussels. O'Leary said
the airline reserved the right to quit Charleroi if an
adverse ruling raised costs, but said he intended to keep
operations at their current level until then.
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka
Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca
or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel.
416-694-8259.
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.
Lie, Cheat, Steal. Hitchhike, Drive, take a bus, fly, walk
or run…do whatever you can to get to the BootsnAll
2nd annual Travel Party.
When: December 18th, 7 pm to ? Where: East
Bank Saloon, Portland Oregon (
map)
Special Guests: The Notorious N.U.T. (Nick
O'Neill) from Bali
will be in town as a special guest. If you are
thinking about travelling to Asia, have travelled to Asia,
you simply must come to the BootsnAll PDX party to meet
Nick, have a beer with him and swap stories and tips. He
will release tips to hidden beaches and share how to live
on under $5/day in Bali, and do it like a King!
Prizes: We'll be giving away a bunch of stuff,
like travel books, BootsnAll
patches, and who knows what else..
Top 13 reasons to come:
1) Christmas shopping? C'mon…save your cash for
travel and send 'em postcards instead!
2) Travel Legend Nick O'Neill will make his first
appearance in North America in over two years. Be there to
have a drink with this independent travelling legend.
3) A keg of beer (Northwest Microbrew).
4) Organic Oregon Pinot Noir will be served.
5) Travel Photography: At least 500 travel slides will be
rotating on a big screen during the party. But don't
worry, no one will be droning on and on about them.
6) Blogging: We'll be blogging our brains out at the
party with wifi, etc all over the place…bring your
laptop and digital camera. Let's go nuts like we did last
year.
7) If you are coming in from out of town, and you are a
BootsnAll member, you can probably stay at the BootsnAll
“hostel” (First come first served).
8) Network with travellers. Last year, close to 80 people
showed up and travel info/tips were flying around the
room. Don't miss this chance to figure out the hows,
why's, and get that invaluable first-hand information.
9) You'll be the star of the show. We'll be video
taping all night…if you come, you'll be in a movie.
This is how Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and other Hollywood
Stars got their big breaks.
10) Dennis Rodman will NOT be at this party.
11) Feel like an outcast? My name is Sean E. Keener and I
will personally welcome you with a handshake or hug, a
beer, and introduce you to at least three other people at
the party to get the ball rolling. The rest is up to you.
12) Portland is a great city in December. Sun,
beaches…ooops, I mean a little bit of rain, a warm pub,
and bright cheery people.
13) Kilts: BootsnAll founders Chris Heidrich and Sean
Keener will be wearing kilts, like a true Scotsman would.
Ok, so maybe that last one isn't a reason to come, but
don't let it scare you off either.
More Special Guests: Yes, Livenomadic, the most prolific poster
on the BnA message boards will here. Meet the posting
legend and find out “how he does it”. He is
coming all the way from Miami, Florida!
