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  • Do you have a brain the size of the planet? Be a contestant for a new TV quiz show

    Be a contestant for a new TV quiz show

    Does your knowledge span the globe? If you fancy
    yourself as a modern-day Marco Polo, and have the geographical,
    cultural and scientific knowledge it will take to get around the
    world, then Emma at Meridian TV wants to hear from you!

    She is working on an exciting new quiz show and is
    scouring the planet for the person who knows most about our planet.
    Could it be you? The Beetle has already taken part in a pilot, and
    sadly has to report that she was not the winner – but it is a lot of
    fun and you get to meet some really interesting people – and the TV
    crew are quite nice too! It's a great opportunity!

    If you have global general knowledge, think
    you could be the 8th wonder of the world, live in the UK and would
    like to take part, then please contact Emma by e-mail on
    thomase@meridiantv.com or call on 02380 712 118.

  • Chocolate Corner…Paris

    Maeve recommends Angelina's which can be found
    opposite Le Louvre for the most fabulous molten chocolate!! It comes
    in a jug complete with jugs of cream and milk to mix to taste. Yum
    yum!!

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

  • Not to be Seen Dead In?

    The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and
    Trade suggests reconsidering travel plans to the following places:
    civil unrest and violence in Indonesia and Fiji, Brazil (violent
    street crime), Uganda (violence re presidential elections), Laos
    (bombing in public places).

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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!

  • 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!!

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.