Sebastian Hope gave us a delightful talk about fishing
and the sea gypsies of South East Asia, peppering his talk
with anecdotes of friendships he made on his various visits
to South East Asia and glorious slides of azure seas and
beautiful multicoloured tropical fish. Sebastian has written
a book about his exploits called Outcasts of the
Islands
After the break which included requests for information on
places such as New Caledonia, Iguaçu, Cambodia, Mali
and lots of other places too numerous to mention, Tim
Burford gave us a talk centred on Romania’s wooden
churches. He explained that although many are said to date
from the middle ages, most are only a couple of centuries
old. Tim went on to show modern Romanian architecture in
Bucharest. Tim also explained Romania’s version of the
Dracula story and advised us to visit soon as there are plans
for a Dracula theme park.
On the 1st December, Jon Hornbuckle will be talking
about Chile, Atacama Desert to the Land of Fire. Jon has
spent the last eight years travelling world-wide in search of
wildlife and cultural experience. Denise Heywood will
be talking about Vietnam, descending the Land of the
Ascending Dragon from Hanoi (a French Colonial city)
travelling south through the great Cham Empire, to the
Imperial city of Hue and Saigon, and ending at the Cambodian
border – everything except the war!
For the month of December 2001, only, the
London meeting will be held at 3pm at the Concert Artists
Association, 20 Bedford Street, Covent Garden , the door is
at the end of a long passageway next to the Springbok Bar.
(This is the opposite side of Covent Garden to the Crown
Court, our normal venue)
Other than in December 2001, all 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. For more information, you can contact the
Globetrotter Info line on +44 (0) 20 8674 6229, or visit the
website: http://www.globetrotters.co.uk