Category: archive
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Write in (2)…Comments from readers
Previously my predecessor The Beetle requested readers help with naming her cheese, as produced on her farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Here are a couple of replies that might help…
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Write in (2)
Hello, Trailblazer is about to publish The Silk Roads: a route and planning guide 3rd edition. It’s a practical travel guide to the Silk Roads, the greatest trade route of…
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Write in (exhibition at Grosvenor Museum)
Hi Everyone, There will be an exhibition in the Grosvenor Museum at beginning of next year and the organisers would like you travellers to be involved, so have a read…
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News in the world of travel (1)
BP oil spill – the reality. TravelMole US Editor David Wilkening explains how misconceptions are causing further damage to tourism in the Gulf Coast. “Damage forecasts soon after the BP…
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News in the world of travel (2)
News in the world of travel US to start charging for tourist entry European travellers to the US will have to pay an extra $14 from next month for electronic…
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Write for the eNewsletter
If you enjoy writing & travelling, why not write for the free Globetrotters eNewsletter ! The Ant would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints…
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Write in (1)…A Step back in time by Doreen Tayler part 2
Member and Globetrotters Club travel award winner in 2009, Doreen Tayler recounts the second half of her journey of a lifetime…to follow in the footsteps of Kim, Rudyard Kipling’s most…
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Country Statistics: Lowest Population Density
Want to get away and escape the crowds? LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY2 (per sq mi): 2004 Western Sahara – 2.6 Mongolia – 4.6 Namibia – 6.1 Australia – 6.7 Botswana –…
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Macchu Picchu
Unesco has warned Peru that the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu might lose its world heritage status if they do not act to protect it. Every year, hundreds of thousands…
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Ignominy for Beetles
Whilst we are talking about insects: spotted by webmaster Paul, US Entomologists Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller recently had the task of naming 65 newly discovered species of slime-mold…