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Have you got a tale to tell??
If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel Sized Bites
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Globetrotters go to Derbyshire by Gill from London, the Globetrotter Secretary
In September a few Globies `took over’ a youth hostel and explored the delights of Dovedale for a weekend. With beautiful scenery and a pub that also served food only five minutes walk away it was a perfect location. In true English fashion the weather was the usual sunny periods, scattered torrential rain. On Saturday,…
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Escape from Pokara Part II by David from Australia
This is the continuation of a story of a very ordinary journey on an Indian bus, a journey without drama, without crashes, rollovers or other theatricals, a journey that millions of Indians make every day. Having escaped Pokara in Nepal, the next job was to travel to Delhi. The usual way is a bus from…
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Home Base Holidays
Travelling abroad but finding accommodation expensive? Try home exchange, a rent-free and friendly option. Home Base Holidays was established in London, UK in 1985 (by a Canadian) and now has attractive exchange offers world-wide. Full descriptive listings and photos can be viewed by visitors (contact information available to members). New listings on-line daily plus three…
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You want to visit?.. New Zealand
New Zealand is such a fantastic (nuclear free) country, with some of the friendliest people on this earth, wonderful outdoor life, good wine, glaciers, fjords, beaches, lakes, caves, geysers, mountains, you can ski, trek, hike, white water rafting, bungee jumping, diving, surfing and ?;?;?;?;.Get the idea! The first to thing to understand about New Zealand…
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Funny Signs Again!
Shirley from Kent in the UK saw the following in Bali: If you have any loose baboons in your pocket, you might want to visit the “monkey exchange” for something smaller! Also, did you know in Bali you can have “antiques made to order”? Janelle from Roseville, MN saw in a street in Hong Kong…
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Scams – the "homeless mother scam"
Tom from North Carolina wrote in to tell us his experience in Rome. He saw a woman ostensibly carrying a baby in her arms (all he saw was a rolled up blanket) and a child about 10 years old approached me begging in a very confined sidewalk area. The pitiful expression on her face would…
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Mutual Aid New Year's Eve Buenos Aires!
Sue (Deputy Chair, London) would like some advice/tips/pointers on where to go and what to do in Buenos Aires at the New Year. Please contact the Beetle with any advice: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or country – want to share something with us – why not visit…
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Have you got a tale to tell??
If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel Sized Bites
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Travel Quiz – Trekking in Ladakh
The winner of last month’s East & Southern Africa Quiz was Thomas Simoneit who lives in Muenchen Germany. Well done – your book is in the post (subject to delays we are currently experiencing.) We have Charlie Loram’s Trailblazer Guide Book on Trekking in Laddakh, which he has kindly donated as a prize for the…
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