Category: archive
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The Great Possibilities of Cuba by William (Bill) Murphy and Byron L. Barksdale
Bill from Los Angeles wrote in to say that he took a flight legally from L A to Havana to meet Dr Byron Barksdale and his Cuba Aids Group in…
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Americans travelling to or in Zimbabwe
A travel warning to American citizens in Zimbabwe urging them to leave the African country has been issued by the US government. The US State Department says that Zimbabwe's current…
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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…
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Madeira by Olwen Cox
Madeira, Garden of the Atlantic: this is an island of incredible natural beauty. Everywhere you go roads and paths are lined with plants: bird of paradise, agapanthus, orchid, and hyacinths.…
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Free London Museums:
Gunnersbury Park Museum Dating from 1835, the former country residence of the Rothschild family is now a local history museum with exhibitions charting local history from prehistoric times to the…
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Write for the Globetrotters monthly e-newsletter
If you enjoy writing, enjoy travelling, then why not write for the free monthly Globetrotters e-newsletter! The Beetle would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions,…
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Armed Guards to Accompany Flights
The UK government has just given the go-ahead for specially trained under cover armed police officers to be placed onboard civil aircraft. This is a part of a range of…
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Three faces of Venice by Jonathan Hollow
Venice inspires devotion and madness. I should know: I went there for a last-minute holiday four years ago and have ended up buying two properties. What is it about this…
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Fave Websites of the Month
The Beetle likes the Aussie slang website spotted by our eagle eyed webmaster. Having just come back from Australia, she noticed a propensity to end as many words as possible…
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Opportunity to be Creative in Lahore, Pakistan
NM-ftv invites applications from interested individuals or professionals with experience of creative writing, multimedia, film making, direction, sound, camera, set design, story telling journalism, anthropology or any other art form…