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Long Serving Globetrotters Awards by Francesca Jaggs
While thinking of ways to celebrate Globetrotters’ Club’s 60th anniversary we came up with the idea of awarding people who have been members for 30 years or more, with a certificate. Our President, Janet Street-Porter has signed 17 certificates. Using my own membership of exactly 30 years I was able to use my membership number…
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An Appeal for Help in Rwanda by Michael Rakower
Here is an appeal by Michael on behalf of the American Friends for the Kigali Public Library (the AFKPL) for help creating Rwanda’s first public library. Michael is a regular contributor to the Globetrotters e-newsletter. My wife and I recently returned to the United States from a one-year journey through Africa. During the last three…
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Travel Reminiscences by Stanley Mataichi Sagara
My name is Stanley Mataichi Sagara. My Christian name was given to me by my first grade teacher who was probably from the Midwest and had never had an experience with Orientals. Apparently my Japanese name was too hard to remember for roll call so all the Japanese children in my class were given Christian…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world. July’s London meeting took place on the other side of Covent Garden at The Concert Artists Association, due to the building work at our usual Church of Scotland venue. The September meeting will also take place there, as the building work continues. The meeting was an opportunity…
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The Secret Seaside of Sao Paulo by Tony Annis
We dragged ourselves ever upwards and onwards, I thought my get up and go, with the help of Guarana and good whisky was still going strong; but rather than over the hill – I was finding it difficult too even get up this hill! My friends and I were on a steep walk that was…
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The Canadian Arctic by Robert, a former Chair of the Globetrotters Club
As I write this I am crossing the Mackenzie river on a ferry on the way to Inuvik, Northwest territories, several hundred miles north of the arctic circle and as far as the road goes north in Canada. It’s about 12:30 am and the light still shines bright here. Twilight is my favourite time of…
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eNewsletter – Autumn 2016
Dear Globies, friends and fellow travellers, Welcome to the Autumn eNewsletter with tips, news and discounts as always. I hope many of you have been enjoying the digital edition of Globe magazine, we’ve had many new members join us since the switch over so I’ll take that as a good sign! This edition is some…
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Globetrotters Calendar 2017
Globetrotters members should soon be recieving their free copy of the 2017 Calendar. Many thanks to all members who responded to the call for calendar submissions this year, the standard of photography was again very impressive with a great variety of destinations and subjects covered, making the selection process all the more difficult. Thirteen pictures…
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Join us at the Adventure Travel Show 2017
The Adventure Travel Show is returning to London’s Olympia on 21st & 22nd January 2017 and is the UK’s only event dedicated to off the beaten track travel experiences, featuring over 100 FREE Inspirational Talks. The show is the UK’s only event that is dedicated to off the beaten track experiences, featuring once in a…
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Up a mountain in Montenegro
A two and a half hour bus ride from Dubrovnik in Croatia lies the Bay of Kotor set in the rugged landscape of Montenegro – a country whose name means ‘black mountain’. I checked-in to a hostel in the old town for a couple of days to explore the medieval architecture and the surrounding hills……
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