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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea by Iona Hill
The capital Port Moresby has a fairly poor reputation, in part deserved, but then, all large cities have their problems. Having said this, Port Moresby is not a large city, it is hard to really say where the centre is, as it is small-ish but sprawling. There is a down town of a type where…
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The Black Sea
Where exactly is the Black Sea? It is formed by three rivers: the Danube, the Dnieper and the River Don and is bordered by six countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. The population of the greater Black Sea basin is more than 160 million. Nobody really knows why the Black Sea is called…
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Angkor Artichokes by Dave Fuller
“Artichoke. It’s like a hard, rough, green flower.” The gears in my head whirred away as I searched for a description. All around me, serene faces carved out of stone blocks smiled. “What does it taste like?” asked Kay with pen poised. I looked to the grey sandstone heads for inspiration and replied, “A bit…
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Meeting News from New York JANUARY 10th, 2004 Rebuilding the Ruins of Afghanistan — Michael Luongo
From women who work at re-opened museums to hunky gym rats who worship Arnold Schwarzenegger, Afghanistan has changed in the 2 years since the ouster of the Taliban. A lot more work needs to be done, but new buildings rise from the rubble to punctuate the Kabul skyline, archeological initiatives are helping tourism, and wheelchair…
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Volunteer Corner Vacancies For Volunteer Doctors/Nurses For Hill Farmer Clinic Project, N E India
Can you spare 2 weeks + ? Would you like a workingholiday in a fantastic place? We are currently looking for volunteer medical staff forour clinic in India. Agricultural Work with PlanetDrum Foundation in Bahia de Caraquez, Manabi, Ecuador Planet Drum Foundation is a non-profit, grass rootsenvironmental organisation based in San Francisco,California, USA. Planet Drum…
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Meeting News from Ontario Friday, January 16, 2004 at Time: 8 pm SOUTH AFRICA by Thelma Briggs
Venue: – please note the change: Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade (SouthEast corner of The Esplanade & Church) – 2 block east of the Union station. Public parking garage is at the foot of Church St. right next to the Old York Tower. For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or…
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Lisbon: On Moving to Cascais by Sally Pethybridge
Sally is British and has lived in the UK all her life. International travel as part of her work took her to many countries, including Portugal. She fell in love with the place and decided to sell her beautiful cottage in Malmsbury, Wiltshire, and relocate to Lisbon. In this article, she tells us about exploring…
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Meeting News from Texas
Once again, we were honoured to have Norman Ford, founder of the Globetrotters Club, on hand presenting a slide show of his September 2003 Nordic adventure with us entitled: Around Switzerland By Bike–On Your Own, The Globetrotter Way”. Christina also shared stories and photographs from her Dec 2003 Santa Goodwill Tour to Asia. Dates of…
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Mission Antarctica – An Environmental Project by Andy Dare
Mission Antarctica set up by Robert Swan after walking to both South & North Pole. Antarctica is a truly unique place, but not as white and pristine as you would first imagine, and Robert was amazed at the rubbish problem. Antarctica is not owned by anyone, however 44 signatory countries administer the continent. The treaty…
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Burma Revisited
Derek, a retired UK diplomat, contacted the Beetle to say that all too often the controversy over whether or not to visit Burma tends to overlook the very important issue of whether the people of Burma themselves are happy to see and meet foreign tourists. Derek, who is to visit Burma again next month, has…
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