Category: newsletter
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Travel Quiz
Win a Moon Handbook on Guatemala – see www.moon.com by answering these questions. The winner of last month's Moon Handbook on Vancouver is Dian Anderson from Canada. 1. Guatemala does…
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House Votes to Lift Ban on Cuba Travel by Susan Milligan / Boston Globe (via Common Dreams News Center)
The US House voted last night to lift the ban on US citizens travelling to communist Cuba, stunning hard-liners and defying a plea by the Bush administration to retain harsh,…
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Mother and Daughter Travel to Venice by Francesca
I wanted to spend a week away with my younger daughter – age 18 at the time (June 2001) having had to leave her behind on a previous trip with…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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Fave Websites of the Month
Cut price rooms in London do, really exist. Take a look at: www.laterooms.com and also www.lastminute.com do London hotel rooms. Travel Inn www.travelinn.com have rooms at £74.95 and there is…
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Three Gorges Dam – see it quick!
If you want to see the Three Gorges (the Qutang, Wuxia and the Xiling) before they are lost for ever – as a result of the controversial dam project on…
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London: Saturday 6th July 2002 – London Meeting by Padmassana
This month we had the annual member's slides show. We were treated to eight mini talks from club members, covering three continents. I have described them below in a geographical…
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Outbreak of Malaria in Kenya
The Red Cross in Kenya has mobilised 1,000 volunteers to help cope with an outbreak of malaria, which has killed nearly 300 people. The outbreak has affected eight districts in…
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Inuit Web Site
One of the oldest indigenous peoples, the Inuit, have turned to one of the most modern forms of communication to tell the world about their culture. The Inuit are a…
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New York:
Hello Globies! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! I have been told that a lot of you will be travelling and exploring the world, so I am going…