The Neem Tree Café inside the Old Fort in Stone Town is an oasis of calm where you can sit, hassle-free, drink the excellent lemonade and watch life go by at the local craft stores. Want to tell us about your favourite coffee corner or watering hole? Then contact the Beetle: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk

Tom Freemantle, a regular at the London Globetrotter meetings has planned a walking trip – 2,500miles with a mule from the Mexican border to New York following the journey of his ancestor Lieutenant Colonel Arther Freemantle in 1863, crossing America at the height of the Civil War. He is aiming to raise $20,000 for Covenant…

From Paul (Webmaster) Roberts: he says that Budapest is a great place to be on August 20; it is their national holiday. Paul says that you can see the hand of St Stephen being paraded around the streets in its silver box. There are fireworks over the Danube and, (strange, this, Ed) you can also…

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

The answers to last month’s Tahiti quiz where 1. the sea or ocean, 2. drinking, 3. baby oysters, 4. FAAA, 5. CFP The winner was: Janine Gregor, the backpack will come winging its way to you shortly! This month – Madagascar We have a Bradt Guide Book on Madagascar, kindly donated by Bradt Publications to…

Jon from Red Wing, Minnesota, suggests visiting this site, http://www.confluence.org The idea is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. Pictures and stories will then be posted on the site. Take a look – it’s really interesting!