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Hi Ant, Whatever happened to your planned Antarctica trip? If I’d had a choice, I, too, would’ve chosen Brazil. Sounds like a great trip! My passion is exploring the backwaters of other cultures, places where nobody goes. I’m planning a trip now for early ’09 to the canyons of northern Mexico. Though I plan to…
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Back in January 2006 The Beetle posted a story in a previous edition about her experiences of Australian customs office and since then other travellers have related to the pain Beetle went through…see “The Beetle Struggles with Australian Customs”. This time its FridgeyÂ…maybe someone can offer an explanation as to why, or is it that…
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The following is about a trip I undertook with my friend Dom across the Southern Hemisphere during the winter of 1999. Rereading my journal about our amateur explorations makes me smile and remember things that had started to fade…anyway read on ! 7 December 1998 and we began the walking odyssey we had initially set…
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Mac says…
Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel & some of his adventures along the way J This time round it’s passing onÂÂ “Six Good Backpacking Habits” as highlighted by Steve Gillman:- 1. Foot Care Blisters and other foot problems are not always just painful inconveniences. If they happen far enough into a trip…
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News from the travel world
· The August 2009 Newsletter [Winston Churchill Memorial Trust] is now available to see on our website www.wcmt.org.uk and download if required. Applications for 2009 are still open until 14 October 2008. I do ask you all for your help in spreading the word about the value of a Fellowship and getting as many people…
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Congratulations to Rosie
Congratulations to Rosie, a previous London branch speaker, for completing her epic journey back in her home town of Tenby, Wales on 25 August 2008. Read more at http://www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk/
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Web sites to
· I TRAVEL – THEREFORE I AM For fourteen years now, The Independent Adventure Travel Show – London, has led people to explore, dream and discover. This yearÂ’s Independent Adventure Travel Show runs from 20-22nd March 2009 in OlympiaÂ’s National Hall. The event gathers together leading tour operators and destinations to showcase all the latest…
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Apologies
This edition has been delayed by about 2 weeks due a combination of travel and technical issues, hopefully these are now fixed. ~ Paul, GT Webmaster.
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Welcome to eNewsletter August 2008
Hello all, I think that this is going to be a bumper edition, as not only have I got to catch up with not managing to produce a July eNewsletter, IÂ’ve also got plenty of good material to get through !! So what happened to JulyÂ’s edition you might ask ? Well I ran out…
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July meeting news from the London branch by Padmassana
The July meeting was the popular Members Slides, though nowadays digital is beginning to take over and in the first session:- Liz Cooper took us first to Belize showing us the “Blue hole”, which you reach by a combination of scrambling and swimming, she also showed us examples of the abundant bird life and the…
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