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Back-pack by Dan Cavalli
If you are serious about getting some back-pack equipment then weight has to be your first consideration. A light backpack can be an experienced backpacker’s sweetest dream. That’s why any person contemplating backpacking needs to understand just how important light backpacking gear is. The right kind of back-pack gear is very important when it comes…
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Mac says…
Regular contributor Mac had some thoughts… On my trip to Egypt the guide said we could ride a camel but first we had to go inside the Cheops Pyramid the largest one. There are something like two million three hundred and three blocks each weighing two and one half tons. When inside all I could…
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Fav web sites
Recommended by the many !! SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS – download of 30th anniversary special edition of SAE Magazine, click here to download your copy! New online travel community – www.passportvillage.com – at this point you may see the ongoing construction but it’s a different take on travel “I have just been reading the latest Globetrotters…
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Know Your Riyals from Your Kwatcha
Need to convert currency ? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter – get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet – create and print a currency converter table for your next trip.
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Welcome to the March 2008 eNewsletter !!
Hello all. This month’s eNewsletter is a little later than normal, as I’m just back from a couple of shortish trips – one to the USA and the other to the Republic of Ireland. It was good to away from my regular habits of working & socialising and remind myself why I enjoy travelling. Trouble…
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Meeting news London by Andrea Orban
Kevin Brackley – Laos – A journey from Luang Nam Tha to Vietianne The first speaker of February’s meeting was the Globetrotters membership secretary Kevin. Kevin talked about the pilot trip he did last year for the travel company ‘Gecko Travel’. Accompanied by just one other guest and the guide, Kevin described their adventures to…
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Meeting news from Ontario
For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Ontario meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March, May, September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth Co-op, Penthouse, 133, Wilton Street in downtown Toronto at 8.00 p.m.
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Write in (1)& Town of Icebergs by Katharine Owen
Ilulissat…Ilulissat…how could I know what to expect? A warm welcome or a cold, unwelcoming environment? Will I go back to the raw, lush land that held so many surprises? Ilulissat, town of the Icebergs in Greenlandic. I had never visited Greenland before and all maps had seemed to have “no data” or described it as…
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Ultra-Cheap Fares
“We’ve all seen the one cent ultra-cheap fares that Ryanair, Easyjet and and other low cost carriers (LCCs) frequently offer from European hubs. It’s a great way to skip around the EU if you’re flexible and haven’t got a lot of cash; it thus has recently become pretty popular with students and vacationers on a…
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Back-pack by Dan Cavalli
If you are serious about getting some back-pack equipment then weight has to be your first consideration. A light backpack can be an experienced backpacker’s sweetest dream. That’s why any person contemplating backpacking needs to understand just how important light backpacking gear is. The right kind of back-pack gear is very important when it comes…
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