Welcome to 2008 to all of you – wishing you an enjoyable year of good health & fulfilling travels !! In response to a number of readers asking what had happened to editions of the eNewsletter during the second half of 2007, the Beetle has temporarily handed over responsibility to The Ant. The Beetle is…

At our last London meeting before Christmas, we were treated to two excellent talks. David Waldman told us about his trip to visit the Nandi of the Rift Valley in Kenya. Inspired to visit by athletes such as Kip Keno, David wanted to discover why this pocket of Kenya has produced over 50% of the…

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Though of no great size, the town of Yingge (pop. 84,000) is about thirty minutes by train and a couple of hours by bus south-southwest of the capital. After visiting it twice and staying the night both times, I would describe it as a good day trip out of Taipei; otherwise, it would be an…

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Regular contributor Mac had some thoughts on hearing that The Ant is stepping into the Beetle’s very large shoes… First there was the Beetle that for years kept the E Mail Globetrotters Letter going and what a job and now there is the Ant. I had to smile at the names.  The Beetle has for…

“MADRID, Dec 11 (Reuters Life!) – A charity calendar sold by Ireland’s low-cost airline Ryanair showing its air hostesses in skimpy bikinis demeans women and breaks the law, a Spanish consumer group said on Tuesday. The Ryanair 2008 calendar called “The Girls of Ryanair” has photos of air hostesses posing in and outside of planes,…