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Travel Tips
The beetle always carries a Maglite and stores lunchtime or dinner paper serviettes in pockets as emergency paper for the bathroom. Got any travel tips for the Beetle? Then e-mail them to: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
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Bhutan ~ A Disappointment
Karen from L.A found Bhutan to be interesting but a tad expensive. She says she had to pay $225 a day per person to stay in substandard hotels and eat substandard food. Although she feels it was not worth the money, she is glad that she did it.
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Free Bradt Travel Guide!
Bradt Guides have offered to give away a Bradt Guide Book on Madagascar for the best travel story, tip or info. Contact Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
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Chocolate Corner…Paris
Maeve recommends Angelina's which can be found opposite Le Louvre for the most fabulous molten chocolate!! It comes in a jug complete with jugs of cream and milk to mix to taste. Yum yum!! Want to tell us about your favourite coffee corner or watering hole? Then contact the Beetle: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
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Do you have a brain the size of the planet? Be a contestant for a new TV quiz show
Be a contestant for a new TV quiz show Does your knowledge span the globe? If you fancy yourself as a modern-day Marco Polo, and have the geographical, cultural and scientific knowledge it will take to get around the world, then Emma at Meridian TV wants to hear from you! She is working on an…
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Stop Press: £1,000 Travel Award
Under 24? A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested? Then seeour legacy page on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip…
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Fave Websites of the Month
Ever wondered where pastry chefs for the QE2 are recruited? Have a look at:http://www.hcareers.com/ This site shows jobs in the travel, tourism and leisure sector. A late recommendation iswww.ktc.com/~blodwen which is run by the founder of the Globetrotters Club back in 1945. Norman now recommends people to take independent bicycle trips around the world. Have…
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Travel Tips
Frank from Alabama says that he uses Velcro on his trouser pockets. He also carries a wallet in his back pocket. It contains two dollars, that is two one dollar bills, between them he has newspapers cut to same size everything in a plastic bag. In the bag he has Swiss Blue, a chemical, when…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade suggests reconsidering travel plans to the following places: civil unrest and violence in Indonesia and Fiji, Brazil (violent street crime), Uganda (violence re presidential elections), Laos (bombing in public places).
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Coffee Corner..London
Paul Webmaster Roberts recommends Cafe Valerie, Regents Street Branch, good coffee and cakes and its not Starbucks. Want to tell us about your favorite coffee corner or watering hole? Then contact the Beetle: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk
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