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Texas:
The next Texas meeting will be completely open: please come and talk about your favourite place, travels, anecdote or listen to others! Congratulations to Christina, Chair of the Texas branch of Globetrotters on her new job on the San Antonio Riverwalk. Because of this, please note that Texas meetings will start one hour earlier, at…
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Readers comments: best airport nominations
Koh Samui Airport, Thailand is good. No doors here! This has to be one of the prettiest airports around. Liz, England Koh Samui, The most tropical airport ever! The most beautifully in all Thailand: Sukhothai…I could live there 🙂 Greetzzz Erik Jan, The Netherlands A site recommended by Erik in the Netherlands, identifies good and…
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Appeal for Sponsorship from Kiwisonbikes
Since December 2001 we have chosen to dedicate our overland bicycle expedition to help raising funds for the Gray Cancer Institute. Many people know of someone who has been affected by cancer and there does not appear to be any discrimination. The Gray Cancer Institute is one of the leading centres for research applied to…
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Travel Quiz
Due to technical hosting problems, we are going to run last month’s travel quiz again for those who did not receive last month’s Globetrotter e-newsletter. Win a copy of a map and guide of Scotland, courtesy of Harper Collins who make this excellent series of map/guides. 1.The Cairngorms includes some of Scotland’s highest peaks. What…
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Buddha.s Teeth
You may have read recently about one of Buddha’s fingers being brought from Thailand to Taipei in Taiwan. This got the Beetle wondering about other parts of Buddha and where you can see them. It is possible to see the casket containing the left incisor of the Buddha in the sacred temple in Kandy, Sri…
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Space Tourist Returns!
South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth has landed safely back on Earth after a 10-day journey into space. The Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying the South African millionaire and two crewmembers touched down near Arkalyk in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 0351 GMT on Sunday 28th April. As he was carried away from the capsule, a…
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London Markets: Petticoat Lane
This is East London's famous Sunday morning market that has been trading for more than two centuries. In Elizabethan times, the market was called Hog Lane, because this is where pigs were sold. The Sunday market grew out of observance of the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday. Amongst the bargains hanging up on the rails were…
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Not to be Seen Dead In?
May 6th 2002, the United States has added Cuba, Libya and Syria to its “axis of evil” – nations it claims are deliberately seeking to obtain chemical or biological weapons. In a speech entitled “Beyond the Axis of Evil”, US Under Secretary of State, John Bolton said that the three nations could be grouped with…
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Recipe for Moqueca Capixaba by Tony Annis
Ingredients: For four people 4 portions of Sea Bass, ½ Kilo diced tomato, 1 teaspoon of salt, 100 grams diced Parsley , 100g diced Coriander, 4 medium diced whole onions, 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil, ½ tablespoon of sweet Paprika Preparation: The fish is cleaned and put in a bowl with a little salt and…
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Jacqui: Voyages around South America . the end and the beginning!
Greetings from Guatemala! Yes, the South Amercing Circuit is finished and our overland is finished. Hopefully everyone who left Caracas over the past few days got home to their various destinations and I just wanted to let you know that I got to mine. The last two weeks of the trip were very relaxed, except…
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