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    So You Think You're Well Travelled?

    So You Think You’re Well Travelled? Here’s a little Beetle quiz based on capital cities. See how many you get right! Go on, have a guess! What is the capital city of the following countries: Chile Finland Kiribati Israel Comoros For the answers, see at the end of the eNewsletter.

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    Traveller's Diseases: Bird Flu

    What is it: there are believed to be at least 15 different types of avian flu that routinely infect birds around the world. The current outbreak is caused by a strain known as H5N1, which is highly contagious among birds and rapidly fatal. Unfortunately, unlike many other strains of avian flu, it can be transmitted…

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    Have You Got an Original Travel Tale?

    Another TV production company, one who made the film Touching the Void is looking for an original tale from a different terrain i.e. – not a mountaineering story. If you think you could help, please contact Claire on claire.forsyth@darlowsmithson.com

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    10 Interesting Facts

    10 Interesting Facts The United States has the most money, power, airports, cell phones, radios and ISP's. The United States consumes more energy than India, the Middle East, South America, Africa, South East Asia and Oceania combined – which means more than 3.1 billion people. The top 5 energy consumers are all cold countries. The…

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    Globetrotters Travel Award

    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 see our legacy page on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip and…

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    First Impressions by Sue Button

    From 25,000 feet the view of the Tanzanian coastline with its coral reefs, long sandy bays and azure blue sea looks like a classic glossy travel brochure. And the 15-minute drive from Mtwara airport reveals tantalising glimpses of the Indian Ocean between the exotic display of palm and baobab trees. But as we enter Mikindani…

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    Qantas Man in Camel Suit

    A baggage handler wearing a camel suit taken from a passenger's luggage has lead to Qantas Airways installing cameras in the baggage handling areas. Passenger David Cox complained after he saw a baggage handler driving across the Sydney airport tarmac on Wednesday wearing the camel suit that had been packed into the baggage he had…

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    Mac's Travel Reminiscences

    We are sorry to say that Mac is not very well, but he is still e-mailing strong and recently sent the Beetle a collection of travel reminiscences about Australia, camels which takes us to India and then back to Australia. In Alice Springs Australia I stayed in an Anglican (Church) Hostel. I was pleased but…

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    Fave Website

    Spotted by webmaster Paul: Google Sightseeing takes you to the best tourist spots in the world via Google Maps' satellite imagery. http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/ and also this for advice on jetlag: http://www.bodyclock.com

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    MEETING NEWS

    Meeting news from our branches around the world.

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