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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: Tonga Albania Latvia Argentina Ireland For the answers, see at the end of the eNewsletter.
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Free and Personal Tours
Many cities run free and personal tours. These are usually run by volunteer friends, and not professional tour guides but are local people who are happy to show visitors the usual and unusual aspects of their city. A selection of these tours are as follows: New York City: www.bigapplegreeter.org www.centralparknyc.org Chicago: www.chicagogreeter.com San Francisco: www.sfcityguides.org…
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Airline News: July 2004
British low-cost airline easyJet will expand further into central Europe in October, adding new routes to Hungary and Poland. EasyJet said in a statement it planned to fly to Krakow and Warsaw in Poland and increase services to Budapest from October 31. The new routes add to the airline’s recently-established services to Budapest and the…
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MEETING NEWS
Meeting news from our branches around the world.
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25th Anniversary of Moon Handbooks South Pacific
In June, 1979, Moon Publications of Rutland, Vermont, published the 1st edition of South Pacific Handbook. A quarter century later, Moon Handbooks South Pacific is still the leading travel guide to Polynesia and Melanesia, with an 8th edition due from Avalon Travel Publishing in late 2004. In 1973, Bill Dalton’s Indonesia Handbook launched the Moon…
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Travel Jokes
Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we’ll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines. Our seat cushions can be used for flotation and, in the event of an emergency water landing, please paddle to…
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Meeting News from London By Padmassana
Saturday 3rd July This month was the opportunity for the clubs members to show their slides to their fellow Globies. It was also our first meeting where we could try out our new digital projector, many thanks to Paul for making the technical side of the meeting run so smoothly. We started off with six…
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Traveller.s Diseases: Altitude Sicknes
What is it: altitude sickness is divided into three syndromes: acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). AMS is the most common form of altitude illness and, while it can occur at altitudes as low as 1,219–1,829 m (4,000–6,000 ft), most often it occurs in abrupt ascents to over…
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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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New EU Member States from 1st May 2004
If you ever wondered which European countries were joining the European Union this year, look no further, for here is a list: Country Accession Date Population (mil) Area (km2) Cyprus 2004 0,728 9’251 Czech Republic 2004 10,3 78’866 Estonia 2004 1,37 45’227 Hungary 2004 10 93’036 Latvia 2004 2,37 64’589 Lithuania 2004 3,7 65’300 Malta…
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New EU Member States from 1st May 2004
If you ever wondered which European countries were joining the European Union this year, look no further, for here is a list: Country Accession Date Population (mil) Area (km2) Cyprus 2004 0,728 9’251 Czech Republic 2004 10,3 78’866 Estonia 2004 1,37 45’227 Hungary 2004 10 93’036 Latvia 2004 2,37 64’589 Lithuania 2004 3,7 65’300 Malta…