Category: archive
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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! A reminder that Texas meetings will start one…
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London Markets: Portobello Road
On Saturdays there are three markets in one: the antique section is in the south between Chepstow Villas and Coleville Road (the Notting Hill Gate end); a fruit and vegetable…
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Jacqui's Diary: Guatemala and Mexico
Hola! mis amigos, I have been in San Pedro la Laguna, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, for the past three weeks, learning more Spanish and living with a lovely…
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Airline news: Aeroflot to Re-Vamp Image!
Many travellers have their own tale to tell about Aeroflot. The Beetle has a vivid and scary memory flying from Dublin to Havana via Gander in Canada. It was December,…
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Bird watching in Tari, southern highlands, Papua New Guinea by Steve Mago
The morning was cool and fresh and immediately I knew the rest of the day would turn out perfect. From the lodge, we were looking down over the Tari Valley…
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Letter from Mikindani, Tanzania: Sometimes it.s Hard to be a Woman by Nicola Brisley
This is a letter from Nicola telling us about her time as a volunteer for Trade Aid in Mikindani, in southern Tanzania. After eight months in Mikindani I am preparing…
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
DVT poses a threat to some airline travellers. In the UK, DVT used to be called economy (or coach) class syndrome, but this is very much a misnomer. DVT can…
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International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
“We must make people everywhere understand that the AIDS crisis is not over; that this is not about a few foreign countries, far away. This is a threat to an…
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UK airline news: Easyjet buys Go
There were five low cost airline carriers in the UK: Easyjet, Go, Buzz (owned by KLM), Ryan Air and BMIBaby. Easyjet has just announced that it is paying £374m ($524m)…