Category: archive
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Mac's Travel Tips
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 Mac reminiscences about some of…
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Meeting News from Texas
On Saturday May 9th Wayne Stevenson Thomas from the International Cooperative Exchange Network, SERVAS gave a talk at the Texas branch of the Globetrotters Club. SERVAS was established in 1948…
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Our Friends Ryanair
Director of Ryanair.com Conal Henry announced proudly: ‘Ryanair is the ONLY airline that provides access to all European Grand Prix destinations – all other airlines are the pits!!’ According to…
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The Angel Falls by Iona Hill
I was rather disappointed by my trip to the Angel Falls – let’s get the bad news out of the way – it was over priced and pretty basic stuff.…
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Low Cost Carriers In South East Asia Competition
We’ve never had it so good, travelling around South East Asia, particularly Thailand, with increasing numbers of opportunities to take low cost flights. Thai Airways International recently announced that it…
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Globetrotter Hem Visits Argentina, Chile and Argentina Again!
And gets propositioned on the way… read on! I got to Buenos Aires in pouring rain from sunny London without mishap. My hotel was ok, in the historic area of…
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PNG Part 2
The Beetle visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) last Christmas and here is an account of Port Moresby. Getting to PNG the first time was not straightforward, although I have since…
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Bilharziasis, Snail fever, Schistosomiasis
What is it:Schistosomiasis, also called bilharzia (bill-HAR-zi-a), is a disease caused by parasitic worms. They currently infect over 200m people each year, and the number of people infected increases. Where…
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Traveller’s Thrombosis
A recent New Zealand study of almost 900 passengers has shown that up to one in 100 long-haul fliers could develop blood clots, and wearing compression stockings, taking aspirin and…
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Meeting News from London
Meeting News from London London meeting Saturday 6th March 2004 by Padmasana This month our first speaker was Anthony Lambert, who talked to us about “Railways on the wild side”.…
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Serengeti Safari by Jennifer, NYC
I decided to go on a safari in Africa – not so unusual. However, all of the travel information I was able to dig up in preparation for this life…