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The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

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  • Land Rover Training Course

    EXPLORE 2002 For anyone planning an expedition, EXPLORE 2002 – the place to be is the 26th annual Expedition Planning Seminar that will be running on 16-17th November 2002 at…

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  • Spread the word

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  • Cheap anti-malaria drug 'closer'

    Doctors aiming to make a cheap and effective malaria drug available across Africa have been awarded a $1.5m grant by the Gates Malaria Partnership, based at the London School of…

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  • MEETING NEWS

    Meeting news from our branches around the world.

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  • Not to be Seen Dead In? The Ivory Coast

    Cote d'Ivoire (a.k.a.Ivory Coast) is a developing country on the west coast of Africa. The Foreign & Commonwealth office advise against all holiday and other non-essential travel to Abidjan and…

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  • Tourism Facts

    ­ Less than one in 10 people are estimated to have been on an international flight ­ China is expected to unseat France as world’s most visited country by 2020…

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  • London:

    7th September 2002 London meeting Review by Padmassana We had two excellent speakers who both captured the essence of the countries they talked about with some fantastic photographs. Our first…

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  • Free London Museums: The Bank of England Museum

    The Museum is housed within the Bank of England, at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank from its foundation by Royal Charter…

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  • Mexican Airports

    Mexican airports are returning to normal operations after Hurricane Isidore battered the country on the weekend. The airport authorities estimated that 89 flights at Cancun, were cancelled because of the…

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  • New York:

    A change of date….on October 19th, we have yet, another interesting guest speaker!! Liz Ferber will be doing a picture show and presentation about some of her favorite exotic locations,…

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  • Bond, James Bond

    For true 007 fans this exhibition at the Science Museum in London will display a vast collection of objects, costume designs, storyboards and images. See Oddjob's killer bowler hat and…

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  • Dead Sea Rescue Plan

    The Dead Sea is falling by about one metre (3ft) a year due to declining rainfall, and an increase in the amount of irrigation water being taken from the River…

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  • London:

    There was no London meeting in August, but we will be back on Saturday 7th September when Marion Bull will be talking about her recent travels, “Travelling with the Tuareg”…

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  • Where do the Stars Holiday?

    OK, it's silly season! Earlier in the year, we saw Prince Charles (but not Camilla!) spend a night in a £25-a-night B&B called Yew Tree Farm, an 18th century farmhouse…

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  • New York:

    HOLLAND BY BIKE! Rob Lewis, one of our own, will be giving a slide show and lecture about Holland and perhaps select areas of England and Ireland. Come join us…

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  • Travel Quiz

    A big thank you to Moon Handbooks who have donated this months' huge and highly informative Moon handbook on the South Pacific, written by David Stanley as above. See www.moon.com…

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  • Easter Island

    If you are thinking of going to Santiago or Tahiti, did you know, you could take a flight to Easter Island? It's included in the famous Oneworld Explorer air pass.…

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  • Ontario:

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. Meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March,…

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  • Not to be Seen Dead In?

    Whilst over eighty thousand British nationals visited Kenya last year, the vast majority enjoyed a trouble-free stay. Nevertheless, all visitors should be aware of potential risks and should exercise sensible…

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